1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,700 Good morning, everyone is great. Day to be here, to worship, God, 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:09,100 together to sing his praise, to put him back in his place that 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:11,600 he needs to be in our lives to put him first. 4 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:16,900 And this is a great place to be to, to have everything the way 5 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:19,600 it should be at least for a day, at least for a couple hours in 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,500 our week. He is the first and most 7 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:25,700 important thing in this room, he is the first and most important 8 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:28,500 thing we're going to talk about and study about think about sing 9 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:32,500 about and pray about. Out and he is first here today. 10 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:35,700 And I know he's been glorified by what's been done here today 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,800 and I pray that he'll be continued to be glorified in the 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,100 confession. And the agreement that we have 13 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:44,600 on his word, as we study through the book of Galatians. 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,400 If you want to turn your Bible there, in order to have the funk 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,400 big enough on the screen to accommodate our whole audience, 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,200 I need to have only a little bit at a time. 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,600 So you may benefit by having the scripture in front of you as it 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,500 might be a little confusing. If they're just Snippets at a 19 00:00:58,508 --> 00:01:00,900 time. You might want to have Relations 20 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:02,800 one in front of you. We're going to walk through the 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:08,200 whole chapter today and we just came off of Hebrews and there's 22 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,000 a very similar thread here, going through the book of 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,100 Galatians as we cover in Hebrews. 24 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:15,900 So I think this is a good time to to walk through it. 25 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,900 And we may have several of our other teachers who pick up where 26 00:01:19,900 --> 00:01:22,100 we leave off today and Galatians, but we'll be going 27 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:25,000 through the book of Galatians over the next several months. 28 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:29,900 So, in this book, I have we're going to do a quick overview 29 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:32,600 this And maybe a little outline and things like that. 30 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:38,600 Galatians, chapter 1 is mostly about Paul and his conversion 31 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,300 who he is and the defense of Paul himself. 32 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:46,700 So a little bit of background for this letter as we open up. 33 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,000 Paul and Barnabas set up several churches, and the Roman province 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,400 or region of galatia. So, this is not written to a 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,300 single church. This is not a city of galatia, 36 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:02,200 it's a region of galatia. So, Paul and Barnabas went and 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,100 set up those churches in the first trip in Acts chapter 13, 38 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:09,699 through verse through chapter 14, we read about this where the 39 00:02:09,699 --> 00:02:14,400 churches were set up and their second trip featuring Silas. 40 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,000 When he went with them, where they went and visited, the 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:23,700 Brethren is Acts chapter 16. Now it is estimated by Scholars 42 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:27,400 that Paul was about 15 years into his Christian Life at this 43 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,500 point, so he's established and he's going to go through and 44 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,200 describe his conversion a little bit here. 45 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:37,900 So he's a seasoned man in the faith and and he is he's 46 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:39,700 prepared. Now, at this point to defend 47 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:44,400 himself and to give the if affirmations as a preacher of 48 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,500 the Gospel that he's going to give The whole premise of this 49 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:53,100 letter is that there were judaizers basically Jewish 50 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:56,600 people are a people who wanted to press the Jewish law on the 51 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,200 Christians in this time. So as we read in Hebrews, they 52 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,200 were thinking about going back. This is a similar thread. 53 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:07,400 There are judaizing teachers, who are pushing these galatian 54 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,800 people these galatian Christians to go back to the Old Law And 55 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,500 basically to tack on well you can be a Christian but Paul's 56 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,300 Missing a couple things, you gotta, you gotta also do this. 57 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:22,300 You also have to be circumcised. You also have to really do this, 58 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:24,500 if you want to be in God's family. 59 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:30,100 And this debate is featured in The Book of Acts chapter 15 60 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:35,500 where there's a big kind of debate coming together and 61 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:39,600 budding heads in in Antioch. And what's happening at this 62 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,300 point is the gospel was first preached to the Jews, but at 63 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:47,900 this point the jute, the gospel has gained so much traction with 64 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:50,900 the outside world outside of the Jewish Nation. 65 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,900 The now there's a conflict going on, it's no longer the Jews are 66 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:58,900 God's Has only special people, it is a seed, there's a seed of 67 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:01,600 faith that is going to live on through God's people and the 68 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,500 Jews don't like that. Necessarily one of the first 69 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:08,400 things these judaizers and teachers do is they try to 70 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,300 discredit Paul himself and his apostleship in order to 71 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:16,100 undermine his teachings of faith in Christ? 72 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:19,600 And one of the things they leaned on is that this doctrine 73 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,300 of Faith leads to loose living. So we're going to go through 74 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:25,100 this throughout the letter. There's a little background. 75 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:30,900 And I think if there's one thing csis statement, one theme or big 76 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:33,000 picture statement for this letter. 77 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,100 If you're trying to get the essence of the book of 78 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:40,500 Galatians, is this verse in Galatians, 5:1, where Paul says 79 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:46,600 Stand Fast, therefore in the liberty and the Freedom by which 80 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:51,700 Christ has made us free? And do not be entangled again 81 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:54,400 with the Yoke of bondage, that yoke of bondage. 82 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,600 He's talking about the Old law and what they're trying to tie 83 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,200 people in and bind them up in. And so there's the whole theme 84 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,300 of the book that we want to live free. 85 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:07,400 We want to live at peace and joyful and the freedoms that 86 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,000 Christ has given us. And so we'll get more into what 87 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,700 that means. Later on the letter and I read 88 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:16,200 this one, quote about the book of Galatians. 