NEXT BIBLE STUDY on May 5, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Handout: The-Church.pdf
Overhead 1: Church-Pictures-2.pdf
Overhead 2: Church-Pictures-3-Ephesians-4.pdf
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 […]
Class #56: As St. Paul summarizes his letter, he emphasizes the essence of those who are to be considered Christian. It is not outward actions nor the presence or absence of the mark of circumcision–the very things in which the Judaizers boasted. True Christians walk according to the “rule”(6:16, the Greek work is from canon). […]
Class #55: In the work of Christ’s suffering and death on the cross, St. Paul will boast! The cross of Christ is the instrument by which the believer is saved. Through faith in Christ, I died with Christ(Col 2:20), and Christ lives in me(Gal 2:19-20). In my conversion to Christ, the world’s sinful desires are […]
Class #54: As St. Paul summarizes his letter, he wants the Galatians to know three things about the Judaizers, who were teaching falsely. First, they were doing it out of pride that they might “make a good showing” before others and boast of their ability to win disciples after themselves. Second, they were requiring the […]
Class #53: Believers are saved by faith in Jesus Christ alone. Having been set free from from the yoke of slavery to sin (Gal 5:2), they use their freedom to serve one another in love (5:13)–especially their pastor(6:6) and fellow congregational members(6:10). There are only two possibilities: unbelievers, doing the works of the flesh, or […]
Class #52: Galatians 6:6 is included in Luther’s Small Catechism in the Table of Duties for “What the Hearers Owe Their Pastors.” St. Paul tells the hearer, who is being taught the Word by the teacher, to share (koinoneito) all good things with his teacher. The word “share” is much more than simply giving someone […]
Class #51: The vainglorious, false teachers who were active at Galatia really thought that they were something! Instead of exhibiting love toward the neighbor, their selfish ambition to please others led them to mercilessly demand obedience to their own laws. When St. Paul says, “Let each one examine his own work, then he will have rejoicing […]
Class #50: By the grace of God and not by works, we were saved through faith in Christ! Even beyond this, Christians have been abundantly gifted with the gift of the Holy Spirit and “the fruit of the Spirit.” St. Paul warns us in Galatians 5:26 not to become conceited, lest we mistakenly take credit for […]
Class #49: In Galatians 2:20, it say, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” My conversion (at a point in the past) is solely the work of God and it is completed. But now that I am converted, Christ presently lives in me. That […]
Class #48: We need to be careful how we speak about the description of the believer. St. Paul draws a clear distinction between the unbeliever and the believer. The unbeliever is a slave to the law relying upon it for salvation, while the believer is a son of God living by faith in Jesus Christ. […]