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: Setting the Table
Setting the Table
Not crabby, but he’s just serious.
We are all prone to wander, “prone to leave the God I love!”
We are wanderers.
Only one Gospel.
Exclusivism, not popular today, not popular then!
Please people
What is the Gospel?
“If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”
: “The gospel of the grace of God.”
: “You have fallen away from grace.”
Structure of Letters
Setting the Table
Set the table: Getting ready for dinner
Geography
Where is Galatia?
Modern Day Turkey
First missionary journey
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First missionary journey
Who's Receiving This Letter?
Who's Receiving it?
Paul.
Who's Receiving it?
First missionary journey
First missionary journey
Where is Galatia?
Not just random people!
Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe
First missionary journey
Antioch Pisidian:
After preaching the Gospel there: : The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
: And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
49 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
Jews gathered up the most influential people in the city and ‘stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, then they headed east towards Iconium.
Iconium:
: They remained there for a long time… BUT the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
Assassination Attempt: They heard about it and fled
Lystra:
Miraculous Heading of a crippled man
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
Jews from Antioch and Iconium followed him to Lystra
Crowd Stones Paul and Barnabas
On route back from these cities, Paul set up elders/leaders
Who Wrote it?
Paul, an apostle: Credentials:
Analogy of Cop flashing credentials
Act like a Cop:
“Paul, an apostle- Not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father”
Not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father
Not delegated authority by the 12 or any other group
What’s so special about Apostle?
Unique office
“Thus they were personally chosen, called and commissioned by Jesus Christ, and authorized to teach in His name.
The New Testament evidence is clear that this group was small and unique.
The word ‘apostle’ was not a general word which could be applied to every Christian like the words ‘believer’, ‘saint’ or ‘brother’.
It was a special term reserved for the Twelve and for one or two others whom the risen Christ had personally appointed.”
“Thus they were personally chosen, called and commissioned by Jesus Christ, and authorized to teach in His name.
The New Testament evidence is clear that this group was small and unique.
The word ‘apostle’ was not a general word which could be applied to every Christian like the words ‘believer’, ‘saint’ or ‘brother’.
It was a special term reserved for the Twelve and for one or two others whom the risen Christ had personally appointed.”
John Stott
Peter didn’t ordain him, James didn’t ordain him.
He was equally ordained directly by Jesus Christ!
That was the unique office of Apostle and that’s why we don’t have Apostles anymore.
Paul flashes his credentials around throughout Galatians.
Road to Damascus confirmed or authorized his Apostolic Ordination
Why is flashing his credentials important?
Jews and Judaizers were meddling with his ministry!
Next week: Vs. 7: “Some who have come who trouble you and want to distort the Gospel of Christ”
The Jews who were interfering with his ministry remained in Galatia!
Judaizers vs. Jews
Jews: Didn’t believe Jesus was the Messiah
Judaizers: Did believe Jesus was the Messiah, but held that the Old Administration of Grace still operated in the New Administration of Grace.
Sabbath observance
Circumcision
Authority did not come from men, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father
Who wrote the Bible?
The church or the Apostle’s or someone connected to the Apostles
Criteria for Canonicity: Not the church, but Apostolicity
And it’s with these heavy weight credentials that Paul comes and he lambasts those who come and downgrade the Gospel!
He came to preach a particular gospel, and those with ‘other gospels’ are watering it down!
Robbing the Gospel of it’s raw power!
TOTAL Freedom!
That’s why this series is called FAITH AND FREEDOM!
POWER OF THE GOSPEL!
These short few verses give an overview of the Gospel of Grace
So this introductory part of Paul’s letter gives us an overview of the Gospel...
Gospel Sprinkles in 5 Short Verses:
Flashing credentials AND flashing the Gospel!
“Truth of the Gospel is based on the content, not the credentials.
A person can’t just claim to be inspired…” Thomas R. Schreiner
v. 1: Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead.
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