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and the home of the brave!
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There are times in your life when you have to defend something that you believe in.
Your family, Your God, yes, even the gospel itself.
Paul is ready to fight, to defend here in chapter two, here defending the gospel.
We will spend much time here and in Act15, you may want to mark both in your bible today.
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You know the song, you know how it ends don’t you?
Freedom for this country came from being brace, being courageous.
Paul was confident, he was courageous.
May we learn from this passage and some brought in today to be of the same mind, same attitude as Paul displayed.
(Liberty and Spiritual Freedom)
To Paul spiritual liberty, spiritual freedom was important.
More important than the thoughts and the ways of man.
He was willing to fight for the freedom of the Gospel, fight for the liberty of the churches of Galatia as a mother bear protecting her cub.
In our passage today we see one of two fights that happen here in chapter 2, this one regarding Christian liberty, and the second one we will see next week regarding Peter, but wait for that one until then.
The first century church may have had issues standing up for the freedom they had in Christ Jesus.
They had a potential problem of just becoming another Jewish sect mixing grace and the law, putting undo chains on people and discounting grace.
Today the church can do the same thing if it is legalistic.
Putting traditions above or level to the doctrine of the Bible.
Freedom in Christ: The book of Galatians
If we do not protect our freedom we can/will lose it.
Not saying anything, doing anything is not protecting our freedom.
Without a doubt the bible does not lack drama, in this case a three act play.
The private audience, the public proclamation and the personal confirmation.
Like any good play there are the players so may we start with them first.
Our Cast
On the play-card for tonight we have a cast of characters all who have some history, so here is some general information on them.
Paul: An Apostle
Not by men (Gal1:1)
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Preaching the word not to please man (Gal1:10—12)
Not a plan pleaser but a God pleaser
Teaching what he received by revelation from Christ
His history, his pedigree given (Gal1:13-14; Gen1:18-24)
A persecutor; a zealot, a destroyer, advanced over contemporaries
His heart displayed (Gal1:15-17)
Preached his heart out, did not seek man’s approval to do such he had God’s and that was plenty.
Barnabas: The Encourager (Act13:1ff; Act11:22ff; Act9:27)
Travel companion with Paul; sent from Jersualem to meet with Paul
He vouched for Paul before the Apostles
Titus: A Greek Gentile (2Cor7:6; Tit:1:5)
He was a comforter to Paul (2Cor7:6)
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He was a test case for uncircumcised (Gal2:3-5)
this is a part of our passage today.
Entrusted with important task (Tit1:4-5)
James: Brother of the Lord (Gal1:19)
This is brother; not to be confused with Apostle, first Martyr (Act12:2)
There are some that believe they are the same person, but the majority believe it is two James.
This James is the brother of John, son of Zebedee (see Mk3:17)
James is credited to be leader of church of Jerusalem (Act15:13-14, 19-22)
Need to give you some scriptures for this
Then skip down to (v.19-22)
And that leads to our next character
Peter - Apostle, converted first Gentiles
Had wavering faith (Mt14:28f)
Walked on water, but wavered in faith and started to sink.
Had restored faith (Jn21:15f)
After denying Jesus, Jesus restored him and his faith by his love.
Had proclaiming faith (Act2:14f)
The apostles mouthpiece, especially on day of Pentecost.
Had life changing faith (Act8:14f; Act10:34f)
False Brethren - the Problem (Gal1:6-7)
These are the ones who bring the problem to Galatia
And the problem will be better detailed as the letter progresses, but they are proclaiming a different gospel.
They had a misconception of grace that had to be mixed with works for salvation.
more to come on this as we go.
As mentioned earlier we will be going back and forth between Galatians and Act15 as we now set the play into action having all the characters described.
Act One: Private audience
Paul heads to Jerusalem after a revelation to give a defense of the gospel to the brethren in Jerusalem.
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
This is the time of what would be known as the Jerusalem counsel (Act15)
This is 14 years after his first trip there, known as the famine visit (Act11)
There was a famine going on in Jerusalem and there was a special collection taken to help with the brethren there.
You can read about that in Act11:27-30) on your own, and, of course, I suggest you do.
This trip is made with Barnabas and with Titus
Reason for the visit, circumcision (Act15:1; Act15:2)
This is the issue at hand that dates back to the covenant with Abraham in (Gen17:9-14)
Submission to circumcision meant submitting to the whole law.
Paul, Barnabas and Titus go to address the issue.
That brings in the setting for our play: Jerusalem
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Paul met with them in private (Gal2:2)
Paul was not in fear of the message, but wanted to confirm himself as messenger (Gal1:11-12)
Paul’s example is an example for us; another passage to consider (1Pt3:8)
Paul proclaimed the good news and the results (Act15:3)
Paul proclaimed the inclusion of the Gentiles (Rom11:13; Eph2:13-16)
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