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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 36 
EPHESIANS 2:1-10 - PART 2 
Out there God has trillions of them, and God has never lost track of a single star. Not only that but God also knows everyone of them by name, so if He can keep track of all those stars. I compare it, like I said in an early lesson, to Romans chapter 8. Ephesians 2:3 
God sees they have the potential for it, the old sin nature has the potential for it. Well because that's just exactly what the old sin nature revels in. Now I hope you've found Romans chapter 3, and let's just start with verse 12. Romans 3:12-16 
Destruction, and misery. Now reading on with verse 17. 
Romans 3:17 
A lot of time young people will say, "Why does God sanction war?" God doesn't bring it on, it's the work of the curse. It's the work of mankind in his satanicly inspired sin nature. Now read verse 18.. 
Romans 3:18 
"There is no fear of God before their eyes." 
Now let's go on over to the Book of Galatians chapter 5, and this again describes the life style of the lost person under this sin nature personality given no inhabitation. Here it is in this chapter. Let's start with verse 19, and it's not a pretty picture. Galatians 5:19-21 
I didn't make it up, that's what God's Word says. Ephesians 2:3b-4 
"...and were by nature the children of wrath, (headed for eternal doom, and the second death, and separation from God forever) even as others. God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us." When did He show His love? Love put Him on the cross, not the Romans. So let's see what the last part of that verse says. 
Ephesians 2:4b 
"...rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us." 
Well what happened? Well the Holy Spirit didn't lose His mind. The Holy Spirit is emphasizing. Ephesians 2:5 
"Even when we were dead in sins, (God) hath quickened (or made us alive) us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)" 
Exodus 32:10-13 
11. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Moses said, "Lord you remember saying all that, don't you? Now go to chapter 33, verses 18 and 19. 
Exodus 33:18-19a 
"And he (Moses) said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. Now here comes the mind of God, and that's why I brought you back here. This is exactly what Paul is proclaiming in Ephesians, when he said in verse 4, "But God who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us." How could God do it? What is God declaring? It wasn't just because Moses pleaded with Him to spare the nation He could show mercy and spare the nation because of His Sovereignty. Remember there at the cross as those Romans were driving those spikes into Him, what could God have done? At that time God will pour out His wrath, and it's coming. Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 2. 
Ephesians 2:4 
"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us." 
Ephesians 2:5 
Now come back with me to Romans chapter 6. Romans 6:5 
Now verse 6, and this comes by faith, because the Word declares it. 
Romans 6:6 
"Knowing this, that our old man (old Adam sin nature) is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." 
Now to begin with we have this old sin nature dwelling within the body of flesh with no Spirit, but now when we have taken this old Adam, this old sin nature, and by faith we have let him be crucified by an act of God which is precipitated by our faith. The moment we believe the Gospel that Jesus died for sins, was buried, and rose again, and that all of that was done on my behalf, then God reckons old Adam, that old sin nature as crucified. That old sin nature is striped of his power, and control over the acts of the body, and as soon as he is reckoned as crucified, God moves in and supernaturally gives us a new nature, a Divine nature. We're still in the body of flesh with all of it's passions and desires, but the new nature combats that, and we keep the old nature under control, by virtue of the regenerated Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit now has fellowship with our sprit, and so this new regenerated Spirit, working with the new nature is going to control this old nature. Now for just a moment let's go to Galatians chapter 5. A new Divine nature that wants to please God, but God still leaves the old nature and He expects us to deal with him. And here it is in Scripture in verse 17. 
Galatians 5:17 
 
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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 36
EPHESIANS 2:1-10 - PART 2
Out there God has trillions of them, and God has never lost track of a single star. Not only that but God also knows everyone of them by name, so if He can keep track of all those stars. I compare it, like I said in an early lesson, to Romans chapter 8. Ephesians 2:3
God sees they have the potential for it, the old sin nature has the potential for it. Well because that's just exactly what the old sin nature revels in. Now I hope you've found Romans chapter 3, and let's just start with verse 12. Romans 3:12-16
Destruction, and misery. Now reading on with verse 17.
Romans 3:17
A lot of time young people will say, "Why does God sanction war?" God doesn't bring it on, it's the work of the curse. It's the work of mankind in his satanicly inspired sin nature. Now read verse 18..
Romans 3:18
"There is no fear of God before their eyes."
Now let's go on over to the Book of 

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EPHESIANS 2:1-10 
As we begin this lesson let me say that we try to reach across all denominational lines and get people to study the Word of God. Now let's go back to Ephesians chapter 2, and begin this lesson with verse 6. Ephesians 2:4-6a 
"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. 5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. (by grace ye are saved;) 6a. Now reading verse 6. 
Ephesians 2:6 
"And hath raise us up together, (he has given us resurrection power, and eternal life) and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" 
We are in Christ as a result of our salvation experience, it's a work of God. It's a work of God, and we take it by faith. Turn to the Book of Titus chapter 2 for a moment, and let's look at verses 12 and 13. This goes right along with what we've been saying in these last 3 lessons, that now because of the Grace and mercy and love of God we've been brought out of that life of desire to live in the nature of Old Adam. Titus 2:12-13 
Now here's the verse that came to mind. Looking for that blessed hope; and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;" 
Now here Jesus Christ is claiming to be the great God, and I know this flies in the face of people who claim that Christ never claimed to be God. "The glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 2, and we'll read verse 6 again. 
Ephesians 2:6 
"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." 
We're in the Body of Christ, although we're living here on the planet. But now look at verse 7. Ephesians 2:7 
Now verse 8 is one of the super, super Pauline verses. 
Ephesians 2;8 
"For by grace (unmerited favor) are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: (not something that you've worked for, not something you've decided to do, but) it is the gift of God:" 
Ephesians 2:9 
"Not of works, lest any man should boast." 
Ephesians 2:9 
"Not of works, lest any man should boast." 
Faith + Nothing = Salvation. Let's go to Romans chapter 4. Romans 4:2-3 
"For if Abraham were justified (or made right with God) by works, he hath whereof to glory; (or boast) but not before God. Abraham believed God,(+ nothing) and it (his believing) was counted unto him for righteousness." And then jump down to verse 5. Romans 4:5 
God doesn't justify Godly people. Let's look at Romans 3:23. 
Romans 3:23 
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" 
Romans 4:5 
It's not by works, it's by faith in that finished work of the cross. 
Romans 3:24 
"Being justified (made just as if I've never sinned. That's what God does when we become a believer.) freely (without any works) by his grace (and how does He justify us?) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Then come on down to verse 26. 
Romans 3:26 
"To declare, I say, at this time his (Christ) righteousness: that he (God) might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus." 
Now verse 10. 
Ephesians 2:10a 
Symphony. 
"For we are labourers together with God:..." 
We're all working for the same cause. I Corinthians 3:9 
"For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building." Remember not for salvation, but as a result of salvation. Ephesians 2:10a 
"For we are his workmanship, (God has intrinsically in His Sovereign Grace brought every believer into his place in the Body of Christ. We're all working together to bring about the fruition of the completion of the Body of Christ. Now what's the next word?) created in Christ Jesus unto good works,..." 
Now another verse just comes to mind in II Corinthians chapter 5. Let's start with verse 14. 
II Corinthians 5:14-15 
Now verse 16. 
"Wherefore (since Christ died for our sins, and rose from the dead) henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have know Christ after the flesh,..." 
I'm sure that Paul is making reference here to Christ's earthly ministry. Remember Paul and Christ were about the same age, so if Jesus was 30 years old when He began His ministry, then the apostle Paul was about the same age, and beginning his activity in the Sanhedrin. So Paul could say, "Sure I knew Christ in the flesh." Now continuing on with verse 16. 
What's Paul saying? I'm not lifting up Christ's earthly ministry, and remember this is Holy Spirit inspired, but what does Paul lift up? See that what Paul knows, that's what been revealed to Paul from heaven. 
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, (if we're in the Body of Christ) he is a new creature: (or creation) old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new." 
Only God! The old Adam has been crucified, and who but God could do it? It's impossible to do that, but God can. Who but God can give us a new nature? Nobody. And that's why it has to be all of God. 
 
