Galatians – Come Back Home

Galatians – Come Back Home

June 9, 2024

Series: Galatians

Topic: Galatians

Book: Galatians

Erik Estep

Scripture: Galatians 4: 8-20

Today in our passage of Scripture Paul was grieving the condition of the churches in Galatia. They’d wandered away from sound doctrine and Paul was calling them to come back home. So what had happened? In our text we’re going to see why they were spiritually homeless. We’re going to see what they gave up they caused them to be spiritually homeless.

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