89 00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:20,000 One man said, Galatians is a passionate letter, the 90 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,200 outpouring of the soul of a preacher on fire for his Lord. 91 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,500 Deeply committed to bring his hearers to an understanding of 92 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:36,600 what saving faith is. That's a well said, here's a 93 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,700 quick outline today. Are we're going to cover just 94 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,900 about the first couple points in this outline and it's going to 95 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:46,000 start out with Paul's defense of his own apostleship. 96 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,100 We're going to do an introduction before verse 11 and 97 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:53,200 chapter one, but around the next whole chapter is going to be 98 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,400 defending. Paul's apostleship. 99 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,000 And the first section, you might call the divine origin of his 100 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,100 gospel. So where did call Paul's message 101 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:04,000 come from came straight? From God, we're going to talk 102 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,600 about his relationship to the apostles, and how Peter and his 103 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,200 early years. As a Christian, we're going to 104 00:06:10,207 --> 00:06:13,600 talk about the Jerusalem Council, how he was sanctioned 105 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,300 by James cephas and John. We're going to talk about the 106 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:18,800 rebuke of Peter. This is a, this is an 107 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,100 interesting event where one of the other Apostles gets stood up 108 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:25,100 to his face. It says, and will learn a lesson 109 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:28,700 on Suffocation by faith. The second section is going to 110 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:33,000 begin in chapter 3 where Paul had been begins defending. 111 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:35,900 The gospel of justification by faith. 112 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,200 So where they wanted to be justified by The Works of the 113 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,100 law and circumcision of the flesh. 114 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:45,500 The message that Paul brings is in, he's defending is 115 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:49,800 justification by faith. And now go on through about the 116 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:54,100 end of chapter 4, he's going to give five arguments, he's going 117 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:58,000 to give the personal argument At the scriptural, the Practical, 118 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,100 the sentimental, and the allegorical arguments, all 119 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:03,600 things we will cover and lessons to come. 120 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,000 And finally, this is where all of the applications going to 121 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,500 really hit and it's going to land. 122 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,100 Whoever gets this chapter is going to have a lot to to chew 123 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:16,500 on into work through because chapters 5, then the beginning 124 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:21,300 of six is all about. He's done his defense and now he 125 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:23,100 gets to move on to the good stuff. 126 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,400 He gets to move away from all these. 127 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,800 He has to take care of and finally into now stand fast in 128 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,900 the liberty and the freedom. He's gonna say and it's a 129 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:36,300 liberty that exclude circumcision. 130 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,400 It's a liberty, that fulfills the Old Law, they don't have to 131 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:44,000 worry about the looseness that they're accused of because they 132 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,800 are fulfilling the Old Law in the way that they're living. 133 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,400 Now as Christians, they will live in Liberty, which is one 134 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,400 led by the spirit. We're going to talk about and 135 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,800 Liberty with a sense of Of responsibility. 136 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,400 And after that there will be a conclusion to this letter. 137 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:02,800 Okay. So now here we are going to 138 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,300 start in Galatians chapter 1, beginning in verse 1. 139 00:08:08,700 --> 00:08:11,300 It says they're appalled and Apostle. 140 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:17,100 The word Apostle means sent from God and he's saying not from men 141 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:22,100 nor through man but through Jesus Christ and God the Father 142 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,500 who raised him from the dead, Okay? 143 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,800 So pop pole is starting right after he says his name and his 144 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,500 title. He's immediately jumping into a 145 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:34,700 defensive. He's saying, I am not or my 146 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:38,299 gospel. My apostleship is not from Men. 147 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,000 I didn't get this stuff from any of the other Apostles. 148 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 I didn't get the gospel from the apostles. 149 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,300 I didn't get the permission to be an apostle, from the from the 150 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:49,600 other Apostles. He says, I didn't get that 151 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:55,200 through any man, but through Jesus Christ himself and God, 152 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,600 the Father, who raised him from the dead. 153 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,900 If you remember, Paul's conversion in the book of Acts, 154 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:05,100 he is met by Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus and he has 155 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:07,500 stopped, he's blinded. There's this whole scene where 156 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:11,300 he just, he Goes down and he has, he stopped in his tracks. 157 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,900 He is given blindness as a, as a, as a comparison between his 158 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:19,200 spiritual blindness and his physical blindness. 159 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,700 He's shown that he cannot see. And once he has converted, he 160 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:27,700 regains his sight and he is able to go on and teach the gospel. 161 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,900 So he is met by Jesus Christ himself when Jesus says, why are 162 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:35,400 you persecuting me? He didn't get his apostleship by 163 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,700 the laying on of hands or through the other Peter James or 164 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:43,600 John or any of them. He got it straight from God. 165 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:52,000 He says but through Jesus Christ and God the Father Now, God 166 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:56,400 wants us to first know, in this letter, the first thing he 167 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,800 pointed out. He makes it clear that he raised 168 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,900 Jesus Christ from the dead, the God, who we are going to talk 169 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:07,500 about and the gospel that we're going to talk about is one who 170 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:09,700 raised Jesus from the dead first. 171 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:12,900 Now, this is important because Paul is going to talk about 172 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:17,800 spiritual resurrection and Romans chapter 6, God physically 173 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,300 resurrected Jesus proving that he can. 174 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,300 Spiritually. Resurrect us proven that he can 175 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:25,900 spiritually. Bring us back from the dead and 176 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:29,300 as we learned in Hebrews chapter 6 that he can cleanse us from 177 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:33,300 dead works. So our God is a God that raises 178 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,600 the dead and many different ways. 179 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:40,300 Paul himself was raised to walk in newness of life. 180 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:45,400 We get to share in that. And ultimately, we can trust Our 181 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:51,400 God because of this statement. If our god did not raised Jesus 182 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,600 from the dead, we would have no confirmation that we can be 183 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,400 raised from the dead. It's like if if you were to 184 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:03,100 okay, there's this product called a saw stop and in 185 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:05,700 construction a table saw is a very dangerous tool. 186 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:09,000 So what they do is they put this tool called a soft stop on the 187 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,200 blade mechanism and motor. And if that saw blade, it's got 188 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,700 technology on it. That that saw blade touches any 189 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:18,200 skin. It'll immediately stopped and 190 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,300 all All you will get, you won't cut your finger off, you'll get 191 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:21,700 a little prick. Maybe we'll blood. 192 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:25,200 Like you just drew blood with the blood draw. 193 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:26,600 That's all. It'll happen. 194 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,600 They've got this amazing technology now made no. 195 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,600 Imagine if the person who invented that technology said 196 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,800 it'll work but I'm not going to test it on myself. 197 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,000 I'm not going to I'm not going to put my own finger risk. 198 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:42,300 You would you would question their product, but when you 199 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:45,500 watch those guys who invented that product, the saw stop, they 200 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:48,400 stick their finger on there and ban the mechanism stops. 201 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:52,600 They still have their finger intact, you believe them and you 202 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,000 trust them with your hand, with your saw because they prude with 203 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,600 their own. Jesus was the first fruits from 204 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,800 the dead. He came and proved God's message 205 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,300 was valid because I'm going to sacrifice my own son. 206 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,400 I'm going to sacrifice my own life. 207 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:14,500 So you can now trust that your life is in good hands, your 208 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:17,900 spirit, your eternal life is in good hands. 209 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:21,700 You can trust me. God, put his own arm and Isaiah 210 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:25,000 the in Isaiah it says that the arm of God, extended to us, he 211 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,400 put his own arm on the line, it goes on to say, so he gives us 212 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,700 the introduction and he says, and all the Brethren who are 213 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:38,500 with me, so to the churches of galatia. 214 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:41,700 Again here we're not talking to one church, but Churches and 215 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:44,400 region of galatia. And I think that's likely 216 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,400 because this problem it's spread so widely than it needed to go 217 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,900 out to all the churches. Now, when he says, and all the 218 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:53,300 Brethren who are with me and many letters, he'll give an 219 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:57,700 introduction sometimes it includes like Timothy and so 220 00:12:57,700 --> 00:12:59,500 maybe it was written along with Timothy. 221 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,700 I don't believe this is him and his co-workers writing together 222 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,800 and the Brethren who are with him. 223 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,000 I believe this is a core jollity. 224 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,300 I believe it's a It's of showing respect and a greeting from the 225 00:13:14,300 --> 00:13:16,000 Brethren. Not necessarily. 226 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:19,500 I'm writing this note this letter with the Brethren, and I 227 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:22,700 say that because as you read on, in verse 6, he's going to use a 228 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,900 lot of I statements, I Marvel, I am amazed, and I cannot believe. 229 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,400 And those denote that Paul is writing this from himself. 230 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,700 And I think this who all the Brethren is is more of a 231 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,700 formality and a show of Christian love and writing that 232 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:42,300 he's including the and who are with him. 233 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:50,600 Verse 3. He says grace to you and peace 234 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,500 from God, the father and our Lord Jesus Christ. 235 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:59,900 Some of the most moving and Powerful Concepts in the Bible 236 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,600 are written in the introductions and the closing of letters. 237 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:08,500 Have you ever noticed that they often don't get a lot of 238 00:14:08,508 --> 00:14:11,900 attention? Because it might not take a ton 239 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:17,500 of time to explain the essence of Grace and peace, for example, 240 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:19,700 I could say grace is unmerited favor. 241 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:22,400 We get something from God. We do not deserve. 242 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,100 We never earned. Doesn't take a long time to 243 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:30,300 understand that. Peace is the comfort and the joy 244 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,500 that we get from knowing that it doesn't take a long time to 245 00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:37,300 understand and explain the essence of something. 246 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:42,600 It takes longer to explain the ins and outs of working through 247 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,400 sin. And the pain, we may cause how 248 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,800 to handle the communion responsibility, how to handle 249 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,400 divorce biblically or maybe an unbelieving spouse. 250 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:58,600 It takes longer to explain those things. but peace and grace are 251 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:05,900 often more easily felt than explain, because I cannot 252 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:11,300 explain to you fully and you can explain to me fully the depths 253 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:18,400 of fear, the depths of concern, when you really realize That you 254 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,500 were in danger of spending eternity away from God. 255 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:25,800 I cannot explain to you the internal feelings that that 256 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,800 brings in the fear, and the reality, and the Soul separation 257 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,800 from God. And even once you've joined and 258 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,000 once you start to follow that, God, the continual failures. 259 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,500 We experience. I can't explain that to you and 260 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:39,800 you can't explain that. To me. 261 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,700 You can't explain to me the depths the full depth of the 262 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:45,800 pain, you felt. And your life's experience that 263 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,500 bring a longing for grace and for peace in your life that 264 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,200 extends beyond what you've seen here. 265 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:56,900 I think we get to the point that we almost forget that there is a 266 00:15:56,908 --> 00:16:02,100 Time coming and we can't imagine that there is a Time coming when 267 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,900 we can have true Grace and true. Peace. 