| IN DEFENSE OF THE PURE GOSPEL:
The Gospel Of Christ: Carnal Slaves Rescued, Spiritual
Sons Set Free to Love |
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- The Gospel: Of Divine Origin and Utterly Sacred (1:8-16)
- A New Creation: Christ Rescues Us through Death and
Resurrection (1:4;16-21;3:3-5;6:14,15)
- The Faith of Abraham: A Blessing Based upon God's
Promise, Not Law (3:6-18)
- The Law: A Schoolmaster to Bring Us to Christ
(3:19-25)
- The Promise: Every Heir of Abraham is a Beloved Son
and No Longer a Slave (3:26-4:7)
- The City: Believers are of the New Heavenly
Jerusalem, not the Earthly Enslaved City (4:21-31)
- The Liberty: To Walk in the Spirit by Faith Which
Expresses Itself in Love (5:1-15)
- The Fruit: Of Walking in God's Spirit, Which the
Flesh Cannot Produce (5:16-26)
- The Law of the Spirit: Vigilent Sacrificial
Christian Love (6:1-10)
| A COMMUNITY BITING AND DEVOURING ONE ANOTHER:
A Community Ready to Abandon Their Love for Legalistic Instigators |
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- Paul's Rebuke: The Duplicity of the Galatians with
Regards to the Pure Gospel (1:5-2:21)
- Paul's Perplexity: The Galations Abandoning Their
Love for Him Because of Truth (4:11-16)
- Paul's Concern: The Galatians Already Damaged by the
False Teachers (4:17-20)
- Paul's Admonishment: The Galatian's Need to Expell
the Slave Makers (4:26-31)
- Paul's Desire: That These Legalistic Instigators Be
Rendered Sterile by Being Emasculated (5:7-12)
- Paul's Indictment: If You Bite and Devour You Will
Consume One Another (5:15)
- Paul's Warning: The Lawless Circumcision Group
Boasts in Carnal Outward Expression (6:12,13)
| "I DID NOT GIVE IN FOR A MOMENT:
An Apostle Devoted to the Gospel of God's Love |
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- Paul's Divinely Ordained Ministry: To Preach the
Gospel of God's Son (1:1-2:5)
- Paul's Impassioned Defense: The Purity of the Gospel
Rather Than Pleasing Men (2:6-19)
- Paul's Manner Of Life: Crucifixion and Life by Faith
in the Sacrificed Son of God (1:20)
- Paul Appeal: For the Galatians to Follow His Example
(4:12)
- Paul's Boast: He Bears on His Body the Marks of the
Lord Jesus (6:17)
| DIACHRONIC OVERVIEW:
Being Crucified with Christ and Living to Tell about It |
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- I am Crucified with Christ, I no longer live, but
Christ Lives in Me (1:20)
- You are All Sons of God through Faith in Christ
Jesus (3:26)
- When the Time had Fully Come, God sent his Son to
Redeem Those under Law (4:4,5)
- Christ Grants to Believers the Full Rights of Sons
(4:5)
- You are No Longer a Slave, but a Son (4:7)
- The Jerusalem That is Above is Free - She is our
Mother (4:26)
- Those Who Belong to Christ Jesus have Crucified the
Sinful Nature with its Passions and Desires (5:24)
- Christ Gave Himself to Rescue Us from the Present
Evil Age (1:4)
- The Scripture Declares the Whole World Prisoner to
Sin so that the Promise is a Gift to Believers (3:22)
- Now You Know God - are Known of God - Why Turn Back
to Beggarly Principals (4:8,9)
- Those Who are Trying to be Justified by the Law have
Fallen Away from Grace (5:4)
- Those Who Live According to the Flesh will not
Inherit the Kingdom of God (5:21)
- We will Reap a Harvest in Due Time if We do not
Faint (6:9)
- The Circumcision Group: An Outward Impression, Avoid
Persecution, and Glory in the Flesh (6:12-14)
- By the Cross of Christ We have been Crucified to the
World, and It to Us (6:14)
- Circumcision is Meaningless - What Counts is a New
Creation (6:15)
