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If you were with us last week - we closed out chapter 2 of the book of Galatians...
Where we saw the Apostle Paul APPROACH Peter in a certain way...
If you remember, Paul was reminding the Galatians of when he opposed Peter publicly - in order to REBUKE Peter’s actions...
in drawing back
in separating himself from the Gentiles while eating
Peter’s actions had taught ALL the Jews around Peter - to do the same...
And those actions were classified this way in our text...
Peter’s actions DISPLAYED - a false gospel...
and so Paul addresses it!
And he did so last week by - laying out before Peter - the IRONY of REBUILDING the law between Jew and Gentile - in order to avoid becoming a “SINNER” like the Gentiles...
The irony being this...
Paul’s saying - If WE - as JEWS - rebuild what Christ tore down (the wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile) - then we PLACE OURSELVES - UNDER the LAW!!
Which means - we then STAND CONDEMNED!!
And as we know - Where there is a distorted Law, there will be a distorted Gospel!
And so TODAY - Paul will continue to address the connection between FAITH and the LAW...
Today - Paul continues to PRESS the Galatians - in their embrace of the FALSE TEACHINGS that had infiltrated the churches of Galatia...
And Paul DOES SO - in this passage - by asking QUESTION after QUESTION after QUESTION...
5 questions in all...
And it’s IN these questions that Paul HIGHLIGHTS - that which the Galatians had TURNED AWAY from....
The Gospel!
Sounds serious?!!
No??
Well - it IS serious…and Paul responds accordingly!
So Paul here - thinking about a PEOPLE - who had been SHOWN TRUTH...
YET NOW - embracing error of the highest degree!
And as we heard from Paul in Chapter 1 - Paul is UTTERLY shocked by this...
And his choice of words here - points to the FALSE TEACHERS themselves...
He says - “O foolish Galatians!
Who has BEWITCHED you?!!”
Paul uses the language of PAGAN MAGIC… to describe what he thinks about these False Teachers - and what he thinks about this false teaching!
To PAUL - it’s as if the Galatians have been put under a SPELL...
THAT’S HOW SHOCKED Paul is - that this is happening…!
He says - “It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified!”
Now it sounds like Paul is saying that these people were all THERE at the crucifixion of Christ...
But this word he uses here - the word - PORTRAYED - it means -
to DESCRIBE VIVIDLY...
And so Paul is pointing back to his PRIOR PROCLAMATION - TO the Galatians...
- of Christ as being crucified!
He’s saying - MY declaration of Christ’s work on the cross - was SO CLEAR -
it was as if you WITNESSED it yourselves!!
AND NOW??? - you’re turning from this CLEAR truth?!!
WHO has bewitched you??
And then - from HERE - Paul begins the onslaught of questions… and in ASKING these questions - we see clear truths of the GOSPEL - that the Galatians had turned from...
And what we see from this question is this…
SLIDE: By Faith: Gospel Life Begins
By Faith
I think the sheer fact that Paul asks this question – points to the reality that the PEOPLE KNEW the answer.
Just like we talked about last week where we will often have to address our kids in the car…
In that while they’re arguing and bickering with each other… AT THE SAME TIME… They’ll be singing songs about Jesus…
And we try to teach them in a certain way….
Paul’s using a tactic here that I implement ALL THE TIME – with my kids…(and adults for that matter)
Asking questions that you know the other person knows… To then help them SEE the truth you’re trying to highlight!
It’s no different than in a courtroom.
What do Lawyers do?
They ask QUESTIONS…in order to walk you down a road they want to walk you down…
Paul does the same thing here!!
He knows that the Galatians would respond to this question – by saying – We RECEIVED the Spirit – by FAITH…
And they would be – RIGHT!
Upon FAITH, we receive the Holy Spirit!
And so - UPON FAITH - we go from BEING Spiritually dead - - to being Spiritually ALIVE!
A supernatural HEALING takes place - UPON faith in Christ...
And Jesus tried to TEACH us this when He walked this earth!!
A paralytic man is brought to Jesus - And Jesus looks at the man and says - Your sins are forgiven!
Well - some scribes heard this and claimed Jesus was a blasphemer...
WHY?
They thought - Who are YOU to forgive sins?
And Jesus responds - Which is easier - to say - “your sins are forgiven” OR to say...
“Rise and walk”?
v6 - But so that you may KNOW that I (the SON of MAN) have authority on EARTH to forgive SINS…i say to this paralytic - “Rise - pick up your bed and go home!”
a SUPERNATURAL - PHYSICAL healing...
that REPRESENTED the SUPERNATURAL Spiritual HEALING…that took place...
And what was it all BASED on?
Another example?
Same chapter!
- Again - a SUPERNATURAL - PHYSICAL healing...
that REPRESENTED the SUPERNATURAL Spiritual HEALING - all based on FAITH!
Back to our text...
Upon FAITH - we receive the Holy Spirit…!
And the Galatians KNEW this...
So Paul CONFIRMS that they know this - to REMIND them of this reality...
And this first question - LEADS directly to the 2nd and 3rd question!
So Paul here - ANSWERS his first question - JUST IN CASE - some reading this DIDN’T know the answer...
And here is where i think WE - here today - can often get TRIPPED up in our own walks of - Faith...
I think too often - the Gospel, even within these circles - is viewed as that DOOR to salvation -
that after we WALK THRU IT - we close that door and get on to OTHER THINGS!!
I’m not sure we’re fully convinced of our NEED for the GOSPEL - POST salvation!
I’m not sure we’re fully convinced that we NEED the Gospel once we’ve USED it to GET SAVED!
Reality is - the Gospel IS the doorway to salvation - AND it’s the ground upon which we walk!
If we look at the life of Christ - and in HIM we see an example for US...
Then we need to KNOW - how He lived His life...
And so we see that the Holy Spirit - POWERED the ministry of Jesus from beginning to end...
From His:
Birth
Baptism
Temptation
Public Ministry
Miracles
The Resurrection
All of these things - EMPOWERED by the Holy Spirit!!
And this is what Paul is trying to get across to the Galatians...
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