268 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:09,600 And that because of that we can have confidence today that we 269 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,800 have that grace extended to us now. 270 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:16,500 And in eternity, now piece can spill over into our into our 271 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:20,100 physical Life, as we prepare for an eternal life of peace. 272 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:27,100 I think we forget that. Because as Paul says, he fights 273 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:30,800 that inner fight all the time. Paul said I beat my body into 274 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,200 subjection. I War Within Myself. 275 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,400 And so it's hard to fully, explain the depths that make 276 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,900 this statement that Grace comes to us. 277 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:47,100 And peace comes to us, it's hard to contact to communicate that 278 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:49,200 in a few words. When it's a life of experience 279 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:54,900 that, you know, that on the inside, when the people on the 280 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:57,800 day of Pentecost were approached with the gospel for the first 281 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:03,600 time, they learned that they were enemies with God that they 282 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,500 were enemies. And had an enemy that had a 283 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:09,099 legion of angels. Twelve thousand Angels ready to 284 00:17:09,099 --> 00:17:11,099 just wipe them all out when they realized. 285 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:13,800 I'm at odds. I'm an enemy on the other side 286 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,000 of the line from God, they said, what do we do? 287 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,900 Men and Brethren. They are fearful. 288 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:23,800 And at the start of the New Testament, he could have been a 289 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,099 vindictive, God. He could have been an Angry God 290 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:29,200 but he starts out almost every letter. 291 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:36,500 With these words, grace to you. And peace from God, the father, 292 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:39,800 and our Lord. Jesus Christ, not God, the 293 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,200 father, and a hardened vindictive, Jesus, the son who 294 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,000 went through a lot. And so, he's just not really 295 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:50,400 here to entertain you guys. Now, And not a loving Jesus who 296 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,100 would sacrifice, but a bitter father, who wanted revenge for 297 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:59,800 the suffering of his son. No both God the father and the 298 00:17:59,808 --> 00:18:03,600 Lord, Jesus Christ are coming United with united front of good 299 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,700 news that they're offering Grace and peace. 300 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:13,400 Praise God for his goodness. Despite the line that we drew, 301 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,600 he says this father. And our Lord, Jesus Christ who 302 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,300 gave himself for our sins, that he might Deliver Us from the 303 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,600 present evil age. This word deliver doesn't mean 304 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,100 delivering from the presence of, but from the power of, we're 305 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:31,500 delivered from the power of this evil present age. 306 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:35,800 Now, there are many perspectives on this world, we're living in 307 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,900 right. Now, many people could say there 308 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:40,900 are so many Souls out there who are good and you are seeking and 309 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:44,500 longing for the gospel who have a need for the gospel. 310 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:47,600 And that's true. You could also say the world is 311 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:50,200 evil in there. So many bad things around me. 312 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:53,000 That is true. You could also say, you know, 313 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,300 there's a lot of people who are trying to do good to improve our 314 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:59,000 world, to environmentally improve things, to try to do 315 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 good things in the world, for, for homeless and needy. 316 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:02,800 That's true. Ew. 317 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,200 But the big umbrella that we live under, after all those 318 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,400 things might be true as we live in evil age. 319 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,600 We live in an evil age because I think it's as simple as this. 320 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,900 The devil's influence is over this age. 321 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:24,900 The devil's influence caught and the pain and the suffering from 322 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:27,900 sin. When sin entered the world has 323 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,800 created an evil age, no matter what good. 324 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,600 We might see here, the dividing line is because there's going to 325 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,100 be an age where the devil no longer has influence with a 326 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:39,000 devil is banished away from here. 327 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,700 So, we are in a present evil age. 328 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,000 I think we forget or can't really fathom a life without 329 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:52,100 this kind of evil influence. It's coming, there will be a 330 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:56,500 time but right now, we get deliverance from this present 331 00:19:56,500 --> 00:20:00,700 evil age in the power of the devil's influence, according to 332 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:05,400 the will of God according to the will of our God and Father to 333 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,900 whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 334 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,700 You know this statement Glory forever and ever as proprietary 335 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:17,000 proprietary to God No other entity in the world can say that 336 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,900 they will be glorified forever and ever. 337 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:25,400 Our God is the only one that can be and will be glorified forever 338 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:28,300 and ever. A lot of times we use hyperbole, 339 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:30,500 you know, we say, I've been going through this seems like 340 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:34,700 forever or I've been or this is going been going on for forever 341 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,700 and ever. It has it. 342 00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:41,100 There's only one person who is forever and ever and you has 343 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:44,900 been and he will be glorified forever and ever, Our God Alone 344 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:50,500 can claim that Verse 6. Paul is going to jump in after 345 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:54,400 his introduction here. Now, he says, I Marvel that you 346 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,800 are turning away so soon from him who called you and the grace 347 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,800 of Christ. Now, you notice many of the 348 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,700 letters. He starts with a thank you. 349 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:06,400 I'm so thankful, and every time I think of you, I'm thankful and 350 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:11,100 I'm blessed to know you and all these things, Paul here jumps, 351 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:13,800 right into his letter. And he's it's because he is 352 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,000 frustrated, there's a problem and he needs to get right. 353 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:19,600 He says that you are turning away. 354 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,500 So soon. It's estimated. 