Building Up Again Those Things Which Are Destroyed

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Building Up Again Those ThingsWhich Are Destroyed

• Galatians 218

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Background

• Paul answers the Judaizing teachers who demand
  the Old Law to be saved (Gal. 1-6)
• Paul rebukes Peter for his hypocrisy related to
  the Judaizing teachers (Gal. 211-21)
• Paul sets forth an important principal If I
  build up again those things which I destroyed...
  (Gal. 218)
• What does this principal mean for us today?

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Background

• Peter destroyed the Old Law on Pentecost and
  afterward (Acts 2-5)
• Peter destroyed the Old Law in the home of
  Cornelius (Acts 10 1 1118)
• Peter destroyed the Old Law again in Jerusalem
  (Acts 156-11)
• When Peter acted hypocritically, he was building
  up again the Old Law which he had destroyed
  years earlier (Gal. 212)

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Those Things Which Are Destroyed

• The Old Law has been destroyed (Eph. 214 Col.
  214)
• Many things have been destroyed through the
  teaching of the gospel (2 Cor. 104-5)

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Are We Building Up Againthe Destroyed?

• Denominationalism was destroyed in the early
  1800s by restorationists, but some are
  rebuilding denominational structures (Eph. 44-6)
• Some are rebuilding denominational practices like
  instrumental music, the Lords Supper on a
  weekday, Easter and Christmas, etc. (Eph. 519
  Acts 207)
• Some are rebuilding denominational errors like
  premillennialism, pentecostalism, etc. (1 Jn. 41)

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Are We Building Up Againthe Destroyed?

• Worldly ways are destroyed when we become a
  Christian, but some are rebuilding those worldly
  ways later in life (Gal. 5 Eph. 4 5 Col. 3)
• Division is destroyed when we become a
  Christian, but some are rebuilding that division
  later in life (Phil. 22-3 42-3)
• Putting self first is destroyed when we become
  a Christian, but some are rebuilding that
  selfishness later in life (3 Jn. 9 Rev. 24
  316)

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Do Not Build Again the Destroyed of God

• Do not let the pressures of the world cause you
  to rebuild the destroyed of God (Gal. 211-14)
• It is a sin to rebuild the destroyed of God
  (Gal. 218)
• Rather, focus on being right with God and serving
  Christ (Gal. 110 220 614)