GALATIANS
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CHAPTER 1

  1. a. They had tuned from following only the gospel of Christ. b. They were trying to uphold the Law and its rituals namely circumcicion. c. They should be accursed who corrupt the gospel.
  2. a. We should seek to please God in our teachings and gospel. We should teach what God wants and not what men want to hear. b. We should tell them what God wants whether it convicts them or is inspiring to them.
  3. Jesus came before Paul on the road to Damascus.

CHAPTER 2

  1. a. They avoided being circumcised. b. They wanted the truth of the gospel to continue (so the people would be free from the rituals of the law).
  2. Peter would eat with the Gentiles who were uncircumcised, but not when the "pillars" (the leaders of the Jews) would be present.
  3. a. The works of the law would not justify them. b. Faith in Jesus Christ and the atonement that came from His sacrifice would justify them.

CHAPTER 3

  1. The Holy Spirit would enter us.
  2. After hearing the word about Jesus Christ and opening their hearts to change them for the will of God, they received the Spirit also.
  3. The law identified sin and helped to guide us away from it until Jesus would come who would leave the Spirit with us for guidance.
  4. Moses was given the law to help the people live decently before God.
  5. a. God is one of the parties. We, the people are the other party. b. The law is the tool between God and the Jews. Now, the Spirit is the helper between God and all nations.

CHAPTER 4

  1. The Holy Spirit has come to us by whom we communicate with God.
  2. God's Spirit is in us through our faith. We live by His will, guided by His Spirit.
  3. a. They were turning toward the rituals of the law and circumcision to establish righteousness. b. He was afraid he had labored in vain because he knew the law could not change their hearts. Only God's Spirit, by whom they were not seeking, could change their hearts.
  4. a. Those who are of the faith of Abraham and Isaac. b. Those who were not of the promise of God or not under His rule either by law or by Spirit.

CHAPTER 5

  1. Those who were trying to uphold the rituals of the law are in bondage to the whole law to do all things it requires.
  2. They fell from the freedom they had in Jesus. Jesus had done away with the law and all its seasonal and ritual observances. Righteousness now comes by faith through love in our hearts.
  3. a. Opportunities for the flesh would be things done against any of the virtues of the law. b. When we walk we should walk in the Spirit exemplifying the virtues of God through love for our fellow man.
  4. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are some characteristics of walking in the Spirit..
  5. a. We must crucify the passions and desires of the flesh that are not virtuous or righteous. b. By resisting temptations and worldly desires through the Spirit we can turn away from sin, selfishness, and pride.

CHAPTER 6

  1. a. We must help others gently and considerately and treat them how we would want to be treated. b. We must realize that we too can fall into the same predicament as they.
  2. a. Fulfilling your soul of worldly desires is sowing to the flesh. b. Sowing to the flesh reaps things that are temporal and will perish including your soul at the judgement.