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LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 36
EPHESIANS 2:1-10
As we begin this lesson let me say that we try to reach across all denominational lines and get people to study the Word of God. Now let's go back to Ephesians chapter 2, and begin this lesson with verse 6. Ephesians 2:4-6a
"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. 5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. (by grace ye are saved;) 6a. Now reading verse 6.
Ephesians 2:6
"And hath raise us up together, (he has given us resurrection power, and eternal life) and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:"
We are in Christ as a result of our salvation experience, it's a work of God. It's a work of God, and we take it by faith. Turn to the Book of Titus chapter 2 for a moment, and let's look at verses 12 and 13. This goes right along with what we've been saying in these last 3 lessons, that now because

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It is constantly teaching us of our exalted position "In-Christ" as members of the Body of Christ, of which He is the Head. Now let's start with verse 20. 
Ephesians 1:20-21a 
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,..." 
Now I constantly run into people who never understood until I taught it that Jesus Christ was the Creator of Genesis 1:1. So let's just take a brief look at these verses. Because Jesus Christ the Creator created them. "The created beings were doing it to their own Creator!" Philippians 2:8 
John 1:1-3 
"In the beginning was the Word, (that's capitalized) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:14a 
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,..." 
Jesus of Nazareth. To prove to Israel that He was the Son of God." Now let's leave John, and let's run quickly over to Ephesians chapter 3:9 where Paul tell us "the purpose of his apostleship." 
Ephesians 3:9 
"And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:" 
Colossians 1:14-16 
Who is the image of the invisible God, (the Godhead which implies the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. And God the Son is) the firstborn of every creature: (because He was God in pre-existence. Now verse 16 is just plain English.) So Jesus the Christ created everything, and that's why God could set Him far above everything, because our Lord created them. Christ is the Creator! He was the Creator! They were created for Him. Let's see what the next verse says. 
Colossians 1:17 
Hebrews 1:1-2 
"God, (just like in Genesis 1:1. It's the same word) who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers . Jesus of Nazareth! Think for a moment, where did Christ get the power to calm the waves of the sea of Galilee? Now come back to Ephesians again in chapter 1. So Paul fits right in with all that by declaring then that when God set Him at His right hand up in the heavenlies - 
Ephesians 1:21 
"Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, (that covers everything. Now verse 22. And because of that exalted position God - 
Ephesians 1:22 
Now if we are the Body, are we decapitated without a head? No! What is the Body of Christ? Well it's just like this human body, it's composed of billions of cells. So you see Paul is using the analogy of a human body as an example of the Body which is His Church. Now let's look at it. 
I Corinthians 12:12 
"For as the body (the human body) is one, and hath many members, (hands, feet, eyes, etc.) and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: (before we go any further, what controls the body? The head!) so also is Christ". 
You and I as believers are members of a Body of which Christ is the head. And we're just as connected in this Body of Christ, as our head is to our own human body. I Corinthians 12:15 
Then let's see what Paul says in verse 18. 
I Corinthians 12:18 
"But now hath God set the members (that is you and I as believers) every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him." 
Well God is doing the same thing in a Spiritual realm. He is building the Body of Christ of believers from every walk of life from around the planet. I Corinthians 12:27 
"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." 
God never loses sight of our individualism. God hasn't lost us in the crowd, we're not just a number in God's mind, He knows us as an individual. Now that's the Body of Christ. Now come back again to the Book of Ephesians chapter 1. 
Ephesians 1:22-23a 
Which is the body, the fulness..." 
Now if you have a marginal Bible, the other word for fullness is complement. As members of the Body of Christ we have become a complement. We'll start in chapter 2. 
Genesis 2:18 
Complement. Now for a moment let's go back to the Book of Romans chapter 7. My how these verses just drop into place. Remember Paul is writing to believers. 
Romans 7:4 
"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; (His physical body that was crucified) that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, (not just to escape hell fire, but also) that we should bring forth fruit unto God." 
Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 1. 
Ephesians 1:22b-23a 
Which is his body,..." 
All right it's the same way with the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is not an organization like the country club. Not physical life, but rather spiritual life. God knows we're waiting for the day when there won't be that huge space between the head and the Body. Why? 
 
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EPHESIANS 1:13-23 
Now let's look at the next verse in Ephesians chapter 1. Here the apostle Paul is going to utter a prayer on behalf of the believers. The prayer starts out with "Wherefore..." Ephesians 1:15a 
I want to make people aware, when you read Paul's letters, how he's always referring to believing and faith. Ephesians 1:15 
"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints." Now that reminds me of a verse in I John chapter 3. I John 3:11-12 
The unbelieving world hates the believer. Verse 13. 
I John 3:13 
"Marvel not my brethren, if the world hate you." 
"Marvel not my brethren, if the world hate you. 14. We know that we have passed from death unto life, (from an unsaved state to a saved state) because we love the brethren." 
John is speaking of fellow believers. Now back to Ephesians chapter 1. 
Ephesians 1:15-17 
"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit (the Pneuma) of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:" 
Paul prays that we might have such a God given wisdom and knowledge. Now I've learned from my class people here in Oklahoma that they were always afraid to share the Gospel with people because they just didn't have enough knowledge of the Scriptures to be able to answer questions, or confront, rebuke, and so forth. But after they've been in our class for a while and get skilled in the Scriptures, they love to witness, they love to talk about the Scriptures. Verse 18. 
Ephesians 1:18a 
"The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;..." 
It's a continuous growth in our Christian experience, and in our knowledge of the Scripture. We've also got to put some time into the Word of God. Ephesians 1:18 
Now again I dare say if we ask the average believer, "What's in store for you after this life?" We're going to have a glorified body, like Christ's glorified, resurrected body. Never again an ache or pain, never again an injury, illness, or disease. I Corinthians 2:9 
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 
Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 1, and now verse 19 as Paul continues his prayer. Ephesians 1:19a 
Keep Peter's teaching and the Law separate from Paul's teaching and Grace. You know we've got some pins or buttons that say, "Faith + Nothing = Salvation!" Well we had several experiences like that all over Israel, those people have never heard of such a thing. So looking at the verse again. 
Ephesians 1:19-20 
"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20. Had Christ, as Paul says in I Corinthians 15, not been raised from the dead, we'd be as lost as dogs. Romans 1:1-4 
"Paul a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2. 3. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh. 4. And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by (what event?) the resurrection from the dead." 
That as Christ was resurrected from His earthly tomb, we have been resurrected from our deadness in transposes and sins. Well let's just take a quick look see right there in verse 1. 
Ephesians 2:1 
"And you hath he quickened, (made alive) who were (past tense) dead in trespasses and sins:" Well what kind of power did it take to make us alive from being dead? Resurrection power. The same power that raised Christ from the dead. Look at Romans 8 for moment to compare. Now this is Bible study. Romans 8:10-11 
"And if Christ be in you, (by the person of the Holy Spirit) the body is dead because of sin; (we were born in sins, and we're sons of Adam) but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (or make alive) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." 
The indwelling Holy Spirit is the mark, the ownership of God. It's also that power that raises us out of our lost condition, and gave us life. Now back to Ephesians chapter 1. 
Ephesians 1:20a 
"Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,..." 
In order for God to raise Christ from the dead, what powers did God have to over come? If Satan could have kept Christ in the grave, then he would have finally gotten what he wanted, and that is to be God. But Satan couldn't hold a candle to God, because all the power of heaven was released for you and I when God raised Him from the dead. Let's look at the second part of that verse. 
 
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EPHESIANS 1:10-13 - PART 2 
Now back to Ephesians chapter 1 verse 13. Some tradition is OK, but you've got to line it up with the Word of God, to see if it fits.) 9. For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." 
Now that blows a lot of people's minds. Who is the Godhead? God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Now here again, this is the Christ that died for us, this is the Christ that keeps us today, this is the Christ that is coming again, and we trust real soon. This fits so beautifully with these verses in Ephesians. This is the Christ in Whom we dwell. Isaiah 9:6-7 
God the Father, and God the Son. Now that reminds me of John chapter 14, what did Jesus tell Philip? 
John 14:9 
Now verse 7. 
Isaiah 9:7 
It will be a 1000 years of peace under the rule and reign of the mighty God. Is God really meaning business with us? So don't ever lose heart, and remember that God's Word is sure. Ephesians 1:13a 
"In whom ye also trusted,..." 
Now remember who is Paul writing to? Believers. Ephesians 1:13a 
"In whom ye also trusted (now what's the other word for trust in the Bible? Too many people just glibly read this without really understanding what it says. That we trusted Christ so that He could place us into the Body of Christ. Let's just drop down to verse 13. 
Romans 10:13-17 
"For whosoever (anyone) shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." 
When we were made righteous, or right with God. When we were made righteous, God imputed the righteousness of Christ to you and I. Don't just assume that God can read your mind, although we know He can. Now verse 14. 
Romans 10:14 
It's really a better word than preacher. We proclaim the Word of God! Now verse 15. 
Romans 10:15 
God had to reveal the Gospel didn't He? Does it take the providence of God? The Lord did. Now in this particular verse who is the proclaimer? Well Paul is, and he is simply speaking forth the Gospel. The Lord does in the Person of the Holy Spirit, and that has never changed. Every person that comes to a saving knowledge of Paul's Gospel has to have their understanding opened by the work of the Holy Spirit. Remember the Holy Spirit is there for everyone. No one can ever say, "Well the Holy Spirit of God never approached me." John 1:9 
"That was the true Light, (speaking of Christ) which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." 
The light of Christ lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Through the presence of the work of the Holy Spirit. Remember only lost people will appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, but not one of them will come up before Christ, and say, "I never had a chance." Romans 1:19-20 
"Because that which may be know of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. There is another verse that confirms this in Titus. John says that Jesus Christ that cometh into the world has lighteth every man. Paul says in Romans that the power of God is manifested in them so that they are without excuse. Titus 2:11 
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared (past tense) to all men." 
Now back to Ephesians chapter 1. 
"In whom ye also trusted, (or believed) after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation:..." 
Many people are still confused about the Gospel. "I had never heard the Gospel before I started attending Les' classes either. Well what's the Gospel that they've never heard? It's in I Corinthians chapter 15:1-4 and I tell people over the phone constantly. "Just read those four verses and if you can believe that in your heart, then you've got it made. I Corinthians 15:1-4 
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel (not a Gospel, but the Gospel) which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand: 2. By which also ye are saved, (or made righteous) if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. Romans 10:9-10 
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." 
The same Gospel we find in I Corinthians 15:1-4. If we believe with all our heart that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again, then God saves us. And the reason is in verse 10, as we believe that with the heart. Let's turn to I Thessalonians chapter 4. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." (So here you also have this same Gospel that saves us.) 
 
