Galatians 1-3 - Gospel of Christ

Greetings and Grace

Gal 1:1 LSB - [1] Paul, an apostle--not [sent] from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead--

Gal 1:3-4 LSB - [3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, [4] who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Distorting the Gospel

Gal 1:8 LSB - [8] But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to the gospel we have proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!

Paul Called by God

Gal 1:11-12 LSB - [11] For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is not according to man. [12] For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but [I received it] through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Gal 1:15-16 LSB - [15] But when God, who had set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased [16] to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

Gal 2:7-9 LSB - [7] But on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter [had been] to the circumcised [8] (for He who worked in Peter unto [his] apostleship to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles), [9] and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we [might] [go] to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

Gal 2:16 LSB - [16] nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL

Words: Ju­lia H. John­ston

The Law is ho­ly, just and good,

And each com­mand we should ob­ey;

For Mo­ses wrote the ve­ry things

The Lord re­quires of us to­day.

But none have kept, with per­fect heart,

The Ten Com­mands from Si­nai heard,

For we are weak, and break the Law,

In dai­ly thought and deed and word.

The Sav­ior kept the per­fect Law,

For us He bore the guilt of sin;

He died to pay the debt we owe,

He lives to make us pure with­in.

The Gos­pel is the bless­èd news

Of par­don bought, at high­est cost;

Redemption now is full and free,

And none who trust Him shall be lost.

Then jus­ti­fied by faith are we,

By grace and mer­cy from ab­ove;

And peace with God, thro’ Je­sus Christ,

Is ours thro’ His re­deem­ing love.

We long to be like Christ our Lord,

For be ye ho­ly is His word;

We long to spread the glad good news

Which our re­joic­ing hearts have heard.

Gal 2:20 LSB - [20] "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the [life] which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

Gal 3:6-7 LSB - [6] Just as Abraham BELIEVED GOD AND IT WAS COUNTED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS, [7] so know that those who are of faith, those are sons of Abraham.

Gen 15:6 LSB - [6] Then he believed in Yahweh; and He counted it to him as righteousness.

Gal 3:13-14 LSB - [13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-- [14] in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Promise by Faith

Gal 3:24-25 LSB - [24] Therefore the Law has become our tutor unto Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. [25] But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Gal 3:26-28 LSB - [26] For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. [27] For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. [28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.