1.0Bible Lessons from Jeff Gullesonhttps://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studiesJeff Gullesonhttps://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studies/author/jgulleson/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="olpuPqUklv"><a href="https://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studies/galatians/verification-of-pauls-apostleship/">VERIFICATION OF PAUL’S APOSTLESHIP</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jeffgulleson.com/bible-studies/galatians/verification-of-pauls-apostleship/embed/#?secret=olpuPqUklv" width="600" height="338" title="“VERIFICATION OF PAUL’S APOSTLESHIP” — Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson" data-secret="olpuPqUklv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> VERIFICATION OF PAUL’S APOSTLESHIP (April 25, 2010)  KEY VERSE – It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Gal. 5:1) SECONDARY THEME VERSES: “A man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ” (Gal. 2:16); “If righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing” (Gal. 2:21).  THEME: Salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone releases us from the yoke of the law, freeing us to live a life of love through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Legal (Imputed) Righteousness: We are justified by faith in Christ (Gal. 2:16). Imparted Righteousness: Immediate Moral Change at conversion (Gal. 6:15); Gradual Moral Change through the fruit-growing work of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22) which requires our cooperation (Gal 5:16-17, 25, 6:8). We cooperate by using CCRC (Concentration, Choice, Reflection, Confession/Thanksgiving. Foundational verse, “By one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” (Heb. 10:14)  TEACHING GOAL: Show that Paul’s apostleship derived from God and was accepted by the NT church.  Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers with me, To the churches in Galatia: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Galatians 5:1-5)  REVIEW: Paul and Barnabas on a two year missionary trip around 44 AD spent two years in the southern area of the Roman province of Galatia (South Central Turkey) and started several churches. Judaizers (Jewish believers in Jesus who taught that to be saved one must also obey the Jewish ceremonial law) infiltrated these new churches and taught that t the new Gentile converts needed to follow Jewish law in order to be complete Christians. Paul wrote the “Epistle to Galatians” to counter this false teaching. A year later he went to the Jerusalem Conference (Acts 15) and the gathering confirmed the content of the Gospel he preached. Martin Luther taught a five month course on Galatians at the University of Wittenburg in 1518-19, the year before the birth of the Reformation. In the 1670s John Bunyan discovered an old copy of Luther’s commentary on Galatians and called it his favorite book after the Bible. In 1738 Charles Wesley comes to Christ during a reading of the preface of Luther’s commentary on Galatians.  THEME: Salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone releases us from the yoke of the law, freeing us to live a life of love through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Key Verses: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be […]