Galatians 5:7-12 Finish Well (April 12, 2025 AM, Dr. Michael Grasso)

"It is not enough to begin well. By God’s grace, we must finish well.

In this sermon on Galatians 5:7–12, Paul’s burden becomes deeply personal and urgent: “You were running well. Who hindered you?” The Galatians had begun in the truth of the gospel, but false teachers were pulling them away from justification by faith.

This passage is a sobering warning about:

beginning well but failing to finish

doctrinal compromise

the spreading danger of false teaching

the seriousness of those who trouble Christ’s church

the offense of the cross that faithful preaching must preserve

Paul reminds us that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. False doctrine never remains small. It spreads, corrupts, and leads people away from the God who called them.

At the same time, this text offers hope: God uses the preaching of his Word to keep his people on the path of life. The way to finish well is to hold fast to the true gospel without wavering.

May it never be said of us merely that we began well, but rather that by grace we endured faithfully to the end.

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