Monday 27 April 2020

The Epistle To The Galatians


Index


To The Churches Of Galatia (1:1-2)
Deliverance From An Evil Age (1:3-5)
Perversions Of The Gospel (1:6-10)
Paul’s Remarkable Conversion (1:11-24)
Circumcision And The Gospel (2:1-5)
Paul And Peter (2:6-19)
The Life Which I Now Live (2:20-21)
Bewitched And Befooled (3:1-5)
The Heirs Of Abraham (3:6-14,26-29)
The Purpose Of The Law (3:15-25)
From Heirs Apparent To Heirs Actual (4:1-7)
The Danger Of Religious Holidays (4:8-11)
Sacrifices In Evangelism (4:12-15)
True Friends And False Friends (4:16-20)
The Allegory Of Hagar and Sarah (4:21-31)
Standing Fast In The Liberty Of Christ (5:1)
Consequences Of Trusting In The Law (5:2-4)
Eagerly Awaiting Our Hope (5:5)
That Which Has Power In Christ (5:6)
The Sin Of Hindering Others (5:7-12)
The Proper Use Of Our Liberty (5:13-15)
The Flesh Versus The Spirit (5:16-18)
The Works Of The Flesh - I (5:19-21)
The Works Of The Flesh - II (5:19-21)
The Works Of The Flesh - III (5:19-21)
Inheriting The Kingdom Of God (5:21)
The Fruit Of The Spirit - I (5:22-23)
The Fruit Of The Spirit - II (5:22-23)
The Fruit Of The Spirit - III (5:22-23)
Those Who Belong To Christ (5:24-26)
Bearing Burdens (6:1-5)
Sharing And Doing Good (6:6,10)
We Reap What We Sow (6:7-9)
Two Very Different Boasts (6:11-18)


Introduction
Christians in the first century A.D. found themselves facing similar circumstances
1 immorality was rampant, moral virtue was scarce
2 Religions were many yet ineffective in saving the sanctifving souls .

Paul in this letter to the churches he addressed some concerns
1 Dealing with false gospels and false hopes
2. Providing guidance for salvation and godly living .

Geography :

It was used to describe the northern part of central Asia minor .Politically , It included pars of Pontus,Phrygia and Lycaoniamore southern regions of central Asia Minor



Because of his outstanding dense of the gospel of Christ in which we have freedom from the sin the Law, this epistle has been called ‘The Magna Carta of Christin Liberty ‘

May we never forget that all the verses in the bible from the smallest to the biggest are all wonderful. I have merely  quoted a few verses from the book.Never underestimating the power of the rest of the verse of this wonderful letter of  Paul. or of this Book in its entirety but just mentioning a few ,for us to Glance upon and evaluate ourselves


A few verses per Chapter  7 to 13


Gal 1:8  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 

Gal 1:15  But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 
Gal 1:19  But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. 

Gal 2:16  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 
Gal 2:20  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Gal 3:6  Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Gal 3:7  Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 
Gal 3:8  And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 
Gal 3:9  So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham
Gal 3:11  But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 
Gal 3:26  For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 
Gal 4:1  Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 
Gal 4:2  But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 
Gal 4:3  Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 
Gal 4:4  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 

Gal 4:6  And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Gal 4:7  Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

Gal 4:9  But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 
Gal 4:19  My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 
 Gal 5:1  Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 
Gal 5:5  For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 
Gal 5:6  For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. 
Gal 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 
Gal 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 

Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
Gal 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 
Gal 5:21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 
Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
Gal 5:23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 
Gal 5:24  And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 

Gal 5:25  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 

Gal 5:26  Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. 

Gal 6:1  Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 
Gal 6:2  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 
Gal 6:3  For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself
Gal 6:4  But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 
Gal 6:5  For every man shall bear his own burden. 
Gal 6:6  Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 
Gal 6:7  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 
Gal 6:14  But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. .


do refer to your BIBLE'S always.