GALATIANS 1:11-2:14
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MAKINGS AND MARKS OF THE AUTHENTIC GOSPEL
MAKINGS AND MARKS OF THE AUTHENTIC GOSPEL
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
PAUL STARTS WITH THREE NEGATIVES. HIS GOSPEL WAS
PAUL STARTS WITH THREE NEGATIVES. HIS GOSPEL WAS
I. His Gospel Was Not According to Man
I. His Gospel Was Not According to Man
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
At the heart of Paul’s gospel is this fundamental truth:
A. The Authentic Gospel Teaches That Salvation is by Grace alone
A. The Authentic Gospel Teaches That Salvation is by Grace alone
The reason why Paul could claim this to jot be according to man is because
1. The Gospel of God is “Counterintuitive” to Human Wisdom
1. The Gospel of God is “Counterintuitive” to Human Wisdom
“… so different from every other human religious inclination, that is seems unlikely anyone would ever concoct such a way of salvation:
“… so different from every other human religious inclination, that is seems unlikely anyone would ever concoct such a way of salvation:
One teaching that is totally absent from all the cults is the gospel of the grace of God. No one is taught in the cults that he can be saved from eternal damnation by simply placing his faith in jesus Christ. It is always belief in Jesus Christ and ‘do this’ or ‘follow that.’ All cults attach something to the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith.... It is never taught that faith in Christ alone will save anyone.”
One teaching that is totally absent from all the cults is the gospel of the grace of God. No one is taught in the cults that he can be saved from eternal damnation by simply placing his faith in jesus Christ. It is always belief in Jesus Christ and ‘do this’ or ‘follow that.’ All cults attach something to the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith.... It is never taught that faith in Christ alone will save anyone.”
Swindoll, Galatians, pg 27
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
2. The Origin of the Gospel Is God’s Voice Not Man’s Schemes
2. The Origin of the Gospel Is God’s Voice Not Man’s Schemes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
a. The Preaching of the WORD of the Preaching of the VOICE of God
a. The Preaching of the WORD of the Preaching of the VOICE of God
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
2. The Origin of the Gospel Is God’s Wisdom Not Man’s Reasoning
2. The Origin of the Gospel Is God’s Wisdom Not Man’s Reasoning
B. The Gospel of Grace Is Foolishness to the Wise
B. The Gospel of Grace Is Foolishness to the Wise
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1. The gospel is foolish to those who are in REBELLION against God
1. The gospel is foolish to those who are in REBELLION against God
For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
2. The gospel preached, believed and practiced is heaven’s WEAPON to DESTROY human WISDOM regarding SPIRITUALITY
2. The gospel preached, believed and practiced is heaven’s WEAPON to DESTROY human WISDOM regarding SPIRITUALITY
II. His Gospel Was Not Received from Man
II. His Gospel Was Not Received from Man
For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
III. His Gospel Was Not Taught to Him By Man
III. His Gospel Was Not Taught to Him By Man
1. Your Salvation Is Not Human -
1. Not human origin
THE ESSENCE OF GOSPEL MESSAGE INTEGRITY
Paul taught it by a revelation from Christ
- alone with Christ for three years and taught by him:
Eph 3:2-3
Three time I. Gal 1:11-12
- we should be alone with Christ, by the Spirit to be led by the spirit. Our authentic life cannot take place without it.
- message not if human origin (not by man or for the pleasure of man)- the authenticity of our witness is that it is not by or for man in its origin
- you are saved by an encounter and not by man (caused by man or done for the sake of being seen a certain way by man)
- see 1:1; 2Thes 2:13
2. THE ETHIC OF GOSPEL INTEGRITY
BERSE 13
- we know a Paul past life.
- Paul is showing that the divine essence of the message is proven by the transformation of His life: the clear and decisive distinction of what he USED to be
- there must be a FORMER life
What have people said about your former life ??? Or is it a former life? This is the reality of justification: it produces a life