{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies","author_name":"Jeff Gulleson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/author\/jgulleson\/","title":"VERIFICATION OF PAUL\u2019S APOSTLESHIP - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3oFX8xWUzd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/galatians\/verification-of-pauls-apostleship\/\">VERIFICATION OF PAUL\u2019S APOSTLESHIP<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/galatians\/verification-of-pauls-apostleship\/embed\/#?secret=3oFX8xWUzd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;VERIFICATION OF PAUL\u2019S APOSTLESHIP&#8221; &#8212; Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson\" data-secret=\"3oFX8xWUzd\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n<\/script>\n","description":"VERIFICATION OF PAUL\u2019S APOSTLESHIP (April 25, 2010)\u00a0 KEY VERSE \u2013 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: \u201cA man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ\u201d (Gal. 2:16); \u201cIf righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing\u201d (Gal. 2:21).\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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, \u201cBy one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.\u201d (Heb. 10:14)\u00a0 TEACHING GOAL: Show that Paul\u2019s apostleship derived from God and was accepted by the NT church.\u00a0 Paul, an apostle\u2014sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead\u2014 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)\u00a0 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 \u201cEpistle to Galatians\u201d 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\u2019s 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\u2019s commentary on Galatians.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Key Verses: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be [&hellip;]"}