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Overview
Galatians
A. Introduction
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Greeting (Ga 1:1-10)
I.) Salutation [OR] Greeting [OR] Introduction [OR] The apostle's salutation (Ga 1:1)
1. Follow the Good News We Gave You (Ga 1:6-10)
I.) Theme and occasion of the Epistle [OR] Only One Gospel [OR] No Other Gospel [OR] Perversion of the Gospel [OR] There Is No Other Gospel [OR] Paul is distressed that they have so quickly turned from him and his gospel (Ga 1:6)
A.) And Denounces Those Who Preach Any Other Gospel (Ga 1:8)
II.) Paul's gospel is a revelation, not a tradition from the other apostles (Ga 1:10)
2. Christ Alone Gave Paul the Good News He Spreads (Ga 1:11-24)
B. Paul's Defence of Himself (Ga 1:11-2:21)
1a. Christ Alone Gave Paul the Good News He Spreads
(Ga 1:11-24)
A.) Call To Apostleship [OR] Paul Called By God [OR] Paul Defends His Ministry [OR] Paul's Vindication Of His Apostleship [OR] Which He Has Learned Not From Men, But From God (Ga 1:11)
B.) Paul Confesses What He Was Before His Calling (Ga 1:14)
C.) And What He Did Thereafter (Ga 1:17)
D.) Contacts At Jerusalem (Ga 1:18)
1. Paul Was Accepted as an Apostle by the Leaders in Jerusalem (Ga 2:1-10)
A.) Defending The Gospel [OR] Paul Accepted By The Apostles [OR] The Council At Jerusalem [OR] Paul And The Other Apostles [OR] He Shows The Purpose Of His Next Visit To Jerusalem (Ga 2:1)
B.) And Why Titus Was Not Circumcised (Ga 2:3)
2. Paul Shows How Cephas Was Wrong (Ga 2:11-21)
A.) No Return To The Law [OR] Paul Opposes Peter [OR] Peter (Cephas) Opposed By Paul [OR] Paul Rebukes Peter At Antioch [OR] How Paul Resisted Peter, And Told Him The Reason (Ga 2:11)
B.) Why He And Other Jews Who Believe In Christ Are Justified By Faith, And Not By Works (Ga 2:14)
I.) Justification is by faith without law (Ga 2:15)
A.) Even Jews Must Be So Justified [OR] Jews And Gentiles Are Saved By Faith (Ga 2:15)
B.) The Law Has Already Executed Its Sentence Upon The Believer (Ga 2:19)
C.) The Christian Life Is The Outliving Of The Inliving Christ [OR] And That Those Who Are Thus Justified Do Not Live In Sin (Ga 2:20)
D.) To Mingle Law-Works With Grace In Justification Frustrates Grace (Ga 2:21)
C. The Nature of the Gospel (Ga 3:1-4:31)
1a. God Approves of Those Who Believe
(Ga 3:1-14)
A.) The Gift Of The Spirit Is By Faith, Not By Law-Works [OR] Justification By Faith [OR] Faith Or Observance Of The Law [OR] Faith Brings Righteousness [OR] Law Or Faith [OR] Paul Asks What Has Caused The Galatians To Leave The Faith And Rely On The Law (Ga 3:1)
B.) The Abrahamic Covenant Is A By-Faith Covenant [OR] Those Who Believe Are Justified (Ga 3:6)
1.) And Blessed With Abraham (Ga 3:9)
C.) The Man Under Law-Works Is Under The Curse Of The Law [OR] The Law Brings A Curse [OR] He Offers Several Proofs Of This Truth (Ga 3:10)
D.) Christ Has Borne Our Law-Curse That We Might Have The Faith-Blessing (Ga 3:13)
1. The Relationship Between Law and Promise (Ga 3:15-29)
1.) The Changeless Promise [OR] The Law And The Promise [OR] Intent Of The Law [OR] The Promise To Abraham (Ga 3:15)
A.) The Law Does Not Add A New Condition To The Abrahamic Covenant Of Faith (Ga 3:17)
B.) The True Intent Of The Law Is Condemnation, And As A Preparatory Disci [OR] Purpose Of The Law [OR] The Purpose Of The Law (Ga 3:19)
I.) The rule of the believer's life is gracious, not legal (Ga 3:25)