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EPHESIANS 1:10-13 - PART 2
Now back to Ephesians chapter 1 verse 13. Some tradition is OK, but you've got to line it up with the Word of God, to see if it fits.) 9. For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."
Now that blows a lot of people's minds. Who is the Godhead? God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Now here again, this is the Christ that died for us, this is the Christ that keeps us today, this is the Christ that is coming again, and we trust real soon. This fits so beautifully with these verses in Ephesians. This is the Christ in Whom we dwell. Isaiah 9:6-7
God the Father, and God the Son. Now that reminds me of John chapter 14, what did Jesus tell Philip?
John 14:9
Now verse 7.
Isaiah 9:7
It will be a 1000 years of peace under the rule and reign of the mighty God. Is God really meaning business with us? So don't ever lose heart, and remember

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EPHESIANS 1:10-13 
Now we'll be turning back again to Ephesians chapter 1. I'm going to touch on verse 10 just for a few moments. 
Ephesians 1:10 
Now if I could just, for a moment, recap the earthly and heavenly aspect of that verse. Romans 3:1 
The next verse tells us this: 
Romans 3:2. 
"Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God." 
They had the Word of God, and that's what put Israel in such an invincible position. All during this time when God was dealing with primarily Jew only, they had the Word of God from 1500 BC on. Now on the other hand the Jew today has a hard time comprehending Paul. Now let me finish recapping the earthly and heavenly if I may. So here's the earthly, the earthly Kingdom that was promised to Israel and they rejected it, and then God funnels them back into the masses of Gentile humanity. Remember the Nation of Israel has just been floating along, you might say, through human history out there in the nations of the world. But now as we've seen in 1948 they became a independent nation, and now God can deal with the Nation of Israel again. Then God will finish His dealing in that seven years of Tribulation that are still future, that are still part and parcel of the Old Testament prophecies. Now let's move on to verse 11, and that verse starts right off with a prepositional phrase. 
Ephesians 1:11a 
"In whom (Christ) also we (as members of this Body of Christ) have (already) obtained an inheritance,..." 
For that let's look at portion a Scripture in Romans chapter 8. Romans 8:14-17 
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons (or the born ones) of God. (we can call God our Father, we have every right to do that. 16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:" 
Romans 8:17a 
"And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;..." 
The last part of verse 17 has a price with it. 
Romans 8:17b 
Romans 8:18 
If we're heirs of God, then we're joint-heirs with Christ! Now back to Ephesians chapter 1, and looking at verse 11 again. 
Ephesians 1:11a 
(became joint-heirs) 
By Faith! Now reading on in verse 11. We've found out in verse 11 we have an inheritance, being joint-heirs with Christ, now then we - 
Ephesians 1:11b 
So go back to Acts chapter 2, and let's look at this counsel. What's a good definition of counsel? Well a meeting of the minds. "Him, (speaking of Christ) being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:" 
All according to this predeterminate counsel of God, and then one day here He came. He came at the exact right moment in time. That verse also speaks of the foreknowledge of God. God knew everything that was ever going to happen. Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 1. Ephesians 1:11b 
So everything has been right on schedule. What is this purpose of God? "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; (now isn't that a comfort? We're not living under a spirit of fear,) but of power,..." 
Now you want to remember that our all-powerful God is the One that spoke the Word, and created the whole universe. For every grain of sand there's a star out in space, and I think the Scripture also implies that. But whatever, this is a God that you and I belong to, and then some of us fear? II Timothy 1:7-8 
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. The vastness of our outer space, and that God's in total control. I've never yet read an account of an astronomer who sees a star crashing into another star. I mean, that's a God we're talking about that goes beyond human understanding, but that's the God of this Book. Now let's read on in verse 9, and here comes the purpose of God. This God - 
II Timothy 1:9 
"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose (and where was that purpose originally generated? According to His own purpose) and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began," 
This was already in the mind of God in that counsel that predetermined everything because He's an all-knowing God, and could do that. Ephesians 1:4a 
"...not according to our works, but according to his purpose..." 
Which is completely wrapped up in the Grace of God. Every thing is working according to the counsel of His own will. Now verse 12. Ephesians 1:12a 
Oh if believers could just get a little excited about this fact, that the reason we're left here, the reason that God gives us breath day after day is that we might bring praise to His glory. There's a verse in Hebrews that speaks what we should offer unto God. 
 
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now verse 22. 
Galatians 5:22-23 
Galatians 5:22b 
"...love, joy, peace,..." 
Now the next one is joy. Now one of Paul's letters is just packed with this concept of joy and rejoice. Philippians. Philippians 1:18 
Now come on down to verse 25. 
Philippians 1:25 
Philippians 2:2 
"Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, (see how all these things fit together?) Philippians 2:16-18 
17. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me." 
Now looking at verse 18 again. 
Philippians 2;18 
"For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me." Philippians 2:28 
Philippians 3:1-3 
"Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. 3. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." 
Philippians 4:1 
Philippians 4:4 
"Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice." 
Well now verse 10. 
Philippians 4:10 
Now in order to understand the word "peace" we've got to come back to Romans Chapter 5. Romans 5:1 
When we become believers, God reckons the old sin nature, the old Adam dead and gone, and God looks at us as if we've never sinned. Therefore since we've been declared as if we've never sinned, and the slate has been wiped clean) we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:" 
Now the unbeliever can never experience that peace, in fact Romans 8:7 tells us that the unbeliever is an enemy of God. Is God all of a sudden going to disown me? Because we have that abiding peace with God here in this text and now let's go to Philippians Chapter 4 and look at the peace of God. Now justification brings about the peace with God, then we're no longer an enemy. We still have that constant fellowship because of our justification which gave us the peace with God. Philippians 4:6 
Philippians 4:7 
"And the peace of God, (now we have the peace with God at the moment of salvation, but now as a believer, and we enter into this Spirit filled walk, now we have the peace of God)which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." 
Whatever the circumstances, God is there calming our situation saying, "I'm in control." Now reading verse 7 again. 
Philippians 4:7 
I have the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, and it) shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." 
So we've covered love, joy, and peace. Galatians 5:22b 
"...longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,..." 
What a beautiful family relationship we could enjoy if all members of the family would just practice those three fruits of the Spirit. 
Now the last three fruits of the Spirit are pretty much tied to our association with God Himself. 
Galatians 5:22b-23 
"...faith, 23. Faith. Let's look at that for a moment in the Book of Hebrews Chapter 11, and verse 6. Also in I Corinthians Chapter 13 the love chapter how does God end it? 
I Corinthians 13:13 
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity,..." Remember my definition of faith? Taking God at His Word! "Well it's in the Bible." So you've got to be careful in how you rightly divide the Word of God. In other words there is no way you can get to first base with God unless He sees faith first. Romans 3:23 
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" 
Galatians 5:23a. 
"Meekness,..." 
"The meekest man that every lived." Galatians 5:23b 
"...temperance:..." 
Romans 3:23-27 
Nay: but by the law of faith." 
Romans 6:23 
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." 
Romans 1:16-19 
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them." 
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. Romans 5:8-11 
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 4:5 
Ephesians 1:13:14 
Romans 10:8-13 
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. MANIFOLD RESULTS OF SALVATION 
JUSTIFIED - Romans 3:24 
BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - I Corinthians 12:13 
GLORIFIED - Romans 8:17 
INDWELT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - I Corinthians 3:16; 6:19 
ETERNAL LIFE - Ephesians 2:5-7 
 
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now verse 22.
Galatians 5:22-23
Galatians 5:22b
"...love, joy, peace,..."
Now the next one is joy. Now one of Paul's letters is just packed with this concept of joy and rejoice. Philippians. Philippians 1:18
Now come on down to verse 25.
Philippians 1:25
Philippians 2:2
"Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, (see how all these things fit together?) Philippians 2:16-18
17. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me."
Now looking at verse 18 again.
Philippians 2;18
"For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me." Philippians 2:28
Philippians 3:1-3
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GALATIANS 5:13-23 
The works that old Adam promotes, the playground of old Satan himself, or old Adamic nature, which is the only nature that a lost person has, and that's why the world is so saturated with immorality and wickedness of every sort. The works of old Adam are made manifest. In other words sexual immorality. Genesis 26:34-35 
Galatians 5:20 
"Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies," 
It's just about automatic in the human nature to want to follow that drawing power to worship a false god, idols of one sort or another. Jeremiah 44:18 
Now verse 19. 
Jeremiah 44:19-21 
"And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?" 20. Then Jeremiah saith unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 21. Men and women, places of authority, kings, and government people, they were all worshipping false idols and pagan gods. Now verse 22. 
Jeremiah 44:22a 
"So that the LORD could no longer bear,..." 
The Lord couldn't take it any more. I mean we see so much that God has to look down on America, who at one time as a nation, was steeped in the Word of God, our founding fathers based everything on the Word of God. Now reading verse 22. 
Jeremiah 44:22-23 
It was because they turned against the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then in verse 24 Jeremiah the prophet says - 
Jeremiah 44:24 
"Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: 25. Thus saith the LORD of host, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her; ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. 
God won't stand for that kind of behavior. Now let's come back to Galatians. Fortunately we're still in the age of Grace, and God is not pouring out His wrath on wicked men, but their day is coming, and we're getting closer and closer. Well anyway back to Galatians Chapter 5, and remember all of these in verse 20 can all be lumped into false worship. 
Galatians 5:20 
Israel, who we just saw back in Jeremiah Chapter 44, was trying to elevate the worship of this female goddess. It never entered their mind that it was God who was displeased with them, because they were so steeped in idolatry. 
I thank God for a few men in high places that still call upon God, but for the most part when dilemmas come upon our nation, for most of the general population it never enters their mind that maybe God's got something to do with that particular dilemma, and maybe God's trying to get our attention, but that doesn't even enter their minds. Now let's move on into verse 21. 
Galatians 5:21a 
"Envying, murders,..." 
Galatians 5:21b 
"...drunkenness,..." 
Galatians 5:21a 
"Envying, murders, drunkenness, revellings,..."" 
A good time. Now Paul says- 
Galatians 5:21b 
Romans 1:28-29 
"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, (they have no concept of the things of God. Now look at the picture and it fits right with Galatians Chapter 5.) We'd rather skip verses like this, but listen, this exposes that true sin nature of man. Now verse 30. 
Romans 1:30a 
"Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,..." 
Genesis 6:5 
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." 
Now verse 6. 
Genesis 6:6 
Genesis 6:11-13 
"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. I've always given America credit, we're still better than most places in the world. Romans 3:12 
Now look at the picture, and remember before salvation this is where we were in God's eyes. Romans 3:13 
18. There is no fear of God before their eyes." Now that's the world in general. They don't even give God five minutes of their time. Now let's come back to our text for a moment and time will be gone. And let's look at verse 21 again. 
Galatians 5:21 
If we have time there's one more verse I want us to look at in Matthew Chapter 24.37-39. Matthew 24:37 
Now verse 39. 
Now you have to compare the Lord's statements in that they were so busy with their daily, materialistic activity they did not have time for the things of God. Always remember that Genesis tells us that the world was filled with violence. 
 
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GALATIANS 5:13-23
The works that old Adam promotes, the playground of old Satan himself, or old Adamic nature, which is the only nature that a lost person has, and that's why the world is so saturated with immorality and wickedness of every sort. The works of old Adam are made manifest. In other words sexual immorality. Genesis 26:34-35
Galatians 5:20
"Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,"
It's just about automatic in the human nature to want to follow that drawing power to worship a false god, idols of one sort or another. Jeremiah 44:18
Now verse 19.
Jeremiah 44:19-21
"And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?" 20. Then Jeremiah saith unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all t

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Remember what we've just been saying, and that is you cannot attach anything to Paul's Gospel for salvation - if you do then Christ shall profit you nothing. Now verse 6. 
Galatians 5:6 
"For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love." 
The love of Christ as He poured out Himself on the Cross for us. Lets turn to Philippians Chapter 2 and look at a verse, and remember what we're talking about - The love of Christ that sent Him to the Cross. 
Love! His love for mankind, His love for the Father drove Him to be obedient to the work of the Cross. And death on the Cross was the most horrible death a person could possibly experience. Now another verse we need to look at is found in II Corinthians Chapter 5 and verse 14. 
Because of the love that constrains. Romans 13:8 
Can you bear false witness, or can you gossip about someone you love? When love is operating, the Ten Commandments automatically fall away. Romans 13:9-10 
(if your Christian love is operating you won't commit adultery.) Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." 
Now let's come back to Galatians Chapter 5 once again. Galatians 5:7 
In other words Paul says, "What's happening to you people?" Galatians 5:7 
"Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth." 
Paul knew who it was, it was the Judaisers. Now verse 8. 
Galatians 5:8 
"This persuasion (to come away from Paul's Gospel of Grace) cometh not of him that calleth you." 
The Holy Sprit of God. Well if the Holy Spirit did not lead them away then what spirit did? The evil spirit. Remember we've only got two spirits in the world. It's either of the Holy Spirit or of the satanic evil spirit. Let's go back to John's little epistles. I John 4:1 
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." I John 4:3 
"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of anti-christ, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." 
The two spirits. It's either of the Holy Spirit or of the evil spirit. Satan will promote the most beautiful things, Satan will promote that which we think is culture and enlightening as long as he can keep people from the truth. He doesn't care what he uses as long as people fall for it. Satan will use good things but it will be of the evil spirit rather than the Holy Spirit that is speaking. Now come back again to Galatians Chapter 5, and look at verse 8 again. 
Galatians 5:8a 
Galatians 5:9 
"A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." 
Yeast. Now it's the same way with false teaching. If you let a little bit of false teaching in as leaven it isn't long before it permeates the whole, one leads to another. It's been leavened. Christianity today is leavened. Now verse 10. 
Galatians 5:10 
See Paul didn't give up on these people. Galatians 5:10 
In other words Paul is saying, "Whoever it is that is bringing in this false teaching, and is leading you away from the Gospel of Grace, his judgment is sure." I never take teaching the Word of God lightly. Well if the Lord wasn't blessing it then that could never happen. I suppose a lot of people think I should have never left the ranch, but this is why I sound bold at times. Galatians 1:10 
"For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." So here in verse 10 Paul says - 
Galatians 5:10b 
Paul says, "This person will one day stand in judgment." 
Galatians 5:11a 
"And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?..." 
A verse comes to mind in the Book of Acts Chapter 15. taught the brethren, (those believing Gentiles at Antioch) and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved." 
As the counsel takes place in Jerusalem with the Twelve and Paul and Barnabas. 
Acts 15:5 
Now back to Galatians chapter 5 and we'll finish up on verse 11. 
Galatians 5:11 
(Paul says, `If I preached what the Judaisers in Jerusalem preached then I'd have clear sailing. I will not give in to circumcising these Gentile believers. If I preached circumcision) then is the offence or the cross ceased." Now God wouldn't have been satisfied but the world would have. And the Church would have just died a natural death and Satan would have gloated all the way into eternity, but Paul didn't. Paul never backed off and gave in to these Judaisers. 
 
