1. Galatians: No Other Gospel September 28, 2014 Through the Bible in One Year Xavier Reyna, Director Ben Compere, Editor “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV

2. Galatians and Romans Are Similar But Different Author Doctrine of salvation Vocabulary Use of Old Testament Jew/Gentile issues Romans: Jewish heritage of the faith was not ignored by Christian Gentiles Galatians: Gentiles not forced to adopt the Jewish heritage to become Christians “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV SimilarDifferent.

3. Paul Draws Heavily From the Old Testament to Rebut the Judaizers Galatians TextOT Reference 3:6Gen 15:6 3:7Gen 12:3, 18:18, 22:18 3:10Deut 27:26 3:11Hab 2:4 3:12Lev 18:5 3:13Deut 21:23 3:16Gen 12:7, 13:15, 24:7 4:27Isa 54:1 4:30Gen 21:20 5:14Lev 19:18 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV Most of the quotes are found in Chapters 3 and 4.

4. The Historical and Theological Background for Galatians is Heavily Dependent on Acts 15 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV A council was held in Jerusalem to address the issue: “Do Gentiles have to be circumcised and obey the law of Moses to be saved”.

5. Paul Tackles Three Tasks in Galatians Reproves the Galatians for entertaining “another” gospel Rebuts the Judaizers claim that one is saved by faith in Christ plus keeping the works of the law Restates clearly the apostolic gospel message “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV

6. Paul Accomplishes These Three Tasks By Recalling that the source of his gospel is Jesus Christ himself and that the Jerusalem apostles confirmed his message (Chapters 1 and 2) Showing from the Old Testament that faith made people children of Abraham and not “works of the law” (Chapters 3 and 4) Explaining that true holiness comes not from keeping the law but by being created anew by the power of the Holy Spirit (Chapters 5 and 6) “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV

7. Paul Deploys Historical, Theological and Moral Arguments “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV ChapterType of ArgumentBasis 1 & 2HistoricalTestimony 3 & 4TheologicalScripture 5 & 6MoralHoly Spirit

8. Paul’s Argument With His Opponents May Be Expressed in Mathematical Form The Gospel of Paul’s Opponents Favor with God = Faith in Christ + Works of the Law Paul’s Gospel (The Gospel of Jesus Christ) Favor with God = Faith in Christ “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned.” Galatians 1:8 NIV