GALATIANS
CHAPTER 5
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
PAUL DEFENDS THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY (5:1-6:10)
A)
CHRIST HAS SET THE BELIEVER FREE TO BE FREE - NOT TO LET ONESELF BECOME
ENSLAVED ALL OVER AGAIN
1)
[Gal 5:1]:
B)
A BELIEVER IS TO LEAD HIS LIFE APART FROM TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW
1)
[Gal 5:1-12]:
a)
[Gal 5:1-2]:
i)
TURNING TO LAW CAUSES THE BELIEVER TO BE UNDER PERSONAL SLAVERY CAUSING
A PERSONAL LOSS OF FREEDOM AND THE FALSE VIEW THAT CHRIST IS OF NO VALUE
FOR JUSTIFICATION (5:1-2)
i_a)
THE GALATIANS HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM HAVING TO PERFECTLY FOLLOW ANY LAW
TO BE JUSTIFIED AND THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN
CHRIST ALONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FOREVER
i_a_Ro
2:14-15]:
i_a_Ro
3:20-24]:
i_a_Gal
3:1-2]:
i_a_Eph
1:13-14]:
i_a_Ro
8:1-2]:
i_b)
THE GALATIANS AND ALL BELIEVERS ARE SET FREE FROM FROM THE ETERNAL
CONDEMNATION OF SIN AND DEATH SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE FREE FROM BEING
UNDER LAW TO BE JUSTIFIED
i_b_1
Cor 16:13]:
i_b_Phil
1:27-28]:
b)
[Gal 5:2]:
i)
IF THE GALATIANS LET THEMSELVES BE CIRCUMCISED IN ORDER TO BE JUSTIFIED
WHEN THEY ALREADY HAD BEEN JUSTIFIED BY FAITH ALONE, CHRIST WOULD BE OF
NO VALUE TO THEM IN THEIR OWN MINDS THUS RUINING THEIR LIFE OF LIVING BY
THE GRACE OF GOD
i_a)
[Compare Gal 2:21]:
i_a_Ro
5:1-2]:
B cont.) A BELIEVER IS
TO LEAD HIS LIFE APART FROM TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW
1 cont.) [Gal 5:1-12
cont.]:
c)
[Gal 5:3]:
i)
TURNING TO LAW MAKES MAN A DEBTOR TO THE WHOLE LAW HE IS TRYING TO OBEY
(5:3)
i_a)
[Compare Jas 2:10]:
i_b)
[Compare Gal 3:10]:
1 cont.) [Gal 5:1-12
cont.]:
d)
[Gal 5:4]:
i)
A BELIEVER TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW IS TO FALL AWAY FROM GRACE
(5:4-6)
i_a)
BELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW
i_b)
BELIEVERS ALIENATING THEMSELVES FROM CHRIST AS A RESULT OF ATTEMPTING TO
BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW IS IN VIEW
i_c)
GRACE IS DEFINED AS GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR WHICH APPLIES TO ANYTHING GOD
DOES TOWARD MAN
i_d)
FALLING FROM GRACE HERE DOES NOT HAVE LOSS OF ETERNAL LIFE IN VIEW
i_d_Ro
8:38-39]
i_d_Eph
1:13-14]:
i_d_Eph
4:30]:
i_d_Col
2:13-14]:
i_d_1
Thess 5:10]:
i_d_2
Tim 2:13]:
i_e)
FALLING FROM GRACE HERE IS THE LOSS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF GOD'S GRACE IN
ONES TEMPORAL LIFE
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
e)
[Gal 5:5]:
i)
BUT BY FAITH BELIEVERS HAVE ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH THE SPIRIT
i_a)
[Phil 3:20-21]:
i_b)
[Ro 8:22-23]:
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
f)
[Gal 5:6]:
i)
FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION OR UNCIRCUMCISION
MATTERS RELATIVE TO JUSTIFICATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
i_a)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
f cont.) [Gal 5:6
cont.]:
ii)
THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS FAITH EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE
ii_a)
[Compare Gal 3:21]:
ii_b)
[Compare 1 Cor 16:13-14]:
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
g)
[Gal 5:7]:
i)
A BELIEVER TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW HINDERS HIS PROGRESS (5:7-10)
i_a)
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS LIKE RUNNING A RACE
i_a_1
Cor 9:24-27]:
i_a_2
Tim 4:7-8]:
i_b)
THE SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIAN LIFE REQUIRES THAT ONE OBEY THE TRUTH WHICH IS
TO CONTINUE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
JUSTIFIES + NOTHING ELSE
i_b_Heb
5:9b]:
i_b_1
Pet 1:17-23]:
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
h)
[Gal 5:7-8]:
i)
A BELIEVER TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW HINDERS HIS PROGRESS (5:7-10)
i_a)
GOD IS NOT THE ONE WHO PERSUADED YOU TO DISOBEY THE TRUTH YOU ORIGINALLY
OBEYED
i_a_Gal
1:6-7]:
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
i)
[Gal 5:9]:
i)
A BELIEVER TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW HINDERS HIS PROGRESS (5:7-10)
i_a)
A LITTLE DEPARTURE FROM THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL RUINS THE ENTIRE
CHRISTIAN LIFE
1 cont.)
[Gal 5:1-12 cont.]:
j)
[Gal 5:10]:
i)
A BELIEVER TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW HINDERS HIS PROGRESS (5:7-10)
i_a)
PAUL DECLARES THAT HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE LORD THAT THE GALATIANS WILL
TAKE NO OTHER VIEW BUT THE ONE HE HAS TAUGHT THEM
i_b)
PAUL FOCUSES ON ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS THROWING THE GALATIANS INTO
CONFUSION AND WHO WILL PAY THE PENALTY
B cont.) A BELIEVER IS
TO LEAD HIS LIFE APART FROM TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW
1 cont.) [Gal 5:1-12]:
k)
[Gal 5:11]:
i)
IF PAUL WERE PREACHING CIRCUMCISION, I.E., JUSTIFICATION BY THE LAW THEN
THIS WOULD REMOVE THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS WHICH POINTS TO MAN'S
INABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING (5:11-12)
i_a)
IF PAUL WERE STILL PREACHING CIRCUMCISION WHY IS HE STILL BEING
PERSECUTED - WOULDN'T THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS HAVE BEEN ABOLISHED?
i_a_[1
Cor 1:21-23]:
l)
[Gal 5:11-12]:
i)
IF PAUL WERE PREACHING CIRCUMCISION, I.E., JUSTIFICATION BY THE LAW THEN
THIS WOULD REMOVE THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS WHICH POINTS TO MAN'S
INABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING (5:11-12)
i_a)
PAUL UTTERS A STRONG EXPRESSION THAT THE JUDIAIZERS CASTRATE THEMSELVES
Galatians
chapter 5 
