GALATIANS
CHAPTER ONE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
[Gal 1:1]:
A)
PAUL DECLARES HIMSELF AN APOSTLE FIRST THING
B)
APOSTLE DEFINED
1)
GENERAL SENSE OF THE WORD APOSTLE: ONE SENT WITH A MESSAGE
2)
THE GENERAL SENSE OF APOSTLE AS IT APPLIES TO ALL BELIEVERS
a)
[Acts 14:4, 14]:
b)
[Ro 16:7]:
c)
[2 Cor 8:22-23]:
d)
[Phil 2:25]:
e)
[1 Thes 2:4-6]:
3)
THE SPECIFIC OFFICE OF APOSTLE IN THE NT CHURCH AS A POSITION OF
LEADERSHIP
a)
THE OFFICE OF APOSTLE IS A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP
i)
[Acts 1:21-22]:
ii)
[Acts 1:20b]:
4)
THE APOSTLES HAD A ONE TIME HISTORICAL ROLE TO ESTABLISH THE CHURCH AND
SET DOWN THE FINAL PAGES OF THE WORD OF GOD
a)
[Cp Mt 10:1-8, (cf Mk 3:13-19)]:
b)
[Compare 1 Cor 4:1, 9]:
c)
[Ephesians 2:19-20]:
d)
[Eph 3:5]:
5)
THE SEVEN SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE
6)
PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP HAD A DIFFERENT MISSION FOR THE LORD
a)
[1 Cor 9:1]:
b)
[Cp Ro 11:13]:
c)
[Acts 9:15]:
d)
[Cp Gal 2:6-8]:
I cont.)
[Gal 1:1 cont.]:
C)
THE OPENING OF GALATIANS IS A DEFENCE OF PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP
II)
[Gal 1:2]:
A)
PAUL INCLUDES OTHERS OF THE FAITH IN HIS SALUTATION TO POINT TO A COMMON
POINT OF VIEW ON DOCTRINE & CORROBORATE HIS TEACHING
B)
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCHES IN GALATIA WAS A CIRCULAR LETTER
III)
[Gal 1:3]:
A)
PAUL USES A TRADITIONAL FORM OF GREETING
IV)
[Gal 1:3-5]:
A)
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS TO RESCUE US FROM THE
PRESENT EVIL AGE
1)
JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS [ALL BELIEVERS], AND NOT FOR OURS
ONLY BUT FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD
a)
[Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:
b)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:18-19]:
c)
[Compare Col 2:13-14]:
2)
ALL WHO TRUST IN THE TRUTH OF OUR LORD GIVING HIMSELF IN PAYMENT FOR OUR
SINS IMMEDIATELY AND FOREVER RECEIVES ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Jn 3:14-18]:
b)
[1 Jn 5:9-13]:
3)
BENEFIT #2: ALL WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN THE TRUTH OF OUR LORD GIVING HIMSELF
FOR OUR SINS RECEIVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING DELIVERED FROM THIS EVIL
AGE, I.E., FROM FALLING PREY TO THE EVILS OF THIS WORLD
a)
[Compare Gal 5:1, 4-6, 15-26]:
IV cont.)
[Gal 1:3-5 cont.]:
B)
AND THIS IS ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD
C)
CONCLUSION VV. 3-5
V)
[Gal 1:6-7]:
A)
DEPARTURE FROM THE GOSPEL BY THE GALATIAN CHURCHES
B)
A MODERN DAY PARALLEL: LORDSHIP SALVATION
1)
[Compare Gal 3:2b, 5-9]:
VI)
[Gal 1:8-9]:
A)
ETERNAL CONDEMNATION IS NOT IN VIEW FOR THOSE WHO PREACH A FALSE GOSPEL
1)
[Compare 1 Cor 12:3]:
2)
[Compare Jn 3:18]:
VII)
[Gal 1:10]:
VIII)
[Gal 1:11-18]:
IX)
[Gal 1:18-19]:
X)
[Gal 1:20]:
XI)
[Gal 1:21-24]:
