GALATIANS CHAPTER ONE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I) [Gal 1:1]:

A) PAUL DECLARES HIMSELF AN APOSTLE FIRST THING

B) APOSTLE DEFINED

1) [Compare Acts 1:21-22]:

2) [Cp Mt 10:1-8, (cf Mk 3:13-19)]:

3) [Acts 1:20b]:

4) [Cp 1 Cor 4:1, 9]:

C) THE SEVEN SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE

D) PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP HAD A UNIQUE MISSION

1) [Compare 1 Cor 9:1]:

2) [Compare Ro 11:13]:

3) [Compare Acts 9:15]:

4) [Compare Gal 2:6-8]:

E) THE OPENING OF GALATIANS IS A DEFENCE OF PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP

II) [Gal 1:2]:

A) PAUL INCLUDES OTHERS OF THE FAITH IN HIS SALUTATION TO POINT TO A COMMON POINT OF VIEW ON DOCTRINE

B) THE LETTER TO THE CHURCHES IN GALATIA WAS A CIRCULAR LETTER

III) [Gal 1:3]:

A) PAUL USES A TRADITIONAL FORM OF GREETING

IV) [Gal 1:3-5]:

A) THE LORD JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS TO RESCUE US FROM THE PRESENT EVIL AGE

1) JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS [ALL BELIEVERS], AND NOT FOR OURS ONLY BUT FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD

a) [Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:

b) [Compare 2 Cor 5:18-19]:

c) [Compare Col 2:13-14]:

2) ALL WHO TRUST IN THE TRUTH OF OUR LORD GIVING HIMSELF IN PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS IMMEDIATELY AND FOREVER RECEIVES ETERNAL LIFE

a) [Compare Jn 3:14-18]:

b) [1 Jn 5:9-13]:

3) BENEFIT #2: ALL WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN THE TRUTH OF OUR LORD GIVING HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS RECEIVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING DELIVERED FROM THIS EVIL AGE, I.E., FROM FALLING PREY TO THE EVILS OF THIS WORLD

B) AND THIS IS ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD

C) CONCLUSTION VV. 3-5

V) [Gal 1:6-7]:

A) DEPARTURE FROM THE GOSPEL BY THE GALATIAN CHURCHES

B) A MODERN DAY PARALLEL: LORDSHIP SALVATION

1) [Compare Gal 3:2b, 5-9]:

VI) [Gal 1:8-9]:

A) ETERNAL CONDEMNATION IS NOT IN VIEW FOR THOSE WHO PREACH A FALSE GOSPEL

1) [Compare 1 Cor 12:3]:

2) [Compare Jn 3:18]:

VII) [Gal 1:10]:

VIII) [Gal 1:11-18]:

A) PAUL RECEIVED HIS TRAINING RE: THE GOSPEL FROM JESUS CHRIST DURING A THREE YEAR PERIOD IN ARABIA AND DAMACUS

IX) [Gal 1:18-19]:

X) [Gal 1:20]:

XI) [Gal 1:21-24]: