Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the.

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Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: Typical of letters of the 1 st century, the apostle Paul began the letter with his name, contrary to our pattern of signing our name at the end of a letter. From Dr. Luke’s book of Acts, Paul’s 13 letters, & the 2 Peter 3:14-16 passage which says that Paul is an author of Scripture, we know quite a bit about Paul.

Paul: A man of contrasts Born as Saul, the Jew (Acts 7:58) Steeped in the Law (Philippians 3:5) Persecuted the church to the point of death (Acts 8:1, 3; 9:1; 22:4; 1 Timothy 1:12-16) Born again as Paul, a believer (Acts 9) A steward of Grace (Ephesians 3:1, 2) Founded & then established the 1 st churches in Gentile lands (Acts 13-28), including Galatia

Paul’s Earthly Resume Born a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin (Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5) Born in Tarsus, raised in Jerusalem (Acts 22:3) Educated in Judaism under Gamaliel, the son of Simeon, the son of Hillel (Acts 5:34, 22:3) Roman citizen (Acts 16:37,38; 22:25-29; 23:27) Tentmaker by trade (Acts 18:1-3) Likely fluent in Greek, Latin, Hebrew & Aramaic Aggressive persecutor of the church (Acts 8:1-3)

But beyond that… Paul had a special assignment as an apostle: the apostle to the Gentile lands (Acts 9:15; Romans 15:15,16; Galatians 2:7-9; Ephesians 3:8) Paul conveyed some teachings not disclosed by the other apostles: Believers have the ‘adoption of sons’ The body of Christ Believers are sealed by the Holy Spirit Believers have all been identified & united with Christ Listing & explaining the spiritual gifts Jews & Gentiles are both “in Christ” & dead to the Law

Apostle (apostolos) The word apostle (apostolos), in New Testament times, meant ‘a special messenger’ – he was not just a general messenger by occupation (as the Greek word angelos conveyed) The English word “ambassador” conveys much of the meaning of apostolos – a messenger sent for a special purpose & having a delegated authority from the One who sent him

The necessary qualifications of an apostle Received his gift & office by a sovereign decision of God: 1 Corinthians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1 Had to have been an eyewitness of the resurrected Jesus Christ: Acts 1:22; 1 Corinthians 9:1 Endowed with power to perform signs, wonders & miracles: 2 Corinthians 12:12 Had success in evangelism: 1 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Corinthians 3:1-3; Galatians 2:7-9 Had the capacity to suffer patiently – to persevere in trial: 2 Corinthians 12:12

Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: This is an unusual parenthesis for Paul to have written – Why would he do that? As we will see more fully later, the ‘Judaizers’ (who wanted to put all the Gentile believers under the whole Law of Moses) said that Paul was not one of the original twelve apostles from Jerusalem nor sent by them.

Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: Paul begins to tell them here, & later he will explain it even further, that he was indeed not sent to the churches in Galatia from ‘the twelve’, but that he was sent as a special ambassador by the risen Lord Jesus Christ Himself, by the authority of God the Father, Who raised Jesus Christ from the dead!

The Church at Antioch in Acts 13:1-3 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. They then founded the churches in Galatia.

Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: Paul & Barnabas were sent on this 1 st of Paul’s missionary journeys from the church at Antioch (on the Orontes), established the churches in Galatia, then they returned to the church in Antioch where he wrote this letter. Though he doesn’t give names, the brethren at Antioch were with him as he wrote.

Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: This was likely the 1 st of Paul’s 13 letters (the ones of which we have a copy), & was also the only one of them that was explicitly written to a group of churches. All the other letters were written to a specific church or an individual believer.

Galatians 1:1-2 Expanded & Explained Paul, that being my Gentile name, an apostle, that is, a special messenger & one who is sent by special commission (not sent from any group of human beings nor through any human being, but by means of Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead – I have seen the resurrected Lord myself!), 2 and all the brethren in Christ of both Jewish & Gentile ethnicity who are with me here in Antioch, to the churches – the local gatherings of believers in Christ in Galatia, which were founded through the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ coming to me personally and sending me personally:

From the Ultimate Spiritual Tragedy Put yourself in Paul’s shoes for a bit… The people in whom you’ve invested a few years of your life, the ones who are the very 1 st fruits of your assigned mission directly from the Lord… The saints whom you have taught truths that were given to you by direct & personal revelation from the risen Lord Jesus Christ & who also listened to you teach those truths…

From the Ultimate Spiritual Tragedy These were the saints for whom you put your life on the line & suffered great persecution… In order to give them the unadulterated & pure gospel, directly from the mouth of Jesus Christ… These same people were tragically being persuaded to live under a ministry of condemnation & death & by their own lives instead of Christ’s own life They walked right back into bondage

To the Ultimate Spiritual Strategy What did Paul say at a time like that? Paul hadn’t yet even said that he was writing to them (“to the churches of Galatia”) before he pointed them to Christ – resurrected & living right now! When you’re feeling like you’ve lost your bearings in life - turn & look to Christ! When the focus on this world’s things & activities & events has you dizzy – look to the One who paid His life to buy yours!

To the Ultimate Spiritual Strategy No matter what your own perspective on life happens to be right now, look to the living, risen Lord Jesus Christ! That’s what our eternity will consist of, so why not start looking to Him now? Paul will spend the next six chapters of this book filling us in on the details of this Ultimate Spiritual Strategy, but we don’t have to wait to see where he’s going to be directing our attention: Christ!