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We love your letters anyway. Remember Ishmael stood for the Law and legalism whereas Isaac was a picture of the freedom that we have in Grace because of the promises of God. God has promised that if we will believe for our salvation what Christ has done for us in the finished work of the Cross, then we are His for eternity. John 17:9 
We are literally God's gift to the Son in response to His obedience to the work of the Cross. Where Paul writes now to you and I as well as to the Galatian believers - 
Galatians 5:1 
It has to be the ego because when you're saved by Grace there's no ego. Colossians 2:13-14 
It's been crucified. That thought reminds me of Romans Chapter 7, and let's look at verse 4. 
Romans 7:4-6 
"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; (or the work of the Cross) that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. We were spiritually dead) the motions of sins, which were by the law,(remember all the Law could do was condemn. (Remember the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. Now back to Galatians Chapter 5. Also remember when I speak of the Law I'm not just talking about the Ten Commandments and Temple worship, BUT RATHER I'M TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN ATTACH TO THE BEAUTIFUL GOSPEL WE BELIEVE FOR OUR SALVATION. THAT'S LEGALISM! Galatians 5:1-2 
say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, (for salvation now remember) Christ shall profit you nothing." 
Well circumcision, because that was the main point of legalism in Judaism. "Behold I Paul say unto you that if you speak in tongues as a requirement for salvation then Christ shall profit you nothing." All right let's use another word, baptism! "Behold I Paul say unto you that if you are baptized in water as a requirement for salvation then Christ shall profit you nothing." If you say, "Well I'm going to go and join a church," and if you're expecting that to somehow be part of your salvation then immediately you cancel the work of the Cross. I wish I could tell people, "Go join a church and you'll make it to heaven." Well thank God there are still people a little smarter than these others. Now verse 3. 
Galatians 5:3 
Only one and that was Christ Himself. You cannot somehow or other gain salvation by doing something, and you're not going to gain salvation by saying, "Yes I believe Christ died for me and rose from the dead, but I've also got to do this and that in order to finish the work of the Cross." 
If you do that then Christ shall profit you nothing. Why? Because God is a jealous God, that's why. That at the Cross He finished every single demand of God on a sinful person. He would take all that guilt away from that person the moment he believes that Christ died and rose from the dead for his salvation. When God has done so much, when God gave the very best that all of heaven and the Godhead had to offer. No wonder God gets upset, no wonder God can consign unbelievers to Hell. I had a call this morning and the person said, "How can God send good people to such a horrible place?" I said, "Look, you wouldn't ask that question if you had a concept of how much God gave to save sinful men." Now I hate to see people lost. Now verse 4. Galatians 5:4a 
"Christ is become of no effect..." 
Christ is become of no effect.) "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law;..." (or legalism, or works) 
Verse 23. 
Romans 3:23-24 
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24. Romans 3:26a 
Speaks in tongues? Gets baptized? See there's no legalism tied to that, that's pure Grace. Now let's come back to Galatians Chapter 5. 
Galatians 5:4 
"Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; (or works) ye are fallen from grace." 
If you're going to put all these attachments and amendments on the Gospel, then you have literally turned your back on Grace. Grace says that there's nothing that I merit. Did God scream at Moses, "Tell the people to do something." No, but rather God said, "Stand still!" Why? God would evidence His power. Do nothing but BELIEVE the Gospel and God opens everything up. God breaks the chains of satanic power. God makes us a whole new person. Now verse 5. 
Galatians 5:5 
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith." 
It's not something like, "Well I hope I can get there." Isaiah 61:10 
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The Law was perfect from God's point. Galatians 4:10 
"Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years." Now what group of people did that? Now reading on in verse 11. 
Galatians 4:11 
Now what does Paul mean by that? I stressed, especially when we studied the two Corinthian letters, how much the apostle Paul suffered and deprived himself so that the Gospel might go to these Gentile communities. Well, listen it was bad enough in vain for Paul, but oh, how much worse in vain for what Christ had done. 
Galatians 4:12a 
Now Paul was an apostle, but was he beyond the reach of the ordinary believer? Paul was a sinner saved by Grace just like you and I. Galatians 4:12b 
Paul didn't put himself above the rank and file. Oh, granted these Galatians had come out of paganism, but what had Paul come out of? So Paul goes on to say in verse 12 - 
Galatians 4:12b 
Paul wanted to be their example. I want to come back to what Paul says early on in I Corinthians Chapter 4. Now today most people say, "We'll follow Jesus." But that's not what the Holy Spirit writes through the apostle Paul. Paul says we are to follow him, because who is Paul following? He's following the ascended Christ, and we follow Paul. 
I Corinthians 4:16 
"Wherefore I beseech (beg) you, be ye followers of me. Remember everything that Timothy knew, he learned from Paul. Barnabas, Silas, Titus and all of Paul's helpers learned everything from this one apostle. I Corinthians 4:16 
"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me." 
I Corinthians 11:1 
"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." 
Now remember Paul had a real warm place in his heart for the Philippians. Remember Paul nearly died in Philippi, and they nursed him back to strength. Philippians 3:17 
Galatians 4:11-13 
13. Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. 14. And my temptation (testing) which was in flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus." 
I've always put it on the idea that when Paul said that Israel had more advantages than any other group of people because unto them was committed the Word of God. 
Romans 3:1-2 
Well I've always used those verses as the basis for my claiming that Luke must have been a Jew because otherwise Paul couldn't have written that. Well if Luke was a Gentile then Paul could not have rightly written by inspiration Romans 3:1-2. Saul was a Jewish name, but what was Paul? That was a Roman name. Now II Corinthians Chapter 11 and verse 5. Look what Paul says again. 
II Corinthians 11:5 
Peter. Peter. So here in verse 5 Paul says, "I was not a whit behind Peter in authority." Paul may not have spent 3 years in Palestine, but he spent 3 years with, I think, a private tutor from the Lord Jesus Himself in Arabia. So again even in time spent with the Lord, he's not one whit behind Peter. Now let's look at verse 23. 
II Corinthians 11:22-23 
23. Are they ministers of Christ? Then Paul goes on to show how much he had suffered for them and us tonight. II Corinthians 11:24 
"Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one." 
II Corinthians 11:25-27 
In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27. II Corinthians 12:11 
Galatians 4:13 
"Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first." 
Paul is always bringing up the fact that he passed on to them that which he had received first from the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul also brings up the fact that he is at the head of that long line of sinners saved by Grace that comprised the Body of Christ as we see in I Timothy. 
Let's read verse 14 of Galatians 4. 
Galatians 4:14 
Again go back to II Corinthians Chapter 12. What was the apostle Paul's testing? II Corinthians 12:6-8 
7. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, (lest Paul should get boastful and puffed up, not for what he had seen in glory, but even for these tremendous revelations that God had given him. We don't know exactly how all of this came about, but we do know that God permitted Paul to suffer an affliction, much like he did Job. Paul asked the Lord three times to take this affliction away from him. II Corinthians 12:9 
I'm sure God says, "Now Paul that's when I can use you." Then God says, "OK Moses now we're ready to use you, let's go to Pharaoh." 
So here you have the same thing in Paul. Paul probably would have liked to have been a big handsome Jew like King Saul was, but he wasn't. But look what God told him. 
II Corinthians 12:9 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 34 
GALATIANS 4:1-14 
Now back to the Book of Galatians Chapter 4 and we'll pick up with verse 6. The most important part is God is with us here and now, and He can help us avoid all the pitfalls of life. Well it's because they evidently never understood that the answer to all of life's dilemmas are right here in this Book. Galatians 4:6 
"And because ye are sons, (sons of whom? Well sons of God - we're now the born ones as a result of our salvation. And since we're sons) God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." 
Just wait for the power of God. So here again because of our position after believing faith, God is the One who precipitates the action. 
Galatians 4:6b 
"...God hath sent forth the Spirit (the Holy Spirit of promise) of his Son into your hearts, (notice it's the heart, and not the denomination or church building. crying, `Abba, Father.'" 
Now we have that full privilege of approaching God as our heavenly Father. Galatians 4:7 
"Wherefore thou art no more a servant, (slave) but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." 
Remember how many times Paul likes to use that word, "wherefore." Because Paul's is a progressive revelation. A Son. Because I am a joint heir. You as a believer, are a joint heir with God Himself. Now let's go back to Romans Chapter 8, and this isn't a slip of Paul's pen. Romans 8:14 
"For as many (or all of you) as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." 
Because some of these people write in and condemn people for being exclusionists. Lost people are not led by the Holy Spirit. They're out there on their own under the power of the god of this world. But believers are led by the Spirit of God. If not I doubt if there's any true salvation because it just follows like daylight following dark, that when we become a child of God we hunger after His word. 2. Do you enjoy being with God's people? If you don't, then there's something wrong and I would re-examine my so-called salvation experience. If not, I doubt if there's any relationship there." 
The Spirit does that. Now here again, if we're led by the Spirit of God then we are the sons, or the born ones of God. Now let's go to verse 15 and again he's talking to believers here. 
Romans 8:15 
fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father." 
Believers don't have to walk around in constant fear. How much He loved them! Now then, when we have that kind of a salvation, the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 
It's the witness of the Holy Spirit that we have that salvation, we have that we are children of God. Now let's look at verse 17. 
Romans 8:17 
"And if children, (true sons of God by virtue of our saving faith) then heirs; (not of some rich grandfather, or of some corporation president with millions and millions of shares. We've got something far greater) heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." 
We are heirs of God and now to bring it even tighter, we are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. You're joint-heirs. We are heirs of God because we are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. Galatians 4:7 
"Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." A one in full heirship - an heir of God through Christ. Now verse 8. 
Galatians 4:8 
"Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are not gods." 
Galatians 4:8b 
"...when ye knew not God, (they were steeped in pagan darkness Paul says) ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods." See, they worshipped these pagan gods who, by nature when you boil everything down, they weren't gods at all. Galatians 4:9 
"But (they're no longer in that paganism, they're no longer worshipping wood and stone, but) now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, (God knows them personally now because they're His. They're His children and Paul says if you are in such a glorified position ) how turn ye again to the weak, and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?" 
Well what's he talking about? The Law, legalism, and legalism is beggarly. It is a dust groveling system, and if people could see that. The Galatians were going back into that stuff, if I may call it that. 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 34
GALATIANS 4:1-14
Now back to the Book of Galatians Chapter 4 and we'll pick up with verse 6. The most important part is God is with us here and now, and He can help us avoid all the pitfalls of life. Well it's because they evidently never understood that the answer to all of life's dilemmas are right here in this Book. Galatians 4:6
"And because ye are sons, (sons of whom? Well sons of God - we're now the born ones as a result of our salvation. And since we're sons) God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."
Just wait for the power of God. So here again because of our position after believing faith, God is the One who precipitates the action.
Galatians 4:6b
"...God hath sent forth the Spirit (the Holy Spirit of promise) of his Son into your hearts, (notice it's the heart, and not the denomination or church building. crying, `Abba, Father.'"
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GALATIANS 3:15-29 - PART 2 
Paul is writing to Gentile believers for the most part and says - 
Galatians 3:26 
"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." 
And as I mentioned in the last lesson when Paul speaks of faith in Christ he's speaking of that whole finished work of redemption, which is faith in His death, His shed blood, His burial, and His resurrection. Paul stresses constantly the power of His resurrection. 
Galatians 3:27 
Christ have put on Christ." 
Here it says, "that you have been baptized into Christ." Now there's not a drop of water in this verse. Romans 6:3 
If you've been placed in Christ then before you can get there you had to be identified with His death. When Christ died, God saw every one of us on the Cross in the Person of Christ, because He died in our place, and this is what God saw. Galatians 2:20 
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me;..." 
In the area of the invisible He has seen everyone of us crucified with Christ. You can baptize this old body a hundred times and it's not going to change the soul and spirit. Remember this is only an outer tabernacle, but only God can work in the area of the soul and spirit. I wish people could understand that. Looking at the verse again. 
Romans 6:3 
"Know ye not, that so many of us is were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized (or identified) into his death?" And then to verse 8: 
Romans 6:8 
"Now if we be dead with Christ, (in other words if we've been crucified with Him, if we've been buried with Him then) we believe that we shall also live with him:" 
We've been raised in resurrection power. Ephesians 4:4-5 
One Lord, one faith, one baptism," 
"For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit, it's capitalized) are we all (believers of Paul's Gospel for salvation) baptized into one body, (the Body of Christ. There is not a drop of water in this verse. It's the work of the Holy Spirit working in the area of the invisible placing you and I now in that new resurrected personage into that relationship with Christ.) There is no color line in the Body of Christ, we believers are all baptized into that Body of Christ, and we are all one in Christ. Now back to Galatians chapter 3. So if you have been baptized by that Holy Spirit's work into the Body of Christ, then something else has happened. What? You have put on Christ. 
Galatians 3:27 
"For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." 
So turn with me to Romans chapter 3. Remember up in verse 20 it says- 
Romans 3:20-21 
Romans 3:22 
"Even the righteousness of God (not our righteousness. It's Christ! That's what it means to "put on Christ" that whatever God sees, it's not me or you but rather Christ. It's a work of God, I can't do it. 
Galatians 3:27b 
"...have put on Christ." 
And according to Romans that becomes His righteousness. Isaiah 61:10 
"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; (now this is a man under the Law remember.) Now come back to Galatians chapter 3 again. Now let's look at verse 29. 
Galatians 3:29 
"And if ye be Christ's then are ye Abraham's seed, (now that doesn't make you a Jew, be careful thinking that. If you're Christ's you are Abraham's seed. Genesis 12:3 
Since all families of the earth are blessed then God here is looking way beyond all the promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God is looking beyond the Law, He's looking at this age of Grace we're in tonight when now His blessing of salvation goes to the whole human race. As Abraham was saved by faith + nothing we are also. Did Abraham bring sacrifices for salvation? Was Abraham circumcised before he had salvation? Was Abraham under the Law? So what did Abraham do to merit salvation ? He just simply believed God. So now then here we are 2000 years BC and Abraham saved by faith + nothing. I hope I can make that plain, that here is where the connection comes in as God made the promises to Abraham 2000 years BC. Now the subject of joint heirs should bring us back to Romans chapter 8. 
Romans 8:14-15a 
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons (or the born ones) of God. Romans 8:15b 
"... but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." 
By virtue of the work of the Cross, now God can place us as a full completely tutored son of God and we can come along side with Him. Romans 8:15b 
"...but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." 
God the Father says, "I've been waiting for you. Romans 8:16-17a 
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17. And if children, (or born ones) then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;..." Romans 8:17b 
 
