NEXT BIBLE STUDY on July 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM
No Live Stream on July 14, 2024.
Handout 1:
Class #39: “…as soon as the Holy Spirit has initiated his work of regeneration and renewal in us through the Word and the holy sacraments, it is certain that we can and must cooperate by the power of the Holy Spirit, even though we still do so in great weakness…. There is therefore a great difference […]
Class #38: In chapter 5, verses 1-4, St. Paul is warning the Galatians against requiring the keeping of any law into the article of justification by faith. Those who are trying to be justified by law–which is impossible–have already fallen from grace. The works-righteous requirements of the Judaizers does not avail anything, but only separates […]
Class #37: Having completed his teaching on salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone, the Apostle St. Paul now drives home what would be the result for the Galatians, if they obeyed the yoke of law provided by the Judaizers. Christ will profit you nothing. You will be a debtor to the whole law. […]
Class #36: “For Christ has set us free, not for a political freedom or a freedom of the flesh but for a theological or spiritual freedom, that is, to make our conscience free and joyful, unafraid of the wrath to come. This is the most genuine freedom; it is immeasurable” (LW, Vol. 27, p.4). 1 […]
Class #35: Last Sunday we began with a thematic overview of freedom and St. Paul’s summary statement in 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty/freedom by which Christ has made us free.” This Sunday we begin to unpack the New Testament liberty/freedom that we have in Christ. The law cannot secure our freedom, either by […]
Class #34: The Galatians Bible Study restarts after a summer hiatus. We begin with a thematic overview of freedom and St. Paul’s summary statement in 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty/freedom by which Christ has made us free.” The general idea of freedom is “to be at one’s own disposal” (in contrast with a […]
Class #33: Not all of the sons of Abraham are sons of the promise. In Genesis 15:1ff, God tell Abram that the heir(Savior) would come from Abram’s body. Before God’s words made it clear that the line of the Savior would come from Sarah’s body as well, Sarah tried to provide children by means of […]
Class #32: St. Paul was not reading into the historical account of Genesis, chapters 16-21, when he declared that the children of Hagar and Sarah teach us about two covenants: the law and the promise. The Scriptures themselves bear witness to Jesus (John 5:39) that all who believe in Him receive forgiveness of sins (Acts […]
Class #31: St. Paul came to the Galatians because of health problems(4:13). Nevertheless, they welcomed him and received his message concerning salvation through faith in Christ alone. Through the Gospel, St. Paul gave them a new birth unto salvation. After some time had passed and in his absence, the Galatians have been wooed by false […]
Class #30: Before the Galatians knew the one true God, they served, or rather were enslaved by idols. They feared, loved, and trusted in something which wasn’t God. Through St. Paul’s preaching of the Word and the efficacious work of the Holy Spirit, these pagans came to be saved through faith in the work of […]