An Apostle Not From Men
Галатам 1:1–5
Бог ставит людей на должности служения, как Павел был поставлен апостолом в Послании к Галатам. 1:1.
Ефесянам 4:11-12 (ЛЕБ) And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers 12 for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
1 Кор 12:27-28 (ЛЕБ) Now you are the body of Christ, and members ⌊of it individually⌋, 28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.
Then in Galatians 1:4 he says two things.
- Первый, является “кто (Иисус Христос) gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age”
- второй, is that this is”according to the will of our God and Father”
We sometimes put everything in our relationship with Christ as future tense, as if it only matters when we die and go to heaven. But that isn’t what Paul is saying here. Jesus came to rescue us from “this present evil age”. It is right here, right now, that Jesus wants to work in our lives. And lets also not forget that this is” the will of our God and Father”. А также, as it says in 1John 3:8 “the Son of God was revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil”, not just sometime in the future, but that we might conquer the power of sin in our lives.
1 Джон 3:8-9 (ЛЕБ) The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason the Son of God was revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
There Are Some Who Are Disturbing You
Галатам 1:6–10
There is only one gospel, and it is “what you have received” in Galatians 1:9. And there can be only one purpose for any other message, and that is to turn you “from the one who called you by the grace of Christ” as it says in Galatians 1:1 so hold fast to what God has given you.
Джон 6:44–45 (ЛЕБ) No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.
It is the father that calls us into relationship with Him and that happens as we accept Jesus Christ, the one that gave his life to pay the price for our sin. Or as it says here:
Ефесянам 2:8 (ЛЕБ) For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
A Revelation of Jesus Christ
Галатам 1:11–17
Paul was not proclaiming a message he had been taught though he was trained by the best teacher of the day, Gamaliel. This gospel, Paul says, “I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ”.
As an aside, this is the same thing that happened with the twelve.
Люк 24:44–45 (ЛЕБ) And he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I* was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
Jesus taught them, but it wasn’t until they saw him after his resurrection that they were able to understand the scriptures and become “witnesses” as Paul also is and as we are also in this world.
Know this, God knows who you are and exactly what he made you to be so “when the one who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called”, it is time for you to go.
They Were Glorifying God Because of Me
Галатам 1:18–24
After Paul was converted, he was in Damascus and Acts 9:23 say for many days, then went to Jerusalem. Here in Galatians 1:18 it says “after three years I went up to Jerusalem”. Whatever his course in this period, it is clear that Paul, as it says in
акты 9:20 (ЛЕБ) And immediately he began proclaiming* Jesus in the synagogues: “This one is the Son of God!"
He wasn’t going to Jerusalem to get approval of the message because in Galatians 1:22-24 “the churches of Judea … were only hearing the one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith”.
Our Freedom That we Have in Christ Jesus
Галатам 2:1–5
Paul had gone back to Jerusalem because of this question about circumcision that some were saying was required for all. But this salvation through Christ is by grace, not by the keeping of the law. As Paul says in
Галатам 2:4 (ЛЕБ) Now this was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they might enslave us,
“The same visit to Jerusalem as in Ac 15:1–4 (A.D. 50), when the council of the apostles and Church decided that Gentile Christians need not be circumcised”.1
There are times when we must stand strong for the truth, the simplicity, of the gospel, which is the gift of God. А также, we see the strength of Paul in Galatians 2:5.
I Had Been Entrusted With The Gospel
Галатам 2:6–10
It seems that all of the church leaders were gathered together about this question of circumcision for the Gentiles as described in Acts 15:4. But it wasn’t about position that Paul was there, simply about the freedom that God had demonstrated by pouring out his Holy Spirit on the Gentiles as Peter says to the assembly in Acts 15:8. There is though this one extra bit of information given here in Galatians 2:9 “that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision” which is what they did.
How Can You Compel the Gentiles to Live Like Jews?
Галатам 2:11-14
Peter had a vision in Acts 10 before going to the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion. When Peter entered the house in
Act 10:28 And he said to them, “You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a foreigner. And to me God has shown that I should call no man common or unclean.
As we just noted about Galatians 2:6-10, there had been an assembly in Jerusalem to settle this matter of the Law and the Gentiles. The problem Paul has is that Peter, who was a Jew, kept the law when he was with the Jews, but not when he was with the Gentiles.
I Live by Faith in the Son of God
Галатам 2:15–21
In Galatians 2:15 Paul clarifies that he is talking to the Jews who are born Jews “by nature”. Then in vs. 16 he says that “a person is not justified by the works of the law” then says again more emphatically, “by the works of the law no human being will be justified”. There is only one way to be justified before God, as Paul also says in vs. 16 “we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ”. As Paul goes on to say in
Галатам 2:19–20 (ЛЕБ) For through the law I died to the law, in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, 20 and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
The law requires punishment for the sin I committed and then I am free. It is always after the fact, after I have sinned, that I am seeking forgiveness or reconciliation. But if “Christ lives in me” а также “I live by faith in the Son of God” and I live knowing the price has already been paid, I am free to live for Him.
The Ones Who Have Faith, These are Sons of Abraham
Галатам 3:1–7
Paul asks in Galatians 3:1 “who has bewitched you?”. How have they been deceived? In vs. 2 the began “by the hearing of faith”. In vs. 3 they began “by the Spirit”. In vs. 5 the miracles didn’t come by the high priest in the temple, they came “by the hearing of faith”. Then in Galatians 3:6 Paul takes them, the Jews, back to the very beginning, to Abraham. Он “believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness”. It has always been this way, believe and you receive from God. It has never worked to sacrifice to God to get him to do your will.
In You, All the Nations of the World Will be Blessed
Галатам 3:8-14
Paul connects the blessing of Abraham to those that believe in Galatians 3:9, “the ones who have faith are blessed”. But also shows us how God eliminates the curse in Galatians 3:13-14 Christ became the curse for us “that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles” а также “we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith”. Paul is talking about two things here. First is the blessing of Abraham to the Gentiles. The second is the promise of the Spirit on the Jews.
To His Descendant the Promises Were Spoken
Галатам 3:15–18
Paul is explaining the inheritance that was passed down from Abraham.
In Galatians 3:18 he says “God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise” which was before, in vs. 17 “закон, that came after four hundred and thirty years”.
Study Verses
- Галатам 2:6–10
- Галатам 2:15–21
- Галатам 3:1–7
Today’s Reading
- Галатам 1:1-24
- Галатам 2:1-21
- Галатам 3:1-18
References
- 1. Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., & коричневый, D. (1997). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Vol. 2, п. 326). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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