The Book Of Galatians

The Gospel of Grace

Letter To The GalatiansWho: Paul

What: Letter To Churches In Galatia

Where: Asia Minor

When: AD49 – AD56

Why: To Warn against legalism and defend justification by faith as well as Paul’s apostolic authority.

Outline (Chapter)

1. The Gospel of Grace Defended (1-2)

2. The Gospel of Grace Explained (3-4)

3. The Gospel of Grace Applied (5-6)

Key Words: Freedom From The Law

Key Verses: Galatians 2:20,21; 5:1; 5:22,23

Paul’s Life With Christ!

(Galatians 2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (RSV)

How Are We Crucified With Christ?

(Romans 6:3-8) Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For he who has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. (RSV)

What Does It Mean?

• (Galatians 2:19) For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. (RSV)

• (Galatians 2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (RSV)

• (Galatians 5:24) And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (RSV)

• (Galatians 6:14) But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (RSV)

Christ Is Our Life!

• (Colossians 3:1-4) If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (RSV)

• (Colossians 3:17) And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (RSV)

Christ Abides In Us!

• (John 15:9-10) As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. (RSV)

• (1 John 3:24) All who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us. (RSV)

Benefit Of Love, Peace And Hope!

• (John 14:21) He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." (RSV)

• (John 16:33) I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (RSV)

• (John 17:24) Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world. (RSV)

How Did Paul Live His Life?

(Galatians 2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (RSV)

The Love Of Christ!

(Romans 8:34-39) who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (RSV)

Jesus’ Love Should Lead Us To Trust Him!

(2 Corinthians 5:14-15) For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (RSV)

Loving Jesus!

(John 14:15) "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (RSV)

(Titus 3:4-5) but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, (RSV)

(Ephesians 2:8-9) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God-- not because of works, lest any man should boast. (RSV)

Have You Been Crucified With Christ?

(Galatians 2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (RSV)

Sources

• The Open Bible Expanded Edition – By Thomas Nelson Publishing

• Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps and Timelines. (Rose Publishing)

• Galatians Outline By Mark Copeland• Hammonds Atlas Of The Bible Lands.

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