by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: BOAST ONLY IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST AND THE CORRESPONDING SCARS OF IDENTIFICATION WITH THE CROSS(:11) Aside: Authenticity and Importance of the Epistle “See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.”Guthrie: “At this point the apostle...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: 2 PRACTICAL WAYS TO WALK IN LOVE BY THE SPIRITI. (:1-5) HUMBLY HELP YOUR BROTHER IN NEEDA. (:1) Gently Restore a Brother Whom You Find Sinning 1. The Responsibility = Applies to all believers — not just the leaders “Brethren” —...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: USE FREEDOM AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK IN LOVE BY WALKING IN THE SPIRIT –(NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH)(:13) THESIS “For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh,...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: STAND FIRM IN THE LIBERTY TO WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN CALLEDGromacki: “After the Civil War a great majority of the slaves became sharecroppers. Although they were free, they did not enjoy their freedom. In some cases they were worse off than before. Under the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE OT ALLEGORY OF ISHMAEL AND ISAAC PICTURES OUR FREEDOM — ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SPIRIT ACCORDING TO GOD’S PROMISE(:21) INTRODUCTION – Pay attention to the OT allegory in order to see the absurdity of your inconsistency.“Tell me, you who want to be...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH MUST BE HELD ON TO DESPITE THE SEDUCING DECEPTIONS OF FANATICAL FALSE TEACHERSI. (:8-11) DON’T TURN BACK TO A LIFESTYLE OF LEGALISTIC BONDAGEGromacki: “Paul wanted to prove that legalism was no better than paganism. In...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE COMING OF CHRIST ELEVATED OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD TO THAT OF PRIVILEGED SONS AND HEIRSI. (3:23-29) BEFORE AND AFTER SNAPSHOT #1 — FULL SONS AND HEIRSA. (3:23-24) Before Justification by Faith in Christ Came — Preparation / Restrictions 1....
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE BLESSING OF JUSTIFICATION COULD ONLY COME VIA GOD’S UNCHANGING PROMISES RATHER THAN BY THE LAWDealing here with the Abrahamic Covenant — background on the provisions of this covenantI. (:15-18) GOD’S UNCHANGING PROMISES CANNOT BE...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH PROVES THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIVE BY FAITH — SINCE WE HAVE BEEN FREED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAWI. (:10) DEPENDENCE ON THE LAW (FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE GOD) CARRIES WITH IT AN INESCAPABLE CURSEQuote from Deut....
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH PROVES THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIVE BY FAITHI. (:1-5) THE ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE = OUR OWN ENTRANCE INTO SPIRITUAL LIFE WAS BY FAITH NOT WORKSMacArthur: “Although experience in itself is not entirely reliable...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: PAUL’S AUTHORITY DEMONSTRATED IN REBUKING PETER’S ERROR –JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH LEAVES NO ROOM FOR HYPOCRISY OR LEGALISMI. (:11-13) PETER’S HYPOCRISY DESERVED PAUL’S STRONG OPPOSITIONA. (:11a) Paul Did Not Shrink Back From His...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: PAUL’S AUTHORITY RECOGNIZED –PAUL’S INDEPENDENT MESSAGE AND AUTHORITY WERE STILL VALIDATED BY THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEMINTRODUCTION: Setting was probably the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 — a pivotal point for the early...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: PAUL’S AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED BY DIVINE REVELATION –PAUL’S PERSONAL TESTIMONY CONFIRMS THE DIVINE SOURCE OF HIS MESSAGE AND AUTHORITYI. (:11-12) THESIS: THE DIVINE SOURCE OF HIS GOSPEL MESSAGEA. Importance of the Subject “For I would...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: ANY PERVERSION OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF CHRIST DESERVES GOD’S STRONGEST CONDEMNATIONI. (:6-7) GOSPEL PERVERTERS ENTICE GOSPEL DESERTERSA. Susceptibility to Fundamental Error is Shocking “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: LEGITIMATE DIVINE APOSTLESHIP PROMOTES THE ESSENCE OF THE TRUE GOSPEL = THE CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRISTI. (:1-2a) AUTHOR: SOURCE OF PAUL’S LEGITIMATE APOSTLESHIP (AND AUTHORITY) “Paul, an apostle”A. Not Mediated by Man 1....
