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Theology Summary Bible Class, Pt. 1: Natural Knowledge

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Class #1:  God wills to be known and to be worshiped(faith, prayer, proclamation). By the work of creation God teaches that He exists. By the conscience grafted into the hearts of all men, He teaches the difference between those things which are honorable and shameful. Due to our sinful nature, this natural knowledge of God is not able to quiet the terrors of the conscience, and thus leaves man unsettled and with horrible unending doubts about who God is and what He requires.

Only through the revealed knowledge of God’s Word is there confidence that we are received into salvation with the Triune God through faith in the atoning work of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Handout: God wills to be known and worshiped

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Galatians Bible Class, Pt. 61: Summary C

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Class #61, Part C:  In this study, we bring to a close our study of the book of Galatians.  We saw how the Book of Concord uses Galatians 5:1-4, 5:17-24, and 6:6-7 as proof texts for various doctrines.

Overhead: Overheads for Class 61
References: Galatians Ch 5 and 6
Outline: Galatians Outline
Galatians Test: Galarians Test
Galatians Test Answers: Galatians Test Answers

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Galatians Bible Class, Pt. 60: Summary-B

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Class #60, Part B:  In this study, we examine chapters 3 and 4 of the Galatians outline.  We saw how the Book of Concord uses Galatians 3:22, 3:24, and 3:27 as proof texts for various doctrines.

Overhead: Overhead for Class 59 – 60
References: Galatians Law as Custodian
Outline: Galatians Outline

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Galatians Bible Class, Pt. 59: Summary-A

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Class #59:  Now that we have finished a verse-by-verse look at the book of Galatians, we are getting the big picture by outlining the book.  We are also making note of the most quoted passages and the doctrines which these passages support.

References:  Galatians Outline

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Galatians Bible Class, Pt. 58: Galatians in the Book of Concord

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Class #58:  The book of Galatians is quoted or referenced about 64 times in the Book of Concord.   The Formula of Concord, included in the Book of Concord, gives a glowing evaluation of Dr. Martin Luther’s Commentary on the Book of Galatians.  The Christian Questions with Their Answers for Those Who Intend To Go To The Sacrament, an appendix to the Small Catechism,  makes two references to the book of Galatians.  The importance of this book in supporting the Reformation’s teaching of justification by grace through faith cannot be overstated.

This study is a special pre-summary of our Galatians class.  There will be one more class summarizing the whole book of Galatians.

References: 64 times in book of Concord

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Galatians Bible Class, Pt. 57: To The Contentious

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Class #57: St. Paul concludes his letter by stating that those false teachers who are not convinced by his letter and who wish to continue to argue about justification by faith alone are to be considered quarrelsome and contentious.  They may not remain in the congregation.  This teaching about faith in Christ, in which neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters at all, is the teaching of St. Paul, the Twelve Apostles, the Old Testament and the New Testament.

We also went through a list of passages in which St. Paul often concludes his letters with an admonition to persistent false teachers.  Some of the passages are used in the Scriptural practice of closed communion and some are used to determine church fellowship.

There will be one more class summarizing the whole book of Galatians.

Overhead: Overheads for Class 57
References: Palm Sunday Bulletin 2018 and State of Confession 2005
Handout: Galatians Bible Study Chapter 6 11 thru 6 18

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