Series 8
THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS – by Francis Dixon
Study 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 1: 1-5) Paul’s letter to the churches at Galatia was written in AD 57. He made two missionary journeys to Galatia, and it was during one of these that he founded the…
Study 2 THE PURE DOCTRINE OF THE GOSPEL
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 1: 6-12) Martin Luther says that when Paul visited the Christians in Galatia, he taught them “the pure doctrine of the gospel”. The word “gospel” appears over and over again on the…
Study 3 THE MARKS OF A GOOD TESTIMONY
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 1: 13-24) Paul was a great theologian and a great preacher, but he loved to give his testimony because he knew that there is a tremendous power in the word of personal…
Study 4 JUSTIFICATION: BY FAITH OR BY WORKS?
(Scripture Portion: Romans 5: 1-11) The question asked in Job 25:4 is a tremendous one. How can man, who by nature is sinful (Romans 3:10), the enemy of God (Romans 5:10), condemned (John 3:18) and…
Study 5 THE CROSS IN GALATIANS
(Scripture Portion: 1 Corinthians 1: 17-25) What is meant by the expression “the cross”? – look up and compare 1 Corinthians 1:18; Philippians 2:8; 3:18 and Colossians 1:20. It does not refer to a…
Study 6 THE HOLY SPIRIT IN GALATIANS
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 3: 1-29) In Galatians, the Holy Spirit is mentioned at least thirteen times – look up Galatians 3: 2,3,5,14; 4: 6,29; 5: 5,16,17,18,22,25; and 6:8. Of course, the Holy Spirit is a…
Study 7 WHEN, HOW AND WHY GOD SENT HIS SON
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 4: 1-31) In Galatians 4:4-7, three facts about the incarnation of our Lord are emphasised. In Matthew 1:25-2:1; Luke 2:7 and John 1:1 and 14, we have the historical account of…
Study 8 WHERE DID YOU GO WRONG?
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 5: 1-15) How very sad it is when one who has been truly converted turns back (Acts 7:39), backslides (Proverbs 14:14), becomes lukewarm (Revelation 3:16), and loses his first love (Revelation 2:4)!…
Study 9 THE SINFUL NATURE VERSUS THE SPIRIT
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 5: 16-26) It was surely characteristic of the late Canon Guy King to entitle a sermon he once preached on Galatians 5:19-23 – “From the Slum to the Orchard”! (Verses 19-21 describe…
Study 10 OUR PROGRAMME, PERIL AND PROSPECT
(Scripture Portion: Galatians 6: 1-9) In this concluding study we are to consider one of the great dangers which faces us as Christians and as Christian workers, namely, that of weariness which causes us to…
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