Friday, October 23, 2020
INTRODUCTION TO EPISTLE OF GALATAINS SALVATION THROUGH GRACE
THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS IS ADDRESSED TO A GROUP OF CHURCHES IN GALATIA, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE ASIA MINOR.IT WAS INHABITED BY A GROUP
OF NATURE WORSHIPPERS, CALLED PHRYGIANS. MANY JEWS WERE LIVED THERE. GALATIANS ARE FOND OF CURIOUS THINGS. PAUL VISITED GALATIA DURING HIS FIRST MISSIONARY TRIP.
WHILE WRITING THIS EPISLE, THERE WAS TWO PROBLEMS FACING GALATIANS, VIZ PURITY OF DOCTRINE AND PURITY OF CONDUCT.CERTAIN PEOPLE CREEPED INTO
GALATIA, WHO PERVERTED THE GOSPEL. THEY PROPAGATED SALVATION SHOULD COME WITH GOOD WORKS.DUE TO THIS MANY WERE UNDER THEIR INFLUENCE OF FOLLOWING YEARS AND DAYS AND RITUALS. BUT PAUL VEHEMENTLY CAME AGAINST THESE AND ADMONISHED BY TELLING THE HISTORY OF ABRAHAM WHO WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH AND NOT BY WORKS.TELLING THEM A BELIEVER IS MADE MATURE BY RICHNESS OF LIFE BY THE SANCTIFYING OF THE INDWELLING HOLYSPIRIT.
THE STUDY IF GALATIANS MAY BE DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:-
INTRODUCTION = 1:1-5
DEAPRTURE FROM THE TRUE GOSPEL 1:6-9
APOSTILIC MINISTRY 1:10-2:21
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH 3:1-24
THE MANDATE OF BELIVERS LIFE IS GRACE AND NOT LEGAL 3:25-5:1
FAITH ALONE IS THE TRUE CHARACTERSTIC OF BELIEVER 5:2-26
NEW LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS 6:1-16
OUTCOME 6:17-18
THE TEST OF GOSPEL IS PURELY GRACE. IF THE MESSAGE EXCLUDES GRACE IT IS FUTILE OR MAY SAY ANOTHER GOSPEL, AND IT IS UNDER THE CURSE.
IN ORDER TO REVEAL, PAUL SHOWED HIMSELF VERY HUMBLE AND NOT IN SERACH OF POPULARITY. HE WAS FORTHRIGHT AS A STALWART OF GOSPEL REVEALED FROM
THE GOD. HE EVEN WITHSTOOD HIS CO-WORKER PETER ON HIS FACE WHEN HE WAS MISLED BY THE BRETHREN.
WHY LAW CAME INTO BEING :
1) BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSION
2) THE LAW CONCLUED ALL UNDER LAW
3) LAW WAS AN INTERIM RELIEF FROM SIN, UNTIL FAITH COMES
4) LAW SHUTS MAN UNTO SIN UNTIL HE ESCAPES THRU FAITH
5) LAW IS A CARETAKER
6) ONCE FAITH IS IN PLACE BELIEVER IS NOT UNDER LAW.
A BELEIVER IS NOT MERE A MORAL OR LEGAL PERSON BUT POSSESS MANIFESTATION OF GRACE.CHRIST LIVES IN HIM
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