Galatians 1:1-9

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*September 9, 2009
<http://www.2rbetter.org/>*



  *GALATIANS 1-6*


 *SUMMARY - A PLEA: MAINTAIN THE WALK IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST*

*I. 1:1-6:10 JUSTIFICATION IS BY FAITH IN CHRIST, NOT WORKS OF LAW*

*A. 1:1-5 PAUL VALIDATES APOSTLESHIP AND GIVES GREETINGS*

*a. 1:1-5a PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP*

PAUlos, aPOsto-los [652] (ouk ap' anTHR*O*p*o*n, ouDE di' anTHR*O*pou,

*Paul, apostle (not from men, neither through man,*

alLA diA 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU, kai TheOU paTROS,

*but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father,*

tou eGEIran-tos [1453] auTON ek neKR*O*N [3498]),

*who raised him from the dead),*

kai hoi sun eMOI PANtes a-delPHOI, tais ek-kl*e*SIais t*e*s [1577]Ga-laTIas:

*2 **and all the brethren with me, to the churches of :Galatia:*

CHAris [5485] huMIN* *kai eiR*E*n*e* [1515] aPO TheOU paTROS,

*3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father,*

h*e*M*O*N kai KuRIou 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU,

*and our Lord Jesus Christ,*

tou DONtos [1325] he-auTON huPER t*o*n ha-mar-ti*O*N [266] h*e*M*O*N,

*4 who gave himself for our :sins,*

HOp*o*s eXEl*e*-tai [1807] h*e*MAS ek tou ai*O*nos [165] tou e-neST*O*tos
[1764] po-n*e*ROU [4190],

*that he deliver us from the present evil :age,*

kaTA to THEl*e*-ma [2307] tou TheOU kai paTROS h*e*M*O*N:

*according to the will of :God and our Father:*

h*o* h*e* DOxa [1391] eis tous ai*O*nas t*o*n ai*O*n*o*n.

*5 to whom the glory unto the ages of the ages.*


 *b. 1:5b Amen. *a-M*E*N.


 *B. 1:6-9 PAUL WARNS GOSPEL-PERVERTERS*

*a. 1:6-7 WARNING: WE CAN BE REMOVED FROM GOSPEL-GRACE*

ThauMAz*o* [2296] HOti HOUt*o*s taCHE*o*s [5030] me-taTIthes-the [3346] aPO
tou

*I marvel that you are so quickly removing from him*

kaLEsan-tos huMAS en CHAri-ti ChrisTOU eis HEte-ron eu-agGEli-on [2098];

*that called you in Christ's grace unto a different gospel;*

ho ouk EStin ALlo: ei m*e* tiNES ei-sin hoi taRASson-tes [5015] huMAS,

*7 which is not another: only there are some that trouble you,*

kai THElon-tes [2309] me-tasTREpsai [3344] to eu-agGELli-on tou ChrisTOU.

*and wish to pervert the gospel of the Christ.*


 *b. 1:8 ANATHEMA: PENALTY FOR PERVERTING THE GOSPEL*

alLA, kai eAN h*o*MEIS, *e* AGge-los [32] ex ou-raNOU,

*But, though we, or an angel from heaven,*

eu-ag-geLIs*e*-tai [2097] HUmin par' ho eu-*e*g-ge-liSAme-tha huMIN,

*should preach to you a gospel other than what we preached to you,*

aNAthe-ma [331] ESt*o*.

*let him be anathema.*


 *c. 1:9 THE WARNING INTENSIFIED BY REPETITION*

h*o*s pro-eiR*E*ka-men [4280], kai ARti PAlin LEg*o*,

*As we have said before, so say I now again,*

ei tis huMAS eu-ag-geLIze-tai par' ho pa-reLAbe-te [3880] ,

*If any preaches to you a gospel other than what you received,*

aNAthe-ma ESt*o*.

*let him be anathema.*



 *THE SERVICE OF PASSIONATE DEVOTION** - Oswald Chambers - MUFHH*


 *John 21:16 (15-19) “, , , do you love Me? . . . Tend My sheep.”*

Jesus did not say to make converts to your way of thinking, but He said to
look after His sheep, to see that they get nourished in the knowledge of
Him. We consider what we do in the way of Christian work as service; yet
Jesus Christ calls service to be what we *are* to Him, not what we *do* for
Him. Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on
following after a particular belief or doctrine. “*If anyone comes to Me and
does not hate . . ., he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). *In this verse,
there is no argument and no pressure from Jesus to follow Him; He is simply
saying in effect, *“If you want to be My disciple, you must be devoted
solely to Me.” *A person touched by the Spirit of God suddenly says, “*Now I
see who Jesus is!” *- that is the source of devotion.


 Today we have substituted doctrinal belief for personal belief, and that is
why so many people are devoted to causes and so few are devoted to Jesus
Christ. People do not really want to be devoted to Jesus, but only to the
cause He started. Jesus Christ is deeply offensive to the educated minds of
today, to those who only want Him to be their Friend, and who are unwilling
to accept Him in any other way. Our Lord's primary obedience was to the will
of His Father, not to the needs of people - the saving of people was the
natural outcome of His obedience to the Father. If I am devoted solely to
the cause of humanity, I will soon be exhausted and come to the point where
my love will waver and stumble. But if I love Jesus Christ personally and
passionately, I can serve humanity, even though people may treat me like a
“doormat.” The secret of a disciple's life is devotion to Jesus Christ, and
the characteristic of that life is its seeming insignificance and its
meekness. Yet it is like a grain of wheat that “*falls into the ground and
dies”* - it will spring up and change the entire landscape (John 12:24).



 *NOTE:* What Paul says in the first 9 verses of Galatians is in direct
contrast to what Oswald Chambers is saying above. If we have “Personal,
Passionate Devotion to Jesus” as a disciple, there will be no danger of us
perverting the Gospel of Jesus, and coming under the severe rebuke of the
Holy Spirit through Paul. - J.A.W.



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