Calvary Chapel Carson City

Wednesday Night Live 

October 9, 2024

 Galatians 

How the Gospel Is Referred to in Galatians

As the grace of Christ (Gal. 1:8) 

A revelation (Gal. 1:11-12) 

Being not of or from man (Gal. 1:11) 

That which justifies (Gal. 2:16) 

Giving the Spirit (Gal. 3:2) 

Working miracles (Gal. 3:5) 

Redeeming from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13) 

Being of faith (Gal. 3:22-25) 

Redeeming those under law (Gal. 3:13) 

Making us sons, not servants (Gal. 1:4-6) 

Bringing liberty (Gal. 1:4-24; 5:1,13) 

Giving the new birth (Gal. 4:21-31) 

Abolishing circumcision (Gal. 5:2) 

Cancelling the law (Gal. 5:18) 

The law of Christ (Gal. 6:2

What went wrong with the Galatians

Being so soon removed from Christ (Gal. 1:6) 

Permitting false teachers to pervert the gospel (Gal. 1:7; 5:8-12) 

They were bewitched from obedience to the gospel of Christ (Gal. 3:1; 5:7) 

Were crucifying Christ anew (Gal. 3:1) 

Attributing their gospel blessings to the law of Moses (Gal. 3:2) 

Beginning in the Spirit and seeking perfection in the flesh (Gal. 3:3) 

Suffering for the gospel in vain by losing gospel benefits (Gal. 3:4) 

Going back to the law of works to be justified (Gal. 3:10-12; 5:4) 

Turning back to the weak and beggarly elements of the world (Gal. 4:9) 

Desiring to be in bondage (Gal. 4:9,21) 

Going back to observance of sabbaths and other festivals of the law (Gal. 4:9-10) 

They considered Paul an enemy for telling them the truth (Gal. 4:16) 

Were zealous for wrong things (Gal. 4:17-18) 

Backslidden and in need of a rebirth again (Gal. 4:19) 

Were back in bondage to the law (Gal. 5:1) 

Being convinced of circumcision (Gal. 5:2) 

Were fallen from grace (Gal. 1:6; 5:4) 

Using liberty as an occasion for the flesh to commit sin (Gal. 5:13) 

Biting and devouring one another (Gal. 5:15,26)

Seeking to escape persecution of the cross of Christ (Gal. 6:12

Another gospel

The other gospel was the law which:

Cannot justify (Gal. 2:16; 3:11; 5:4) 

Brings only the curse (Gal. 3:10) Is not of faith (Gal. 3:12) 

Cannot give an inheritance (Gal. 3:18) 

Was added only to make sin sinful (Gal. 3:19; Rom. 3:19-20; 7:13; 1Jn. 3:4) 

Was given only until Christ came (Gal. 3:19,23-25 Heb. 7:28; 9:9-10 Lk. 16:16) 

Could not give life (Gal. 3:21) 

Could not give righteousness (Gal. 3:21) 

Was a schoolmaster to lead to Christ (Gal. 3:24-26 Mt. 11:11; Lk. 16:16) 

Is not in force for Christians (Gal. 3:19-25 notes, Acts 15:1,24

(see Eighty-five Old Covenant and New Covenant Contrasts) 

Makes servants, not sons (Gal. 4:1-3) 

Brings bondage (Gal. 4:9,24; 5:1) 

Was a religion of days, etc. (Gal. 4:10) 

Could not give the new birth (Gal. 4:28-30) 

Was cast out (Gal. 4:21-31) 

Demanded circumcision (Gal. 5:2-3) 

If observed, cancels grace (Gal. 5:4

Perverting the Gospel: is going back under the law and substituting it for/as the gospel.

This is not Good News!!!