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Ep 136 (S8E4) Galatians: Pt 2

• John • Season 8 • Episode 4

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References:

  • Quick Review
    • The churches of Galatia to whom Paul was writing are the subject of Luke’s telling of Acts 13 & 14
      • Antioch of Pisidia - near modern day Yalvaç, Turkey
      • Iconium & Lystra - near Konya, Turkey
      • Derbe - near Karaman, Turkey
    • Paul starts the letter with both barrels blazing
      • I’m shocked! You are abandoning the true Gospel
      • for a twisted one, a false Gospel
      • Curses! Anathema!
  • 1:11-24 - The Gospel is God’s, not ours to adapt to our liking
    • The Gospel’s source and Paul’s testimony - vss 11-16a
      • Not human - οὐκ ἔστιν      κατὰ                  ἄνθρωπον
      •                      not | is | according to, after, by |  man
      • Revelation - ἀποκάλυψις (ap-ok-al'-oop-sis)
        • laying bare, making naked
        • a disclosure of truth, instruction
          • concerning things before unknown
          • used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all
        • manifestation, appearance
      • Former Saul - vss 13-14
        • See Acts 7:57-8:1
        • See Acts 26:9-11
      • Redeemed and restored Paul - vss 15-16a
        • See Eph 1:3-14
        • Compare 1:Pet 1:18-20
    • Paul’s early years before his 1st missionary journey
      • He was in no hurry for affirmation from others - vss 16b-17
        • Arabia? What scholars do with silence.
          • Did Paul travel as far as the Sinai Penninsula
          • Mt Sinai? (see 4:25)
          • Moses, Elijah and now maybe Paul?
        • Damascus? - remember Acts 9:19b-30
      • Jerusalem and beyond - vss 18-24