supernatural suffering - galatians 3. what was happening in galatia ?
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Supernatural suffering - Galatians 3
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN GALATIA ?
PROFILING THE MISSIONARIES FROM JERUSALEM (GALATIANS)
1. They wanted the Gentiles who followed Christ to be circumcised (Gal. 6:13)
2. They wanted Jews who followed Christ to refrain from entering the home of a Gentile (Gal. 2:12)
3. They wanted Gentiles to embrace Jewish traditions regarding the law of Moses (2:16)
4. They wanted to set up a hierarchy based on ethnic, social or personal factors (3:28; 4:18)
5. They wanted to place spiritual significance on certain days, seasons and years (and places and colours and the rest) (4:10)
6. They wanted the focus to be on external behaviour that was produced by human effort (6:13)
PROFILING THE MISSIONARIES FROM JERUSALEM (ACTS)
1. You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them (11:3)
2. You can’t be genuinely saved unless you are circumcised. (15:1)
3. It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses (15:5)
PROFILING THE MISSIONARIES FROM JERUSALEM (PAUL’S OTHER LETTERS)
1. Paul was not a real apostle (2 Cor. 3:3; 12:13)2. Ordering people to observe the festival and
food stipulations of the law of Moses (Colossians 2:16-23)
3. Promoting myths and speculative complex genealogies (1 Tim. 1:4)
EXPOSING THE CORE PROBLEMS - PAUL ?
THE HISTORICAL PARTICULAR DETAILS A FALSE GOSPEL POSING AS THE “FULL GOSPEL.”
1. Deserting Christ; severed from Christ (1:6; 5:4)2. A false gospel (1:7-10); man’s gospel (1:11)3. Foolishly coming under a spell (3:1)4. Slavery rather than sonship (4:1) and freedom
(5:1)5. Cut off from the supply of God’s grace (5:4)6. Independent human effort (flesh) not Holy
Spirit transforming power (5:16)
THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLESPARTICULAR DETAIL UNIVERSAL (REVELATION)
Deserting Christ; severed from Christ (1:6; 5:4)
RELATIONSHIP (JESUS)
A false gospel (1:7-10); man’s gospel (1:11)
REASON not REVELATION
Foolishly coming under a spell (3:1) CONSISTANCY of WORKING
Slavery rather than liberty of sonship (4:1; 5:1)
GREATER AND GREATER LIBERTY – not law
Cut off from the supply of God’s grace (5:4)
SUPERNATURAL TRANSFORMATION
Independent human effort (flesh) not Holy Spirit transforming power (5:16)
HOLY SPIRIT INTERDEPENDENCE
UNDERSTANDING EACH PIECE OF STAND ALONE INFORMATION
Understanding each part in the context of all of the relevant information
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
1 O Foolish Galatians
2 Who has bewitched you
3 It was before your very eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified
4 Let me ask you only this
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
1 O Foolish Galatians What happened was the result of foolishness, not ignorance or…..
2 Who has bewitched you
3 It was before your very eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified
4 Let me ask you only this
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
1 O Foolish Galatians What happened was the result of foolishness, not ignorance or…..
2 Who has bewitched you They were being put under a spell
3 It was before your very eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified
4 Let me ask you only this
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
1 O Foolish Galatians What happened was the result of foolishness, not ignorance or…..
2 Who has bewitched you They were being put under a spell
3 It was before your very eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified
This is what happened to all of the believers in all of the churches when they received the gospel
4 Let me ask you only this
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
1 O Foolish Galatians What happened was the result of foolishness, not ignorance or…..
2 Who has bewitched you They were being put under a spell
3 It was before your very eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified
This is what happened to all of the believers in all of the churches when they received the gospel
4 Let me ask you only this This will show you have been so foolish
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
5 Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
6 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit are you now being perfected by the flesh?
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
5 Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
All saw and experienced supernatural power when they received the Spirit at the beginning
6 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit are you now being perfected by the flesh?
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
5 Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
All saw and experienced supernatural power when they received the Spirit at the beginning
6 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit are you now being perfected by the flesh?
All saw and experienced supernatural power as they continued the journey to completion
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
7 Did you suffer so many things in vain – if indeed it was in vain?
8 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
MEANING
7 Did you suffer so many things in vain – if indeed it was in vain?
8 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
All experienced miracles worked by the presence of the Holy Spirit given by God.
WHAT KIND OF SUFFERING? FROM THE TEXT OF GALATIANS
1. When you do things that are not approved of by those around you (1:10)
2. When you are tested by people who are against you, regardless of what you say or do (2:4)
3. When you have to publicly confront the people in your sphere who have status and influence (2:14)
4. When what you say is misrepresented by those who need to oppose you (3:21)
5. When those with whom you had a close relationship take a side with others against you (4:16)
6. Being opposed just because you are speaking eternal saving truth e.g. the message of the cross (5:11)
