Outline of Galatians Personal Experience (1-2) Primary Doctrine (3-4) Practical Application (5-6)

Foolish ~ anoētos – mindless Bewitched ~ Literally given the evil eye Portrayed ~ prographō – to put on public display Message ~ You crazy Galatians! Philips ~ O You dear idiots of Galatia Contrast with mōros (more derisive)

“Although I am a doctor of divinity, and have preached Christ and fought His battles for a long time, I know from personal experience how difficult it is to hold fast to the truth. I cannot always shake off Satan. I cannot always apprehend Christ as the Scriptures portray Him. Sometimes the devil distorts Christ to my vision. But thanks be to God, who keeps us in His Word, in faith, and in prayer.” – Martin Luther

Rom. 6:11~ Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Reckon ~ logizomai ; to compute, to come to a conclusion Same as accounted, v. 6)

Believed ~ aman, root of amen (so be it) ~ 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 2 Cor. 10:3-5 Phil. 4:8 ~ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

"If God accounts Abraham as righteous, then that is how Abraham should account himself. That is his standing before God, and God’s accounting is not pretending. God does not account to us a pretended righteousness, but a real one in Jesus Christ." – David Guzik

Habakkuk 2:4 Rom. 1:17 ~ The just shall live by faith Gal. 3:11 ~ The just shall live by faith Heb. 10:38 ~ The just shall live by faith

“If anything contrary to this comes before him, he does not timidly say, ‘Everybody has a right to his opinion’; but he says, ‘Yes, they may have a right to their opinion, and so have I to mine; and my opinion is that any opinion which takes away from the glory of Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice is a detestable opinion.’ Get the real atonement of Christ thoroughly into your soul, and you will not be bewitched.” – C. H. Spurgeon