The galatian book of demons5/5/2023 Yes, they were in the church, and until they were excommunicated, he could call them brethren, but Paul makes no bones about it - they did not understand the Gospel. These men from Judea did not understand the Gospel. Notice that statement - “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” This was why Paul wrote Galatians. I will read the first five verses.Īcts 15:1 And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Please turn to Acts 15 for a bit more background. So there were numerous churches in the southern part of the province of Galatia that had been planted by Paul's team during his first missionary journey. The South Galatian theory answers every issue perfectly. Don't look at it now, but on the back of your outline I give thirteen proofs that this is the case. In my Acts series I examined the evidence on both sides in detail to prove that the South Galatia theory is the correct one and that this book was written just before the Acts 15 council, somewhere in the time period of Acts 15:2-4. There is controversy on whether Paul is using the term "Galatia" as a racial term, in which case it would be the northern Galatia theory and the book would have been written a few later, or whether he is referring to the Roman province of Galatia (as I believe), in which case Paul is writing to the churches he planted in Acts 13 and 14. He is not in any way inferior to the other apostles and has been recognized to be a true apostle by the church. He will show in this book that he has the backing of the churches, the apostles, and most importantly, of Christ himself. The implication is that if you reject Paul, you have rejected the Lord Jesus who sent Paul. He was not an apostle sent by men, but an apostle sent by Christ, the risen Lord. He wasn't one of the original twelve, but he will show how he met all the qualifications of a true apostle who represented Jesus Christ as an inspired prophet. They tried in many ways to undermine his authority. You can always expect heretics who can't win the theological argument to attack the person. In this book Paul will defend his apostleship, which had come under attack from the Judaizers. Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), I believe the book divides up in 15 sections, with one logically flowing into the next. The first five verses contain the main themes of the book and encapsulate what the Gospel is all about. The Good News of Freedom (1:1-5) Verses 1-2 It's a very important book for our own day, a day in which the Gospel is being diluted in so many circles. Chapter 1:8 says, "But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed." And every age has had people who have tried to change Paul's Gospel into a counterfeit. And because of the influence of Luther's bombastic commentary on Galatians, the whole Protestant world spoke of Galatians as "the battle-cry of the Reformation." It is a book that defends the Gospel against all counterfeits. You can tell from his commentary on this epistle that this book helped to free his soul from the bondage of legalism. It is my Katherine.” Katherine was his wife. Martin Luther once said, “The epistle to the Galatians is my epistle. It shows the water-tight logic of Paul's argument against all counterfeits to the Gospel. This sermon shows how Galatianism is very much alive in the modern Evangelical church.
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