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Galatians
A. Introduction [OR] 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 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 |