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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...
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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” —...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