355 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:27,100 This letter is around 5060 ad, this is the church's Nova know 356 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:30,500 that long he says. So soon from him, who called you 357 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:35,100 in the grace of Christ. Now, why in the world did you 358 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:40,100 just jump straight into this? Did to this to this criticism 359 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,100 and we have to remember that God always has the best interest of 360 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:47,300 everyone involved. So it is best for these people 361 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:51,000 that they hear a direct aggressive message from Paul. 362 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,400 And I wonder kind of why that is we, you know, we learn from the 363 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,600 New Testament that went that to some we are to be gentle and 364 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,900 long-suffering and and to be more patient as we coax them 365 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:05,700 along and with others. It says to snatch out of the 366 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:08,900 fire. It seems like Paul here is going 367 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:10,600 with more of the snatch mentality. 368 00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:15,700 And it's, it's often treating The people in the New Testament 369 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:20,200 are often treated that way with this type of problem, when they 370 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,900 are going back to the Old Law or holding people to the Old Law. 371 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:30,600 And that's because they are trying to take away the saving 372 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,900 freedom and so he is angry about that. 373 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:36,500 He's frustrated by that, they're trying to just take away the 374 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:44,000 saving freedom. and I believe, maybe it's because This is a 375 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,700 mindset issue, some sins. Take time to overcome and 376 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,600 struggle, back and forth, you win some, you lose some but 377 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:56,000 understanding accepting what truth is and we're truth come 378 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,900 from and where you need to put, your faith is not an issue, that 379 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:02,400 takes a lot of back and forth and struggling win loss. 380 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,200 We need to be snatched away from him and tality here. 381 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:10,100 And the Paul, the Apostle, one of them to be snatched away from 382 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:14,300 a mentality. You cannot turn back to buying 383 00:23:14,300 --> 00:23:17,600 things from the Old Law away from the grace, that is in 384 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,500 Christ. Goes on to say they're being 385 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:26,200 called from the grace of Christ to a different gospel, which is 386 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:31,300 not another gospel, but there are some who trouble you and 387 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:34,800 want to pervert which means to distort or turn around the 388 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,400 gospel of Christ. And the old King James, it says 389 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,800 another gospel here, instead of different and there's two words 390 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,700 used there is another of the same kind and then there's 391 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:48,500 another of a different kind and he says you haven't got another 392 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,100 Gospel of the same. Find. 393 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,100 You've got a gospel of a different kind, it's not even 394 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:57,300 gospel, you're not getting good news at all. 395 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:02,300 There are some who trouble you with this gospel and want to 396 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:05,700 distort. The pure simple gospel of 397 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:10,300 Christ. Why would someone want to 398 00:24:10,308 --> 00:24:14,100 pervert the gospel of Christ? I think to understand that we 399 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:15,700 might need to think about a couple reasons. 400 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:20,500 Number one, I believe the gospel offends, our pride, it tells us 401 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,500 the gospel tells us that we need a savior that we cannot save 402 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:26,800 ourselves. We need a savior. 403 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,600 We are hopeless. And for a lot of men, they don't 404 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,500 want the help of other people. I know, speaking for men, 405 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,400 specifically. We don't want anybody's help. 406 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:37,400 We got this, we can handle it. It offends, our pride that we 407 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,500 can't save ourselves. I can't save my family. 408 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,000 It gives us no credit and instead gives credit to the 409 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,700 saving work of Jesus Christ. The Gospel offends, our pride, 410 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:55,500 the gospel offends, our wisdom We are saved by something that 411 00:24:55,500 --> 00:25:02,400 many men call foolish. Why would God all infinite God, 412 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,400 die, a humiliating your disgraceful death? 413 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:08,600 Why wouldn't that God stand up for himself? 414 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,800 You know, one of the most common phrases I hear my class for my 415 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,400 students. They kind of say jokingly 416 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,100 sometimes but personally I wouldn't take that they say that 417 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:18,200 all the time personally, not. I would not me, I wouldn't take 418 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:22,000 that and there's this common idea that if somebody says 419 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,500 anything to you, that's that as somewhat disrespectful. 420 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:26,800 You got to stand up for yourself. 421 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:30,600 You can't take that. I heard one person it was on a 422 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,900 podcast saying I lost a lot of respect and I lost all respect 423 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:37,800 for Christians because I realized how little they will 424 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:42,600 defend themselves. And what I mean by that is I 425 00:25:42,608 --> 00:25:46,100 think what Jesus intended of us. We don't have to war and fight 426 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,800 with people. It's not productive to fight 427 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,300 with people who aren't going to listen. 428 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,600 But the reality is, a lot of people see God's plan as 429 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,100 foolishness we learn. I believe it's in the book of 430 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,100 Romans. Romans, it's foolishness to 431 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:04,700 those who are perishing. And certainly, I believe the 432 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:09,600 gospel offends, our knowledge. It goes against many and every 433 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,100 natural law that we see around us that a dead man. 434 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,600 Jesus rose from the dead and lives eternally now at the side 435 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,900 of the father that goes against our knowledge or study or 436 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:24,200 science that we are familiar with. 437 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,800 And so I believe this gospel offends in many ways and so 438 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,000 there are people who want to distort or pervert the gospel I 439 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:37,700 love Christ for many different reasons, but even if we or an 440 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:42,700 angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we 441 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:46,100 have preached to you, let him be accursed. 442 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:51,300 This is a strong statement. If we pull saying even, I if me 443 00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:55,000 or any people who are with me or even if an angel from heaven, 444 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,200 Now, that's a big statement. That's overstepping, you know, 445 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,400 they revered Angels, because Angels delivered God's word in 446 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,200 the Old Testament. As we learned Hebrews, Angels, 447 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,600 were judge forces of judgment and they could destroy. 