FREE TO GOD | NO SKIN IN THE GAME (GAL. 4:21-5:1)

'When it comes to gospel, Paul says, you and I don’t want skin in the game. The promises of God are not secured by our humanity effort or sacrifice. Rather, the promise of God rests entirely of God fulfilling his own promise. God takes on all the risk.

As Paul writes elsewhere, quoting an early Christian song, in Jesus, God voluntarily stepped down from his pedestal, not clinging to any immunity; out of compassion, God exited his elite status, becoming human and a servant to humanity; and humbling himself even further, in order to redeem us, God did more than merely stand in line to a soup kitchen with us, but died a criminal’s death upon a cross.

The gospel is not about our skin in the game. The only skin in the game, is God’s.'

Tristan shares his sermon notes on his own blog. You can read them here: FREE TO GOD | NO SKIN IN THE GAME (GAL. 4:21-5:1)