A.) The Justified Believer Is A Son In The Family Of God, Not A Servant Under The Law [OR] Sons And Heirs [OR] Sons Of God (Ga 3:26)
2. You Are God's Children (Ga 4:1-11)
1.) Sonship In Christ [OR] We Were Under The Law As The Minor Heir Is Under His Guardian (Ga 4:1)
A.) The Believer Is Redeemed From Under The Law (Ga 4:4)
1.) Until Christ Freed Us (Ga 4:5)
B.) The Spirit Actualizes The Believer's Sonship (Ga 4:6)
1.) Therefore, We Are No Longer Servants To It (Ga 4:7)
C.) To Lapse Into Legality Is To Go Back To An Elementary Religion [OR] Fears For The Church [OR] Paul's Concern For The Galatians [OR] Paul Reproves The Galatians (Ga 4:8)
3. What Happened to Your Positive Attitude? (Ga 4:12-20)
1.) He Remembers The Galatians' Good Will (Ga 4:14)
A.) In Legality The Galatians Have Lost Their Blessing (Ga 4:15)
B.) The Two Systems, Law And Grace, Cannot Co-Exist (Ga 4:19)
4. You Are Children of the Promise (Ga 4:21-31)
1.) Two Covenants [OR] Hagar And Sarah [OR] Bond And Free [OR] The Allegory Of Hagar And Sarah (Ga 4:21)
2.) And Shows That We Are Children Of Abraham (Ga 4:22)
3.) By The Free Woman (Ga 4:28)
D. Life in the Spirit (Ga 5:1-6:10)
1a. Live in the Freedom That Christ Gives You
(Ga 5:1-26)
A.) Application Of The Allegory [OR] Christian Liberty [OR] Freedom In Christ [OR] Walk By The Spirit [OR] He Encourages Them To Stand Fast In Their Freedom (Ga 5:1)
1.) The Nature Of Christian Freedom (Ga 5:2)
2.) And Not To Practice Circumcision (Ga 5:3)
3.) Love Fulfills The Law (Ga 5:7)
4.) Life By The Spirit [OR] But Rather Love, Which Sums Up The Law (Ga 5:13)
I.) Sanctification is through the Spirit, not the law [OR] Walking in the Spirit [OR] The Works of the Flesh (Ga 5:16)
A.) The Spirit Gives Victory Over Sin (Ga 5:17)
1.) He Totals Up The Works Of The Flesh (Ga 5:19)
B.) Christian Character Is Produced By The Holy Spirit, Not By Self-Effort [OR] The Fruit Of The Spirit [OR] And The Fruits Of The Spirit (Ga 5:22)
II.) The outworking of the new life in Christ Jesus [OR] and exhorts them to walk in the Spirit (Ga 5:25)
1. Help Carry Each Other's Burdens (Ga 6:1-5)
A.) The New Life As A Brotherhood (Ga 6:1)
1.) The Case Of A Sinning Brother [OR] Bear And Share The Burdens [OR] Doing Good To All [OR] Bear One Another's Burdens [OR] He Prescribes Leniency For A Brother Who Has Erred (Ga 6:1)
2.) The Case Of A Burdened Brother [OR] And Urges Bearing One Another's Burdens (Ga 6:2)
2. We Will Harvest What We Plant (Ga 6:6-10)
1.) The Case Of A Teaching Brother [OR] Be Generous And Do Good [OR] The Church Must Support Its Teachers (Ga 6:6)
A.) The New Life As A Husbandry (Ga 6:7)
1.) And Be Tireless In Doing Good (Ga 6:9)
B.) The New Life As A Beneficence (Ga 6:10)
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E. Conclusion (Ga 6:11-18)
1. Paul Summarizes His Teachings About Circumcision
(Ga 6:11-18)
A.) The New Life In Sacrificial Love [OR] Glory Only In The Cross [OR] Not Circumcision, But A New Creation [OR] Final Admonitions And Benediction (Ga 6:11)
1.) Paul Shows The Purpose Of Those Who Preached Circumcision (Ga 6:12)
B.) The New Exultation Of The New Life [OR] And Glories In Nothing Except The Cross Of Christ (Ga 6:14)
C.) The Peace Of The New Life [OR] Blessing And A Plea (Ga 6:16)
D.) The New Fellowship Of Suffering (Ga 6:17)
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