448 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,800 And so, when he basically points his finger up and says, if there 449 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:16,000 isn't even any Angels Spiritual Beings, who preach a different 450 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,100 gospel than what we have preached to you, let him be 451 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:25,600 accursed or damned or judged, that is a serious. 452 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,500 Statement, as we have said before. 453 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:32,800 So, I now say, again, if anyone preaches, any other gospel to 454 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:38,100 you than what you have received, let him be accursed misapplied, 455 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:41,600 then specifically, to the context of a gospel that was 456 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:45,600 drawing them back to the old law, but are also applies today, 457 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,500 there are different gospels. There are people who have 458 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:51,900 claimed to have been given a message from God. 459 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:58,700 And cave and tablets. Even if they might teach some 460 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:02,300 good things. There is a curse placed on 461 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:05,700 anyone who would detract or turn away others. 462 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,100 From the pure simple word of God. 463 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:13,100 And so you might say how can we know them? 464 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:16,100 What to trust if Paul saying even if I teach it, how do we 465 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:19,400 know what to listen to remember. This is by inspiration. 466 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,300 Holy Spirit, he's got this. It's also confirmed by this holy 467 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:27,500 spirit so you don't have to worry about who to trust because 468 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:31,500 back then they were confirming this message with signs and 469 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:34,000 wonders things that you could not doubt. 470 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,500 You could not question if you have a sincere heart. 471 00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:40,600 So, you don't have to worry, or wonder, who can I trust? 472 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,600 And personally, I need God's pure simple word. 473 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,300 Recently, I've got to listen to a lot of podcast and, you know, 474 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:51,100 from any areas of life and people have got opinions about 475 00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:54,000 everything and there are people on both sides of that opinion. 476 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,000 You will debate for hours, about that opinion about everything 477 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,200 from parenting to Fitness to religion to personal 478 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,600 Improvement. I'm so glad I get the pure 479 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,700 simple word of God and then when I listen to this, when I read 480 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:11,200 this, nothing else can talk to me. 481 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:16,700 Nothing else can pollute that. I'm reminded this week of how 482 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:21,200 serious that is because I was studying in my classroom with a 483 00:29:21,208 --> 00:29:24,100 couple of students who were in there for, for a Bible Club 484 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:26,300 where they come in and want to talk about the word except 485 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,600 Thursday. And, and one of the questions 486 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:34,700 when I'm brought up is they said We are supposed to be out doing 487 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:39,100 God's Will and we have to be doing we required to do that. 488 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:44,000 How do I know that? I'm not teaching people wrong. 489 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:47,500 And the sincerity of that question. 490 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:49,900 The honesty of that question is obvious. 491 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:53,700 These are innocent young kids who are who are just developing 492 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:58,400 their own minds. That made me angry for all of 493 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:03,000 the misinformation for all of the mistruths and wrong. 494 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,400 That is out there because The word is simple. 495 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,900 There are so many things out there to detract, and to 496 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:13,700 distract and to turn people away from that, it made me Furious 497 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:16,600 and sad. When that kid asked that 498 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,400 question because I know there's a good chance, there's some of 499 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,000 those kids who are in there are going to follow another way. 500 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:28,000 And so Jesus said, in Matthew 18 verse 6, whoever causes one of 501 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,100 these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better 502 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:35,600 for a millstone were hung around his neck and he He were drowned 503 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,400 in the depths of the sea, a millstones, a giant concrete. 504 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:43,700 Wait, he said it'd be better. If one of them was Chuck to the 505 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,700 bottom of the ocean without hung around their neck. 506 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:52,200 We have a responsibility, I have a responsibility to teach God's 507 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:57,200 word and truth and hopefully in Simplicity sometimes we need to 508 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,100 have conversations that get a little deeper and so I'm not 509 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:04,200 saying anything that isn't just plain and simple is is wrong. 510 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,200 We need to have all the conversations. 511 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:10,300 But the Simplicity of God's word can never be detracted from 512 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,800 because it is intended to be a message of Purity for all 513 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,900 generations, to never be distorted. 514 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:25,700 He goes on to say in Galatians, 1:10, for do I now persuade men 515 00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:29,200 or God? If I was really trying to get 516 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:33,700 people on my side when I have said something, like, if anyone 517 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:36,900 preaches to you I'm gonna put a damnation and a curse on him 518 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:39,200 even an angel. When I say that, if I was trying 519 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,300 to be a man pleaser or a men, Persuader, no, you don't talk 520 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,100 like that. He says, do I now persuade men 521 00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:49,900 or God obviously God, or do I seek to please men, obviously, 522 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:54,500 not Not for if I still pleased men, I would not be a 523 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:58,000 bondservant of Christ. He says, basically you can't do 524 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:03,000 both, we are going to have a primary concern of one or the 525 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,800 other. We're going to be either 526 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,900 concerned about what all people think. 527 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:08,600 We're going to be concerned about what God thinks. 528 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,500 There's really always one or the other in our lives. 