1. “We’d Rather Fight Than Switch!”
Galatians 1:1-5

2. Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin were teammates and the best of friends…

3. Usually, if you go looking for a fight you’ll find one…

4. Remember back in the 60’s when tobacco was advertised
Remember back in the 60’s when tobacco was advertised. One company used as their slogan: “I’d rather fight than switch!”…

5. to see why we’d rather fight than switch gospels
Purpose:
to see why we’d rather fight than switch gospels

6. I Background to the Battle
A. Acts Chapter Thirteen

7. Saul (Paul) and Barnabas along with a young man named John Mark, began the first missionary trip. Guess where they went on this trip? The region the Romans referred to as Galatia…

8. I Background to the Battle
A. Acts Chapter Thirteen
B. Acts Chapter Fourteen

9. Acts 14:3
“…God was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their (Paul and Barnabas’) hands.”

10. Acts 14:26
“…from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.”

11. Galatians 6:12
“Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.”

12. I Background to the Battle
A. Acts Chapter Thirteen
B. Acts Chapter Fourteen
C. Acts Chapter Fifteen

13. Acts 15:1
“And some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.’”

14. Three Attacks on the apostle Paul:
1. “Are you sure Paul is a true apostle?”
2. “Paul is not preaching a complete gospel… All he talks about is grace...”
3. “Paul’s gospel leads to loose living…”

15. When Paul gets wind of this, he meets the problem head on!

16. II Three Reasons for Which the Gospel is Worth Defending

17. There is nothing for which to be thankful when people are giving up the gospel of grace for a counterfeit. These are fighting words to Paul. He basically is saying…

18. II Three Reasons for Which the Gospel is Worth Defending
A. The True Gospel Originates in the Will of God
B. The True Gospel Elevates the Atoning Death of Christ

19. Galatians 2:21
“I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died needlessly.”

20. II Three Reasons for Which the Gospel is Worth Defending
A. The True Gospel Originates in the Will of God
B. The True Gospel Elevates the Atoning Death of Christ
C. The True Gospel Liberates Men from Sin’s Dominion

21. Raymond Davis wrote a book Fire on the Mountains, where he tells of his work as the first white missionary to Ethiopia. He went to the tribe who were actually Satan worshipers. He found a young man named Tegini…

22. Having read this account, it helps us appreciate what Scripture says that when Jesus returns every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord…

23. Conclusion and Summary
Brethren with this in mind, you and I must defend the true Gospel. We must let the world about us know we’d rather fight than switch!