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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 33 
GALATIANS 3:15-29 
In this lesson we will continue in Galatians chapter 3, and hopefully compare Scripture with Scripture. Let's pick up with verse 23. 
Galatians 3:23a 
"But before faith came, we were kept under the law,..." "Taking God at His word." Faith began just as soon as God dealt with Adam and Eve after they had sinned. Adam had to take God at His word. So what does this verse mean? 
Galatians 3:23a 
"But before faith came..." Galatians 3:23a 
"....before the faith way came we were kept under the law..." 
I'm always teaching that we're not under Law, but rather under Grace, and Grace says, "Keep the Law?" No Grace says, "By Faith, and Faith alone + nothing!" Before the faith way, before men and women could be saved by faith + nothing, without the Law, but before that came in - and here Paul goes back and speaks as a Jew - 
Galatians 3:23a 
"...we were kept under the law..." 
So before the faith way Israel was under the burden of the Law constantly 24 hours a day. Galatians 3:23b 
"...shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed." 
God didn't tell everything up in front, and so when He gave the Law did He tell Israel and the rest of the world that one day Christ would die and all of a sudden the word, Grace? So here they went 1500 years under the Law and then progressively God reveals these tremendous doctrines of Grace through the apostle Paul. So paraphrasing verse 23 it says, "So before the faith way came we were kept under the Law shut up during this time with no alternative way out, until the faith which should afterwards be revealed." I'm always referring to Paul's use of that word, so come back with me to the Ephesians chapter 3 and let's look at verse 9. Ephesians 3:9 
It had been kept secret all the way up through the Old Testament, there was not a word about God going to Gentiles with the Gospel of the Grace of God. As we saw a recently in Galatians 3:14 that salvation came to the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, but in the Old Testament it was supposed to have been through the Nation of Israel. Israel was to be the light to the Gentiles, Israel was to be the vehicle, but they dropped the ball, they rejected it in unbelief. And then what did God do? He opened up the windows heaven of Grace through the apostle Paul, and revealed to that man these secrets that had been kept in the mind of God all the way up through the Old Testament economy. Romans 15:4a 
learning,..." 
Romans 15:4a 
Galatians 3:24a 
"Wherefore (because of how God is dealing on a progressive revelation.. Wherefore) the law..." 
Sometimes the Law speaks of that whole system of Judaism. The ceremonial law, the civil law, and the moral law. Galatians 3:24a 
"Wherefore the law (the Ten Commandments) was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,..." 
Well for 1500 years Israel was under the Law, and it was a system, by which God was training them and teaching them, and hopefully bringing them to the place where they would be mature understanding believing Jews. That's what God was hoping for. Galatians 3:24b 
"...the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified (now not by Law keeping but) by faith." 
Now you want to remember that all the way from Exodus chapter 20 Israel was under the Law, and of course it was still the operation of faith that brought an individual Jew into a right relationship with God, but it was Law and faith, There was no such thing as faith + nothing, as I teach, until the Law was totally, totally satisfied at the Cross. And when Christ died He satisfied the demands of the Law in my place and yours. UNBELIEF! 
Unbelief. Their unbelief was just simply awful.. God said, "There it is, take it!" So God condescended, but that wasn't His first intent. God said, "Go in and take it!" Unbelief! The horror of unbelief. 
Unbelief. The nation refuses to take this as the Word of God, and we're suffering for it. Paul makes a big deal of it, especially in Hebrews chapter 3. Why was God so provoked with that generation? Unbelief! And you see this all the way up through Scripture, how that mankind refused to believe the Word of God. Now let's move on with verse 25. 
Galatians 3:25 
Being saved by faith + nothing in what God has said. Once we come to that place in God's economy in this progressive revelation now then we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Galatians 3:26 
"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." 
So we're children of God not by keeping the Law, but by faith in Christ Jesus. Paul never speaks that just believing that He was the Messiah. When Paul speaks by faith in Christ he's talking about faith in that finished work of redemption. You have got your mind in the wrong places. 
 
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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 33
GALATIANS 3:15-29
In this lesson we will continue in Galatians chapter 3, and hopefully compare Scripture with Scripture. Let's pick up with verse 23.
Galatians 3:23a
"But before faith came, we were kept under the law,..." "Taking God at His word." Faith began just as soon as God dealt with Adam and Eve after they had sinned. Adam had to take God at His word. So what does this verse mean?
Galatians 3:23a
"But before faith came..." Galatians 3:23a
"....before the faith way came we were kept under the law..."
I'm always teaching that we're not under Law, but rather under Grace, and Grace says, "Keep the Law?" No Grace says, "By Faith, and Faith alone + nothing!" Before the faith way, before men and women could be saved by faith + nothing, without the Law, but before that came in - and here Paul goes back and speaks as a Jew -
Galatians 3:23a
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Galatians 3:14a 
"That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;..." 
In other words God doesn't always reveal everything exactly from the front. Galatians 3:14a 
"That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;..." Isaiah 42:1 
The Messiah, the Christ! Isaiah 49:6-7 
"And he said, (God did up in verse 5) It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, (He's talking to Israel the nation) that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 7. Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee." So here we have Israel again as having been raised up by God to be a light to the Gentiles. Isaiah 59:20-21 
"And the Redeemer (The Messiah, the Christ) shall come to Zion, (Jerusalem) and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 21. As for me this is my covenant with them, (Israel) saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever," 
Right now it isn't applicable but it's in Israel's future. Look at Isaiah 60:1. 
Isaiah 60:1-3 
"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, (the prophet is talking to Israel, and the light is their Messiah) and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee, 2. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, (that is spiritual darkness) and gross darkness the people: (Israel) but the LORD shall arise upon thee, (Israel) and his glory shall be seen upon thee. (Israel) 3. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, (The Jews, Israel's) and kings to the brightness of thy rising." 
Now in light of everything that we've come through, that the Messiah would be the light of Israel, and Israel in turn would be the light of the Gentiles, then we find here - 
Zechariah 8:20-23 
22. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. (now to show the connection of Israel in this look at verse 23) 23. How was God going to reach the Gentiles? Through the Nation of Israel. But what did Israel do with that? They rejected it. Romans 11:11 
"I say then, Have they (the Nation of Israel) stumbled that they should fall? (Israel completely out of God's program?) God forbid: but rather through their fall (when did Israel experience this kind of a fall? Now back to Galatians chapter 3. Galatians 3:14a 
"That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles though Jesus Christ;..." 
Israel fell out of the picture when she fell. You remember Exodus chapter 19? As they were gathered around Sinai what did God tell them? 
Because now Paul can write that the Gentiles have received the blessing of Abraham, not through Israel but how? Directly through the Lord Jesus Christ, immediately as soon as they believe! Oh God has done something totally different, and that is, "He went straight to the pagan world with the message of salvation through the apostle Paul without Israel as a go-between. Now another verse just comes to mind in the Book of Ephesians in chapter 1. 
Ephesians 1:11 
Drop down again to verse 11. 
Ephesians 3:11 
"According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:" 
Was God caught off base when Israel crucified the Messiah? No, because it was all in the eternal purposes. Not by works, not by keeping the Law. Yes, God made a valid offer to the Nation of Israel. Israel didn't do it. But was it a valid offer? Absolutely they could have, but what did God know? Glorious? Now back to Galatians chapter 3, and let's look at verse 14 again. Galatians 3:14 
"That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; (and for what purpose?) that we (as Gentiles) might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." 
So all the purposes of God are coming to fruition in this glorious age of Grace. The Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit becomes our guideline, not the Ten Commandments. Romans chapter 7:6 
The Holy Spirit that guides and directs us, and remember the Holy Spirit never instructs someone to do something that is contrary to the Law. We're no longer under the Law, but rather Grace, and the Holy Spirit takes the place of the Law. "That the blessing of Abraham..." 
Now finishing verse 14. 
Galatians 3:14 
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit (how?) through faith." 
 