529 00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:15,000 I believe. He says, I would not be a 530 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,400 monster of. I could not be a servant a true 531 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,400 servant of Christ. If that was the case. 532 00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:24,900 May we work on shifting, our Focus from not being so worried 533 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:28,400 about what other people think. Doesn't mean that we're not good 534 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:32,200 and kind of people, obviously we have to learn people and treat 535 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,100 them well. But ultimately who were trying 536 00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:41,400 to please Is our God. This is where he begins his very 537 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,300 pointed defense of his apostleship and he's wanting to 538 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,100 wanting to show that this message was from God. 539 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,800 He goes on to say in verse 11 but I make known to you 540 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,800 Brethren. That the gospel which was 541 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,900 preached by me is not according to man. 542 00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:59,700 So this is kind of his whole what? 543 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,100 He's focusing. His next several verses on is 544 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:06,600 he's trying to convince them that the gospel is not from man. 545 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,400 For I neither received it from man, nor was I, I taught it but 546 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,500 it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. 547 00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:17,400 Again, nobody can say that unless they are able to back up 548 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,000 their word with Miracles and signs and wonders. 549 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,400 Okay. So Paul was able to say that and 550 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,600 the apostles were able to say that For you. 551 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,700 I've heard of my former conduct and Judaism, how I persecuted 552 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:35,200 the Church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. 553 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,100 This is in direct contact or a direct relation to what he just 554 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:40,100 said. It's not according to man 555 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,600 because you know how I was persecuting this movement. 556 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,500 I did not come up with this. I did not orchestrate this 557 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:53,100 because clearly I was trying to destroy it wouldn't make any 558 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:56,100 sense for me for this to be my idea of that was the one 559 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:58,500 fighting against it. Verse 14. 560 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:04,500 And I advanced in Judaism Beyond many of my contemporaries in my 561 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:08,400 own Nation being more exceedingly zealous for the 562 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:12,300 traditions of my father's. Put yourself in Paul's shoes for 563 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,199 a second. We can all be saved. 564 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:17,199 I leave. We are saved. 565 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:20,699 Just like Paul was saved, but not every conversion and not. 566 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:24,400 Every you say not every response, to the gospel, is the 567 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,600 same. So as we sympathize and 568 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,900 understand Paul's argument here, we have to understand what he 569 00:34:30,900 --> 00:34:35,900 went through. Not many people shift, this 570 00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:40,000 severe of a direction sometimes, if our routine gets messed up, 571 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,699 we get all flustered. Much less when our whole world 572 00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:47,600 gets turned upside down. Like Paul's did, he said my 573 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,500 whole youth? I was growing, I was improving, 574 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:56,300 I was at the top of my game. He was exceedingly zealous for 575 00:34:56,300 --> 00:35:00,900 God's work if this was about self-promotion. 576 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,300 He would have stayed where things were good. 577 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,000 People try to undermine Paul, but if he was really trying to 578 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,400 seek his own needs, he would have stayed where it was good. 579 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,800 Because in this judaic system, we have to remember, it wasn't 580 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,700 just a religion, it was a societal system. 581 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,200 And so he was able to have a high place in that Society 582 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:27,100 because of what he was doing. He was able to have a good job. 583 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,600 Many people today if their preachers their work isn't 584 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,000 considered like, it's Not like I socially. 585 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,300 Oh that's a great job. You have, you know it's not like 586 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:38,700 they are just chomping at the bit to have a career where 587 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:41,100 they're moving up in the world of preaching. 588 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,400 It's a service people who preach do it because they would do it 589 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,800 for free if they haven't with the right heart. 590 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,200 That's not the case for Paul and not date. 591 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,800 It was a good job. They likely would have been 592 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,400 probably paid well, socially respected, unlike our society 593 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,500 today. So imagine being on track for 594 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:06,600 both your God's service and social winner. 595 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:11,300 Like Paul was And then have everything just crumble in front 596 00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:14,700 of you. The emotion behind this. 597 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:19,200 It's interesting here. That Paul says he was 598 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,800 exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my father's, he's 599 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,600 able to admit that his zealousness had turned into 600 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,300 something that wasn't zealous for God's will anymore. 601 00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:32,300 We know that he was zealous for God but he's able to admit he 602 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:36,000 was now the zealous for the traditions and it's hard to 603 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:42,600 remove from that verse 15. But When it pleased, God, who 604 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,300 separated me from my mother's womb and called me through his 605 00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:51,000 grace. To reveal his son in me that I 606 00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:53,000 might preach him among the Gentiles. 607 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:56,200 I did not immediately confirm with flesh and blood. 608 00:36:56,300 --> 00:37:00,800 So we go back now. This God separated him from his 609 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,900 mother's womb, this is highlighting the Eternal. 610 00:37:03,900 --> 00:37:07,600 And for known purpose of God. This is highlighting God's plan. 611 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,300 Before Paul was even born God separated him from his mother's 612 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:14,700 womb from the time, he was born and called him. 613 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,900 Through his grace, God had a plan through all of this. 614 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:24,300 He might say, you know, why why didn't God get Paul started 615 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:26,300 Young on this process? Why didn't he grooming like 616 00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:28,200 Jesus? When he was 12 years old? 617 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,300 He was doing his father's will. None of this plan would have 618 00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:35,100 worked out the way that God wanted in Les. 619 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,700 Paul had been through what he had been through two, then bring 620 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:45,600 the gospel like he did. And this passage, it says this, 621 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,600 he is separated from his mother's womb. 622 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:50,700 This denotes a place of Safety and Security. 623 00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:56,000 He just said, He was locked in and zealous for the traditions 624 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,700 of his father's. So when he then says he was 625 00:37:58,700 --> 00:38:00,900 separated from his mother's womb, I believe he's talking 626 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:04,900 about the Eternal purpose, but I believe he's also saying he was 627 00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:09,600 separated from his, the Traditions, the safety compared 628 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:15,000 to his mother's womb that Safety and Security from his ancestors. 