NEXT BIBLE STUDY on May 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Handout: The-Church.pdf
Overhead 1:
Class #20: Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness” (Galatians 3:6, Genesis 15:6). All of the Old Testament upholds the Scriptural doctrine of justification by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. The promise given to Abraham was not that he was to be the father of the Jewish nation. God’s […]
Class #19: St. Paul unceasingly preached Jesus Christ as crucified for their sins, in order that faith would come to the Galatians by the hearing of the Gospel message. They had received the Spirit by the hearing of faith. They were progressing in sanctification by the hearing of faith. Both St. Paul and the Galatians […]
Class #18: There is a distinction between justification(Christ for me) and the fruits of justification, called sanctification(Christ in me). A person is saved when he is justified by faith in Christ, “who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Gal 2:20). It always follows that the person who is justified, is sanctified. That is, God […]
Class #17: St. Paul continues to emphasize the contrast between righteousness by(διά) faith in Christ and righteousness by (διά) law. The Scriptural teaching of justification by faith cannot allow the introduction of even a drop of works-righteousness otherwise grace is frustrated and Christ died for nothing. The law has no place in the doctrine of […]
Class #16: St. Paul declares that Jews know—because of the teaching of the Old Testament—that no flesh is justified by keeping the law(Ps 143:2). Therefore, in order to be justified according to the promise of the Gospel(Mk 16:16), Christians have believed in Jesus Christ. With Galatians 2:17-18, St. Paul shows the logical result of what […]
Class #15: Concerning those things which are neither commanded nor forbidden by the Scriptures (called adiaphora), we are free to do or not do. However, when St. Peter by his pretense began to compel the Gentiles to keep the ceremonial food laws in order to be saved(2:14), the principle doctrine of Christianity was at stake. […]
Class #14: St. Peter had been taught by a revelation (Acts 10-11) that “God does not show favoritism” and “everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.” Later Peter had proclaimed that same Gospel message at the Apostolic Council (Acts 15:7-11) which Sts. Barnabas, Titus and Paul had attended (Galatians 2:11-21). […]
Class #13: When it comes to “the truth of the gospel” (Galatians 2:5, 2:14, 3:1) St. Paul is not willing to budge even a little. In matters of life and weakness, he shows forth great love and bears all things(1 Cor 13:7). He was not critical of St. Peter eating with the Gentiles (2:12), for […]
Class #12: In Gal. 1:20, St. Paul swears for the sake of the Gospel (Heb 6:16). He transitions from his defense of his immediate divine call to a defense of the content of “the faith” (Gal. 1:23)—“the truth of the gospel” (2:5). The gospel which St. Paul preached among the Gentiles was presented to the […]
Class #11: St. Paul defends both his apostolic office and the gospel message which he had preached to the Galatians. The message of the gospel is that man is saved by grace through faith alone apart from works. The ultimate proof that salvation is apart from any merit or worthiness in man is the Scriptural […]