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!!!