629 00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:18,700 He lost that. God called him out of that out 630 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:22,000 of the womb and out of that Safety and Security and called 631 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,600 me through his grace. To reveal his son in me that I 632 00:38:26,607 --> 00:38:28,300 might preach him among the Gentiles. 633 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,100 He says, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood. 634 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:37,200 So let's pause there. If Paul was trying to promote a 635 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,400 gospel that was man's idea, he would have gone to men to 636 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,600 orchestrate this player, but he didn't, he didn't go immediately 637 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,300 to talk to people, flesh and blood Nor did I go up to 638 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:50,700 Jerusalem to those who are Apostles before me? 639 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:52,300 I didn't go. Hey guys, let's go. 640 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,900 Join up for us in Jerusalem. Have this great party? 641 00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:59,700 No, I didn't do that. He said, but I went to Arabia, 642 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,100 way out there in the the peninsula of Arabia would have 643 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:06,500 been kind of a deserted direction to go away from all 644 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:10,200 these other things, he went to Arabia and returned again to 645 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:15,100 Damascus. Then after three years, I went 646 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:18,700 up to Jerusalem to see Peter Her and remained with him fifteen 647 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:21,200 days so he still making this point. 648 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:25,500 If this was about people and people-pleasing I would have 649 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:28,400 done this. If you're a people pleaser, you 650 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,800 jump to the crowd and you go to the people who when buddy buddy 651 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,400 up with you he's like I didn't do that. 652 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:38,800 Three years. He went to Jerusalem after that. 653 00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:40,900 Then he went to see Peter, this word. 654 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:44,600 See his story. Oh, means for my from what I 655 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:49,300 understand, more like to visit to get to know Peter, he didn't 656 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:52,200 go up there to say hey Peter, can you teach me the gospel you 657 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,300 were up there just to get to know Peter and to see him and he 658 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,800 would have stayed 15 days if that wasn't the case. 659 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,800 You know, when we travel now that sounds two weeks is a long 660 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,700 time but if you're traveling on foot you better stay somewhere. 661 00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:06,700 At least 15. Is to make your journey worth 662 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:09,000 it. So that wasn't a long trip. 663 00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:15,000 He just came got to know Peter and he went on. 664 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:23,700 From here, on through part of chapter 2, he's showing them 665 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,700 that the Apostle Paul had just enough contact with the 666 00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:33,100 apostles, to demonstrate perfect agreement, but also to prove his 667 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:35,200 purity of his work and his intentions. 668 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,400 He's going to say I met with them. 669 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,900 Things were good. I went on my way showing that 670 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:44,000 they were, there were agreement. They were United in the gospel. 671 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,200 But not long enough to be like yeah, I was just making this big 672 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,500 plan on our own. Paul was also not an 673 00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:54,000 isolationist. He went alone to Arabia but we 674 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,100 don't know what he did there. He wasn't isolationist me. 675 00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:59,900 Like he was just trying to hunker in his fate to himself. 676 00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:06,800 He just wasn't approaching the gospel with bad intentions and 677 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,400 people-pleasing. Okay, verse 19, but I saw none 678 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:15,100 of the other Apostles except James the Lord's brother. 679 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,400 Now concerning the things, which I write to you indeed before 680 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:24,000 God, I do not lie, this is not how corrupt man made plans. 681 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,400 Go, he would have gone to all the big wings if you're going to 682 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,400 hop companies and try to be high up in that company you go talk 683 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,600 to all the CEO. You talk to the CFO is and all 684 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,700 the high people. He signs see any of them except 685 00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:42,500 for James, the Lord's brother. I'm telling the truth. afterward 686 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:46,600 I went into the regions of Syria and cilicia and I was Unknown by 687 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:51,500 face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, they 688 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:55,300 didn't even see him. if your people pleasing, you want to see 689 00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:59,600 people's face, The last verse of our last couple verses of what 690 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,800 we're going to study, but these people who hadn't seen him by 691 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:07,300 face or hearing Only He Who formerly persecuted us. 692 00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,900 Now, preaches, the faith he wants. 693 00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:14,600 Try do it, destroy? And their only response, and 694 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,800 they glorified God in Me. Praise God for God's saving work 695 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,100 through Paul, his conversion of Paul. 696 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:25,000 And we can, we can understand how big of a switch. 697 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,700 How big of a game changer that is to take And from the other 698 00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:31,500 side, so to speak and put them into God's plan and his purpose. 699 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,600 We learned New Testament, Jesus Says by their fruits, you shall 700 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,800 know them. And when God is glorified by the 701 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,300 preaching of Faith, Paul was producing good fruit already 702 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,100 even though he wasn't doing it to please all these people. 703 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,000 So there's our lesson, there's our first chapter of the book of 704 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,100 Galatians. Today, we've started the path 705 00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:54,200 through and we're going to get into the meat more this letter, 706 00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:56,600 but I think we can all learn that. 707 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,500 We need to Please God first we need to preach his gospel and 708 00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:04,400 faith and follow his plan, and not be worried so much about 709 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,300 other people. And if you are ready to start 710 00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:10,800 your walk today with Christ, or if you are ready to make 711 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,000 something right on your walk, we can take care of that today. 712 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,200 If you want to start the walk, it takes hearing the word of God 713 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,500 to produce faith in you. 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