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New Testament 2/6/2011
Overview
The Galatian Church
Lesson 13 – Galatians
Dr. Rich Murphy • Was established by Paul on his
2nd missionary journey.
The Galatian Church
• After Paul left, a faction of
• They were undermining Paul’s Judiazers came into the church
authority as an apostle teaching the requirement to obey
the Mosaic law:
• The Jerusalem council had
already decided that the Gentile – Required for salvation
Christians did not have to obey – The believer is “made perfect”
the law.
through the law
• These Judaizers converted the
Galatian church Why was it Written?

Epistle to the Galatians • To oppose this false teaching of
the Judaizers
• Paul heard about the Galatian
church being converted to this • Erroneous teachings he was
“Jewish Christianity” while in refuting:
Greece, on his third missionary
journey. – Obedience to the law, mixed with
faith, is necessary for salvation
• He wrote his epistle to the
Galatians to counter this false – The believer is made perfect by
teaching. keeping the law

• This is very different than
teaching sanctification

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Contents 2/6/2011

• The theme of Galatians is the Contents
liberty we have in Christ
• The church has no right to
• Outline: believe whatever it wants to, or
democratically decide its doctrine
– The Apostle of liberty – ch 1-2
– The Doctrine of liberty – ch 3-4 – Truth comes to the church through
– The Life of liberty – ch 5-6 the apostles

• However, Paul makes it clear in • The God of the O.T. and the God
this book that liberty doesn’t of the N.T. are the same God
mean liberty to sin
– There is unity throughout the Bible

For do I now persuade men, or We who are Jews by nature, and
God? or do I seek to please not sinners of the Gentiles, 16
men? for if I yet pleased men, I Knowing that a man is not justified
should not be the servant of by the works of the law, but by the
Christ. faith of Jesus Christ, even we have
believed in Jesus Christ, that we
- Galatians 1:10 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.

- Galatians 2:15-16

I am crucified with Christ: And the law is not of faith: but,
nevertheless I live; yet not I, The man that doeth them shall
but Christ liveth in me: and the live in them. 13 Christ hath
life which I now live in the flesh redeemed us from the curse of
I live by the faith of the Son of the law, being made a curse
God, who loved me, and gave for us: for it is written, Cursed
himself for me. is every one that hangeth on a
tree…
- Galatians 2:20
- Galatians 3:12-14

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…14 That the blessing of 2/6/2011
Abraham might come on the
Gentiles through Jesus Christ; This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,
that we might receive the and ye shall not fulfill the lust of
promise of the Spirit through the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth
faith. against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh: and these are
- Galatians 3:12-14 contrary the one to the other: so
that ye cannot do the things that
ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the
Spirit, ye are not under the law.

- Galatians 5:16-18

Now the works of the flesh are … 21 Envyings, murders,
manifest, which are these; drunkenness, revellings, and
adultery, fornication, such like: of the which I tell
uncleanness, lasciviousness, you before, as I have also told
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, you in time past, that they
variance, emulations, wrath, which do such things shall not
strife, seditions, heresies… inherit the kingdom of God.

- Galatians 5:19-21 - Galatians 5:19-21

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, Bear ye one another's
joy, peace, longsuffering, burdens, and so fulfill the law
gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 of Christ.
Meekness, temperance: against
such there is no law. 24 And they - Galatians 6:2
that are Christ's have crucified
the flesh with the affections and 3
lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let
us also walk in the Spirit.

- Galatians 5:22-25