{ Part 1: Background & Overview }

Paul, an apostle … (my apostleship doesn’t derive from human sources! Nor did it come through a human being. It came through Jesus the Messiah, and God the father who raised him from the dead) …and the family who are with me; to the churches of Galatia.

GALATIANS 1:1-3

- Written in 49 AD (oldest book in the New Testament)- Written from Antioch of Syria- Written to churches in South Galatia (1-2yrs old):

• Pisidian Antioch• Iconium• Lystra• Derbe

BACKGROUND INFO

AD 46-49

AD 50-52

AD 53-58

- Written at “white heat” as an argument against legalism,specifically against Judaizers trying to persuadethe Galatian believers that following Jesus includesthe necessity of following the Law of Moses

BACKGROUND INFO

- Written at “white heat” as an argument against legalism,specifically against Judaizers trying to persuadethe Galatian believers that following Jesus includesthe necessity of following the Law of Moses

BACKGROUND INFO

Pre-Messiah Post-Messiah

PAUL‘S OLD WAY OFJEWISH THINKING

- Written at “white heat” as an argument against legalism,specifically against Judaizers trying to persuadethe Galatian believers that following Jesus includesthe necessity of following the Law of Moses

BACKGROUND INFO

PAUL‘S NEW WAY OFCHRISTIAN THINKING

Overlap ofThe Ages

Kingdom of God

Present Evil Age

- Written at “white heat” as an argument against legalism,specifically against Judaizers trying to persuadethe Galatian believers that following Jesus includesthe necessity of following the Law of Moses

BACKGROUND INFO

PAUL‘S NEW WAY OFCHRISTIAN THINKING

Resurrection = Going forward ina new Exodus!

Circumcision = Going back to the Old Covenant!

WHAT LEGALISTS DO...- They add a lot of REQUIREMENTS not specified by Jesus

- They add a lot of REQUIREMENTS not specified by Jesus

- They add a lot of RESTRICTIONS not specified by Jesus

WHAT LEGALISTS DO...

Paul, an apostle … (my apostleship doesn’t derive from human sources! Nor did it come through a human being. It came through Jesus the Messiah, and God the father who raised him from the dead) …and the family who are with me; to the churches of Galatia.

GALATIANS 1:1-2

Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, who gave Himself for our sins, to rescue us…from the present evil age, according to the will of God, our Father, to Whom be glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

GALATIANS 1:3-5

I’m astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by grace, and going after another gospel— not that it is another gospel, it’s just that there are some people stirring up trouble for you, and wanting to pervert the gospel of the Messiah.

GALATIANS 1:6-7

But even if we—or an angel from heaven!—should announce a gospel other than the one we announced to you, let such a person be accursed. I said it before, and I now say it again: if anyone offers you a gospel other than the one you received, let that person be accursed. (be put under a total ban)

GALATIANS 1:8-9

Well now … does that sound as though I’m trying to make up to people—or to God? Or that I’m trying to curry favor with people? If I were still pleasing people, I wouldn’t be a slave of the Messiah.

GALATIANS 6:10

Look at the large-size letters I’m writing to you in my own hand. It’s the people who want to make a fine showing in the flesh who are trying to force you into getting circumcised—for this purpose only, that they may avoid persecution for the Messiah’s cross. You see, even the circumcised ones don’t keep the law; rather, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast about your flesh.

GALATIANS 6:11-13

As for me, God forbid that I should boast—except in the cross of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Circumcision, you see, is nothing; neither is un-circumcision! WHAT MATTERS IS NEW CREATION.

GALATIANS 6:14-15

- Can only be done through the person of JesusBECOMING PART of GOD‘S NEW CREATION

- Can only be done through the person of Jesus

- Can only be be lived in the context of “family on mission”

BECOMING PART of GOD‘S NEW CREATION

- Can only be done through the person of Jesus

- Can only be be lived in the context of “family on mission”

- Is meant to be testified to through baptism

BECOMING PART of GOD‘S NEW CREATION

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