Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Some things are worth fighting for.

Paul knew it.

Martin Luther knew it.

The gospel is worth fighting for in our day

because again, if we change it,

we cut ourselves off from the presence of Christ and we obscure God's saving power.

There is no other gospel. Jesus has done at all and it is only by faith in him that you and I are saved and have the power of new life. Welcome to Summit Life with J.D. Greer, pastor of the Summit Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.

I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

Okay, a little history lesson as we start.

Did you know that it's been more than 500 years since the Protestant Reformation?

That's when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of his Catholic Church and called Christians everywhere

to return to the true gospel, a gospel of salvation through faith alone.

So why is the work of an old German monk still relevant in our lives today?

The answer lies in the explanation of the Gospel found in the Book of Galatians.

So let's return to Chapter 1 for the second part of our teaching called a freedom worth fighting for.

Here's Pastor J.D.

So here's a question.

What was it about the book of Galatians that Martin Luther and many others have found so powerful?

Thought you'd never ask. Let's take a look. Galatians 1 verse 6 is where I will start.

I am amazed, Paul said, that you are so quickly turning away

from him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel, not that

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