Class #3: In Galatians 1:1, St. Paul is holding up his divine apostolic call, saying, “Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father…).” In order to better understand the reason that St. Paul would magnify his call, we are taking an excursus through the Scriptural doctrine of the Divine Call, this week and next week. All Christians (as members of the priesthood of believers) have a general call to proclaim the Gospel (Rom 10:9) and speak the Word of God in their vocation(Col 3:16). Nevertheless, in order to perform the public ministry of Word and Sacrament in the church, a divine call into the Office of the ministry is required(Rom 10:15, Heb 5:4). In this lesson, we begin to define and illustrate the divine call into the Office of the Ministry.
Handout: Galatians Overheads class 3
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