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GALATIANS 3:6-14 
We'll start this lesson in Galatians chapter 3 verse 11. We're stressing that we're not under Law, we're under Grace. We covered this in book 32, but look at verse 1. Now verse 5. 
Acts 15:5 
Here we find Paul confronting this false teaching that was leading these people astray, do you remember what he said in chapter 1? You are falling for a perverted Gospel. 
Galatians 1:8 
So if you add or take away from Paul's Gospel you are in trouble. Well here in verse 11 Paul is still dealing on that same premise. 
Galatians 3:11 
"But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, (Maybe you can fool people that you're a Christian by Law keeping, but you will never fool God) it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith." So it's faith + nothing. Verse 12. 
Galatians 3:12 
"And the law (works religion) is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them (these works) shall live in them." 
In other words if you're going to try to keep the Law or add works for salvation then you need to keep the whole Law. It's like a dear brother in the Lord that lives near me who was talking to a neighbor, and this neighbor thought he needed to keep the Law for salvation. Religion is man attempting to somehow merit favor with God where Christianity is God reaching down in Grace and saving sinful men. Now verse 13. 
Galatians 3:13 
"Christ hath (past tensed) redeemed us (He has bought us, He has paid a price for us, and redeemed us) from the curse of the law, (remember what we read in Deuteronomy? If you do not keep every jot and tittle of the Law to perfection then you're under the curse. `cursed is every man that does not do them if you're going to do the Law.') Deuteronomy 21:18-20 
Remember the book "Tough Love"? Well Israel did, only far worse than what that book ever suggested. Deuteronomy 21:21 
Our kids have no fear of the Law, and that's our problem. If you have that kind of no good rebellious drunkard son then turn him over to the authorities, and the authorities were to literally stone that young man to death. And remember stoning was not a very pretty picture, it was awful. Now reading on in verse 22. 
Deuteronomy 21:22-23 
"And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: (now the hanging on the tree didn't kill him, the stoning did. A public spectacle! Now people will read this and say, "Well that's barbaric." 23. His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God; ..." Now does all that ring a bell? Who hung on a tree? Of what Christ accomplished on our behalf. Christ became the curse under God. He fulfilled all the curse of the Law so that God in turn could now say, "I have forgiven every human being that's ever lived. Now let's look at Romans chapter 3. Romans 3:19-20 
"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: (who was under the Law? Your Bible says that all the world ) may become guilty before God. (and all the Law could do was pronounce guilt upon every human being.) 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified (and oh why can't works religion people see this? in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." 
Romans 3:21 
"But now (something totally different has taken over) the righteousness of God without the law (leave out the Law, it has no part in your salvation.) is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;" 
God hates pride like nothing else. Romans 3:22-24 
Because we've all broken God's Law, everyone of us.) 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:" 
God lost it when they sinned, and the moment he lost it what did God immediately kick into gear? God put in motion the plan of buying back the whole human race. That of course is what Paul is teaching here in Romans chapter 3. Now verse 25. 
"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,..." It's the blood that is the price of redemption. I Peter 1:18-19 
Romans 3:26 
"To declare, I say, at this time his (Christ) righteousness that he (Christ) might be just, (absolutely fair) and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus." All right in the short time we have left let's return to Galatians, and we were in verse 13. 
Galatians 3:13 
"Christ hath redeemed us (He has paid the price of redemption with His blood) from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; (Christ fulfilled that, He became that curse that was hung on a tree.) The normal death for people in Israel was stoning. 
 
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GALATIANS 2:7 - 3:5 - PART 2 
Galatians 2:20a 
"I am crucified with Christ;..." 
Paul goes on to say in verse 20 that even though he's crucified by identification with Christ's death: 
Galatians 2:20 
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith (faithfulness) of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." 
Your faith in that chair was enough. Now if you're placing your faith in that chair in turn what does that chair have to be? Faithful. The other day my 10 year old grandson asked me, "Grampa, do I love God enough? John 11:3 
John 11:5 
"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus." 
John 11:36 
Galatians 2:21a 
"I do not frustrate the grace of God:..." 
God attitude is one of total love and mercy and Grace. I Corinthians 1:6-8 
Now verse 8) Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." 
Paul says, "If the Lord should come they would stand before Him blameless." So on what basis could God do that? His Grace. 
I asked him if he deserved His Grace? So remember we stand before God blameless because of the Grace of God. Galatians 2:21a 
We are under Grace. Galatians 2:21 
"I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, (legalism) then Christ is dead in vain." 
Now to chapter 3. 
Galatians 3:1 
"O foolish Galatians, (now why does Paul use the word foolish? Jesus Christ crucified, buried, and risen from the dead + nothing) before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 
Many people would say the Old Testament saints were saved by faith. Yes they were saved by faith, but not faith alone. 90% of Christianity says, "It's Faith + something." But Paul says it's faith + nothing for salvation. I'm talking about salvation here, it's faith + nothing. If it isn't then Christ died for nothing, and that's what Paul says, when he said then He died in vain. Now verse 2. 
Galatians 3:2 
Again the evidence of their salvation) by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" Romans 10:17 
"So then faith (saving faith) cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." 
Now saving faith cometh by works? Hearing. Now there's no work in hearing, and that's how faith comes. Remember all faith is taking God at His Word. The scriptures says, "That it's by faith and not the works of the Law." Galatians 3:3 
"Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, (the work of the Holy Spirit which generated salvation because of their faith) are ye now made perfect (or made right with God) by the flesh?" The Law. Romans 7:5-6 
(the Law) 
Now back to Galatians chapter 3. Galatians 3:3-5 
"Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, (that is by believing Paul's Gospel through faith + nothing) are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Legalism, Law. if it be yet in vain. By Faith + nothing! Romans 3:23-27 
By what Law: of works? Nay: but by the law of faith." 
Romans 6:23 
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." 
Romans 1:16-19 
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them." 
I Corinthians 15:1-6 
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. Romans 5:8-11 
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 4:5 
Ephesians 1:13:14 
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. Romans 10:8-13 
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. THE GOSPEL - Our Position - I Corinthians 15:1-4 
JUSTIFIED - Romans 3:24 
REDEEMED - Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7 
FORGIVEN - Colossians 2:13 
BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - I Corinthians 12:13 
GLORIFIED - Romans 8:17 
INDWELT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - I Corinthians 3:16; 6:19 
RECONCILED - II Corinthians 5:18 
ETERNAL LIFE - Ephesians 2:5-7 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 33
GALATIANS 2:7 - 3:5 - PART 2
Galatians 2:20a
"I am crucified with Christ;..."
Paul goes on to say in verse 20 that even though he's crucified by identification with Christ's death:
Galatians 2:20
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith (faithfulness) of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Your faith in that chair was enough. Now if you're placing your faith in that chair in turn what does that chair have to be? Faithful. The other day my 10 year old grandson asked me, "Grampa, do I love God enough? John 11:3
John 11:5
"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."
John 11:36
Galatians 2:21a
"I do not frustrate the grace of God:..."
God attitude is one of total love and mercy and Grace. I Corinthians 1:6-8
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 33 
GALATIANS 2:7 - 3:5 
Where Paul after coming away from his confrontation with Peter who was still succumbing to the demands of the Law-keeping Jews at Jerusalem says: 
Galatians 2:15-16 
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." 
Romans 3:19 
Yes, you did because the Law of God says, "That it's against His will, against His Law to steal." So every mouth was stopped, and all the world became guilty before God. Romans 3:20a 
"Therefore by the deeds of the law (in other words by Law-keeping, by works) there shall no flesh (Jew or Gentile) be justified in his sight:..." 
Why? The Law wasn't given for that reason. The Law had one function and that was to show mankind how sinful they really are. Every human being has been a Law-breaker, and we're sinners by nature. 
Romans 3:20b 
"...for by the law is the knowledge of sin." Now let's come on down to verse 23. 
Romans 3:23 
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Not just Gentiles like the Jews perhaps thought, but everybody, Jews and Gentiles have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We're sons of Adam. Now verse 24 has the remedy. 
Romans 3:24-26 
Whom God (this same Christ Jesus) hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, (remember we looked at the ramifications of the blood in our last lesson. Now verse 27. 
Romans 3:27 
Because the law of faith excludes it as you see in the remains of the verse.) By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith." 
And the law of faith is? Believe the Gospel for your salvation. I've got a list of Salvation verses which is included in this book #33. Now back to Galatians chapter 2. 
Galatians 2:17 
"But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, (not by the Law) we ourselves also are found sinners (remember we're children of Adam) is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid." And here's the basic reasoning in verse 18. Galatians 2:18 
Let's look at Colossians chapter 2 and nobody understood this better than the apostle Paul. "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, (the Law, and especially the Law that was being practiced at the time of Christ which was a degenerated 613 rules and regulations.) which was contrary to us, and (the Law was absolutely contrary to human nature. Everything in the Law, human nature says do it. Galatians 2:19 
"For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God." 
What was the Law? Perfect. Right. It was the very mind of God it was perfect from God's point of view. Remember the Law was given to Moses on hard cold stone. Because the Law condemns you. If it weren't for the Law then anybody could say, "Well I'm good enough. and God will accept me." But the Law says you're guilty. We're Law breakers, and if we're a Law breaker then we're a sinner. 
Hey listen, good people are sinners, nice people are sinners, church people are sinners, because we're all guilty of having broken God's perfect Law. The Law. Come back with me to the tough chapter of Romans 7. Romans 7:7 
Is the law sin? God forbid. (is the Law something evil or wicked?) Nay, I had not known sin, (or the old sin nature) but by the law, for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Romans 7:8-9 
"But sin, (the old sin nature) taking occasion by the commandments, (the Law) wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9. For I was alive without the law once; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." 
Old Adam woke up and old Adam in Saul's makeup said, "Hey that's me, because I'm a coveter." I died. New life. When our old Adam is put to death because he was a Law breaker and we become a believer in the finished work of the Cross which is the Gospel then we're a new creation, we're alive, we have eternal life and Paul is constantly referring to that. Peter also said that salvation was all Paul talks about in all his epistles. Now back to Galatians chapter 2 verse 20 which is a classic. Galatians 2:20a 
"I am crucified with Christ:..." 
Now Paul didn't die on a Roman cross. God reckons old Adam as absolutely dead, but in experience, oh he's still there. I've always told people that I don't mind the attacks of Satan half as much as I do the attacks of my old Adam. Now verse 20 again. 
Galatians 2:20 
 
