Galatians Summary Outline Ch 1 -2 Defense of

Galatians Summary Outline Ch 1 -2: Defense of Message and Messenger II. Ch 3 -4: Grace-Faith versus Law-Works III. Ch 5 -6: New Life in the Spirit I.

Ch 3 -4: Grace-Faith versus Law-Works A. B. C. D. E. F. G. 3: 1 -9 3: 10 -14 3: 15 -18 3: 19 -25 3: 26 -4: 7 4: 8 -18 4: 19 -31 Coexist The Preeminence of Faith The Curse of Works The Precedent of Promise The Purpose of the Law Sons and Heirs through Christ The Emptiness of Legalism Law and Grace Cannot

“The Test Question” Believing what was heard The true gospel 3: 6 -9 Faith (“Abraham”) “observing the law”? The legalizers “gospel” 3: 10 -14 Law (“the curse”) 3: 15 -18 Faith (“covenant”) 3: 19 -22 Law (“transgressions”) 3: 23 -29 Faith (“heirs”) 4: 1 -7 Law (“bondage”)

Galatians 3: 12 R. C. H. Lenski The Interpretation of St. Paul’s Epistles to the Galatians, to the Ephesians and to the Philippians “Faith has justification and life the instant it begins; doing law-works would get life only when the doing is ended and complete. But the point Paul makes is that faith and doing are opposites. Doing furnishes what is legally and of right demanded; faith receives what is gratuitously bestowed. ”

“Curse” kata, ra KATARA (n) evpikata, ratoj EPIKATARATOS (v)

“Curse” kata, ra KATARA (n) evpikata, ratoj EPIKATARATOS (v) Ron Merryman: “A pronouncement from God of rejection which involves barrenness, uselessness, and in the end final repudiation. ”

Jewish Crucifixion Ron Merryman “Criminals who merited capital punishment under the law were first stoned, then their bodies were publicly displayed by being hung to a tree, and thus they became object lessons to the fact that malefactors deserved death. ”

“Redeem” evxagora, zw lit “to buy out” EXAGORAZŌ

“Redeem” evxagora, zw lit EXAGORAZŌ “to buy out” “to buy off by payment of a price to recover from the power of another”

James Boice Galatians 3: 13 “To redeem (exagorazō) means ‘to buy out of slavery’ by paying a price. Christ paid this price by dying…. Another way of saying the same thing is to say that Christ became ‘a curse for us, ’ which Paul does. But what does this mean? In what sense could Jesus become a curse? Paul’s quotation from Deuteronomy 21: 23…suggests that Jesus passed under the law’s curse in a technical way by virtue of the particular means by which he was executed. Thus, having violated the law in one part—through no fault of his own—he became technically guilty of all of it and bore the punishment of God’s wrath for every violation of the law by every man. ”

Galatians 3: 14 Christ has redeemed us (3: 10 -14) that ↓ The blessing of Abraham may come to the Gentiles (3: 6 -9) that ↓ We might receive the promise of the Spirit (3: 2 -5)

“The Test Question” Believing what was heard The true gospel 3: 6 -9 Faith (“Abraham”) “observing the law”? The legalizers “gospel” 3: 10 -14 Law (“the curse”) 3: 15 -18 Faith (“covenant”) 3: 19 -22 Law (“transgressions”) 3: 23 -29 Faith (“heirs”) 4: 1 -7 Law (“bondage”)

The Doctrinal Logic of Galatians 3: 6 -14 In this paragraph, Paul seeks to prove from the OT scriptures that justification by faith is an OT doctrine. He quotes six different OT passages to show that his argument rests in the authority of God’s written record. 1. 3: 6 – The basic principle of justification by faith is exemplified in Abraham, the father of the Hebrew people. 2. 3: 7, 9 – Any who follow this principle are the true spiritual sons of Abraham; e. g. , followers of an recipients of the same spiritual blessings as Abraham received from God on the same basis (faith). 3. 3: 8 – This is what God meant in Gen 12: 3 when He promised Abraham that in him all the Gentiles (Hebrew goyim, meaning peoples or nations) would be blessed. 4. 3: 10 – Conversely, those under the law are cursed because: n the law itself curses those who obey not its every precept; n by implication no one has kept the law perfectly (explicit in Rom 3: 23) n therefore, all are under the curse of the law.

The Doctrinal Logic of Galatians 3: 6 -14 (cont) In this paragraph, Paul seeks to prove from the OT scriptures that justification by faith is an OT doctrine. He quotes six different OT passages to show that his argument rests in the authority of God’s written record. 5. 3: 11, 12 – Moreover, salvation by the law and salvation by faith are mutually exclusive because law keeping is based upon works merit, whereas justification before God is based upon faith rest in what God provides for it. Therefore, those under the law do not receive the blessings because blessings come only through faith. 6. 3: 13, 14 – Messiah died to deliver men from the condemnatory curse of the law: blessing, promise, fullness of the Spirit come solely by faith in Messiah (Christ), whether one is Jew or Gentile.