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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 33
GALATIANS 2:7 - 3:5
Where Paul after coming away from his confrontation with Peter who was still succumbing to the demands of the Law-keeping Jews at Jerusalem says:
Galatians 2:15-16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."
Romans 3:19
Yes, you did because the Law of God says, "That it's against His will, against His Law to steal." So every mouth was stopped, and all the world became guilty before God. Romans 3:20a
"Therefore by the deeds of the law (in other words by Law-keeping, by works) there shall no flesh (Jew or Gentile) be justified in his sight:..."
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LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 32 
GALATIANS 1:15 - 2:9 - PART 2 
The Church up in Antioch, which was up in Syria, has become predominately Gentile where Paul and Barnabas have now been laboring as well as moving out from Antioch into the Gentile world of Asia Minor and Greece. Now verse 6: 
Galatians 2:6 
Now I'm not being disrespectful of Peter and the eleven. Well in God's Divine purposes then as Israel kept slipping and slipping away in unbelief, then naturally Peter and the eleven and these Jewish leaders of Jerusalem were losing their clout. Well the Gentiles. So as the Jews are going dow, the Gentiles are coming up, and this is Paul's ministry. Looking at verse 6 again: 
Galatians 2:6a 
Let's begin with verse 32, and much the same thing has taken place in Chapter 2. Now it's these same apostles that Paul by inspiration of the Holy Spirit is led to say for our purposes: 
Galatians 2:6 
(so in God's view Peter was no greater than anybody else.) Now one more verse and we've got to go back to Acts Chapter 15. 
Galatians 2:7 
"But contrariwise, (or on the other hand) when they (the Twelve in particular) saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision (the Gentiles) was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision (Jew) was unto Peter;" 
Israel! We've already looked at a few of the early verses in the chapter. "...Peter rose up and said unto them, `Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago (12 years) God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.'" 
What's Peter referring to? Chapter 10 of Acts, the house of Cornelius. And you all remember that account. How that Peter and 6 other Jewish believers went up to the Gentile home of the Roman officer Cornelius. And while Peter hadn't even finished preaching, hadn't said a word yet about repenting and being baptized, what happened? The Holy Spirit came down and signified to those 7 Jews that those Gentiles had become believers. Without an invitation, without walking down an aisle, without repenting, without baptizing, all of a sudden Peter was just stopped in his tracks, and here these Gentiles are evidencing their salvation by faith, and faith alone. 
It was not yet Paul's Gospel, but rather only that Jesus was the Christ, but they had believed it, and the Holy Spirit came upon those Gentiles evidenced with tongues, which was a manifestation that the Holy Spirit had come upon them. Now verse 43, and Peter is in the home of Cornelius. So Peter says: 
Acts 10:43 
Peter as yet does not know Paul's Gospel, but Peter does know that the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, the Son of God was the vehicle for salvation so he says) whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. (he hasn't said a word about repenting, he hasn't said a word about baptizing. 44. While Peter yet spake these words, (he's still preaching and) the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. (why? 45. And they of the circumcision (remember there were six Jews that went with Peter) which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost." 
Come back to Chapter 2, and verse 38. Remember here Peter is speaking only to Jews. 
Acts 2:36 
"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." (then verse 38) 
Acts 2:38 
"Then Peter said unto them, (1) `Repent, and be (2) baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the (3) remission of sins, and ye shall receive the (4) gift of the Holy Ghost.'" 
"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." 
Now come back to Acts Chapter 15 and this is what Peter is making reference to. 
Now normally you would think that Peter and those six Jews saw what could happen if you would just approach Gentiles with the Gospel. Back to Jerusalem. Then Peter had to calm them down by saying in effect, "God showed us that He was in it." For 12 years there was not another mention of these Gentiles in the house of Cornelius being saved until now in Chapter 15. To come to Paul's defense in this counsel in Jerusalem. If Peter would not have remembered what had happened at the house of Cornelius, they never would have let Paul go back to Antioch with freedom to preach his Gospel. Now verse 8. 
(Now Peter says in recollection, in realizing what God tried to show me-) 10. 
II Peter 3:15-16a 
I don't think Peter ever fully understood Paul's Gospel of Grace. Now let's finish the lesson with verse 9 of Galatians Chapter 2. 
Galatians 2:9 
"And when James, Cephas (Peter) and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, (Gentiles) and they unto the circumcision, (Jews). 
 
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LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 32
GALATIANS 1:15 - 2:9 - PART 2
The Church up in Antioch, which was up in Syria, has become predominately Gentile where Paul and Barnabas have now been laboring as well as moving out from Antioch into the Gentile world of Asia Minor and Greece. Now verse 6:
Galatians 2:6
Now I'm not being disrespectful of Peter and the eleven. Well in God's Divine purposes then as Israel kept slipping and slipping away in unbelief, then naturally Peter and the eleven and these Jewish leaders of Jerusalem were losing their clout. Well the Gentiles. So as the Jews are going dow, the Gentiles are coming up, and this is Paul's ministry. Looking at verse 6 again:
Galatians 2:6a
Let's begin with verse 32, and much the same thing has taken place in Chapter 2. Now it's these same apostles that Paul by inspiration of the Holy Spirit is led to say for our purposes:
Galatians 2:6
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GALATIANS 1:15 - 2:9 
Now we're in Galatians Chapter 2, and here we find this Church that Paul had started in Galatia was having a problem. Remember this little letter was written primarily to straighten out the false teaching by Judaisers of attaching Law-keeping and circumcision to Paul's Gospel of Grace. So consequently it's at Antioch that this matter really boiled over to the place that the Lord instructed Paul to go up to Jerusalem and meet with the apostles and elders of the Jewish congregation. I refuse to call those Jewish believers Christians simply because the Bible doesn't. Never forget that when you handle the Word of God that it's an awesome responsibility, and I never forget that. I do feel that Paul and Barnabas as they now come from Antioch and they're going to try to prove to the leadership at Jerusalem that you cannot add anything to the relationship between Christ and the believer except faith and faith alone in Paul's Gospel. 
Galatians 2:2a 
Line upon line, because these revelations that came through the apostle Paul are so far above and beyond Judaism that it took some time for these people to understand where Paul was coming from. Those of you who remember my teachings back in Romans 1:16 where Paul says: 
Romans 1:16a 
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it (the Gospel) is the power of God unto salvation..." 
And what does salvation imply according to Paul's teachings? You don't find that taught in the Old Testament. So Paul communicated carefully, line upon line, precept upon precept that Gospel. 
Galatians 2:2a 
"And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. 
Now why does the Holy Spirit prompt the man to use the word "that gospel?" Well to signify the difference between Paul's Gospel, and what Peter and Jesus and the eleven had been teaching to Israel. Now reading on in verse 2. 
Galatians 2:2a 
Now verse 3. 
Galatians 2:3 
At least Paul and Barnabas held them at bay on that point. Now verse 4. 
Galatians 2:4a 
"And that because of false brethren unawares brought in,..." 
Somebody was influential in bringing these people into this great counsel meeting of the Jewish believers at Jerusalem to confront Paul and Barnabas and Titus, but primarily Paul and Barnabas. 
Galatians 2:4a 
"And that because of false brethren unawares..." 
It's in the little Book of Jude. So when false teaching slips into a congregation or a denomination, it's nothing new. Jude 1:3,4 
who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ." 
Galatians 2:4 
Now what do you suppose Paul is talking about when he says "Liberty?" Well, that he was no longer under the demands of the Mosaic Law. Well, when these false brethren would go to these baths and there was an uncircumcised Gentile such as Titus, do you think they're blind? Galatians 2:4b 
Go ahead and keep the dietary laws, keep the Law of Moses for after all I was wrong." But you see that's not Paul! Now let's read on in verse 5. Now the real Paul stands up: 
Galatians 2:5 
Pressure. Paul was under pressure from these Jerusalem leaders to get rid of this idea that your converts don't have to keep the Law of Moses.) no, not for an hour; (Paul didn't weaken one bit, why?) that the truth of the gospel might continue with you." 
Galatians 5:1 
That yoke of bondage was what the Law was. Judaism was the religion of Christ's day, and pretty much the extent of Orthodox Judaism today. I'm not saying this with any criticism of the present day Jewish religion, but truth is truth. So it had degenerated down to a religion, and that's why Paul called it that in Chapter 1:13 at the time of Christ. Now Paul is saying that we've been set free from all of that. Paul, writing to Gentiles up there in Asia Minor writes: 
Colossians 2:14 
The Cross was the end of the Law, and we must never forget that. The Lord Himself nailed those things to the Cross. Romans 13:8,9 
(the work of the Cross was love epitomized. It was God's love for mankind that nailed Him to the Cross. And as a result He fulfilled the demands of the Law) 9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." 
As soon as we come under this law of love we no longer want to break these commandments. Let verse 5 just sink into your thinking. Paul is under pressure to give up this Gospel of Grace, and add Law-keeping and circumcision, but he says: 
Galatians 2:5 
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