Galatians Chapter 3 Summary

Wacaster’s book, which is (as the title suggests) centered on Paul’s epistle to the Galatians, is very obviously intended to the common-level, “average” audience. Wacaster does not delve into complex conversations of textual variants, manuscript discrepancies, and disputations of authorship, nor does he use vocabulary or phraseology that is above the understanding of most individuals. Rather, Wacaster is simple, straightforward, and effective in communicating his points on the wonderful book of Galatians. With many commentaries that are written at a graduate and scholarly level, a more basic approach is much appreciated and needed.

law itself, directly to the people who want to be under it. He reminds them of Abraham's two sons by

In Chapter 2 of Encountering the New Testament the author talks about a few of the different practices that unified the Jews as well the different religious groups that had different beliefs. Judaism was unified in the beliefs that they had been chosen by God, they were waiting for the messiah to come, they respect the synagogues, they shared the same laws and traditions of elder. Although these beliefs were unifying there were seperate religious groups and leaders that held different beliefs. Probably the most well known group of religious leaders were the Pharisees. The Pharisees were a small group of religious leaders that believed in God, and the coming messiah. Although many of the Pharisees did live good lives many of them were

The book of Galatians was written for the simple reason to clear up the truth of the gospel. Shortly after Paul left the church of Galatia, an unknown person or ‘people’ came to the church and led them to believe otherwise. The church of Galatia, being brand new was thrown off by the idea that they were living an immoral life, and immediately changed what they were doing to fit what the people or persons taught this. The thought of having the

Understanding that God has made requirements allows believers to understand that God requires those statutes to be kept and that by His expectations mankind will be judged. Peter understood this in Acts 5:29 when he stated, “We must obey God rather than men.” God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33) therefore He would not provide random, nonsensical rules to follow, but a pattern laid out that leads believers to a home in Heaven. In Philippians 3:17 Paul states, “Brethren join in following my example and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in

1. Discuss the occasion and purpose for the writing of Romans. Paul’s letter to the Romans is held in high regard by Kostenberger and colleagues, as made evident by this statement, “the book of Romans may be the most important letter ever penned in human history.” It is commonly accepted that Paul wrote, or dictated, the letters to the churches in Rome around winter of 54-55 AD. This was a time when the Roman church was facing difficulty finding unity because of Jewish and Gentile conjectures.

became the apostle to the gentiles. Why would Paul, a Jew, want to be an

Paul’s epistle to the people of Galatia addressed many groups, including Jews, Gentiles, and other missionaries, among others. Paul established a rebuttal against other missionaries who were using Abraham as a supporting argument to convert the Gentiles to Judaism by means of circumcision. In Galatians, Paul understood his Gentile Galatian audience primarily in Jewish terms as he made connections to them through major figures in Jewish history and the Jewish tradition of circumcision, uniting the two groups under a single Jewish terminology. Paul understood Gentile Galatians in a Jewish context by using Jewish historical figures and identifying these figures with the people of Galatia. An example of this is in Paul’s use of an allegory of the story of Hagar and Sarah (Galatians 4:21-5:1).

Both men had very different perspectives on tier faith. Paul was stating how a guilt-ridden and lost soul could be found again through God. James wrote how about how a righteous man could show how real and true his faith was. Although, both writers used Abraham to show their principle not both chose the same incident in his life to tell their story.

Another biblical principle represented in the founding themes of the U.S. is equal opportunity for all. The book of Galatians erases the line between Jew and Greek, enslaved and free, and male and female. This example applies to culture today. Through a biblical lens, it is obvious that people are not seen as creatures differing from one another, just as two animals of the same species are not seen as different: a bear is a bear, even as different species of bears are recognized. In the same way, all humans are equal, even if they come from different places and acquire different cultural habits. They are born with unalienable civil liberties, among these the right to life, liberty of conscience, and the pursuit of private property. Merely

When reading Philippians chapter three Paul again is compelled to address dishonest teachers, and that circumcision is unnecessary when becoming a Christian (Harris, 2014; Wilcox, 2014). Moreover, Paul’s verbiage in this chapter is angry and disapproving when regarding these individuals attempting to introduce new doctrine (Harris, 2014). For example, Paul writes “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers” (AKJV, Philippians 3:2), which depicts these individuals as lowly and tools of the devil. Meanwhile, Paul goes on to reiterate his lineage, ethnicity, and position before the incident on the road to Damascus, which likely provides a similar background to these Judaizers (Harris, 2014). Also, Paul relates that he meticulously followed the law,

Salvation comes from the Greek word soteria which means deliverance, and preservation. It is the spiritual and eternal deliverance granted immediately by God to those who accept His conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus, in whom alone it is to be obtained. It is an experience in which one receives God’s power to be delivered from the bondage of sin. Salvation is of grace through the sacrifice of Jesus the Christ. By His death He made full atonement for the sins of humankind.

Galatians, chapter six verses seven through eight say, “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”

Is thought that the recipient of the letter were people from a province in central Asia Minor and Paul preached them during his first mission. The authors of the letter to the Galatians was Paul and Jesus Spirit. One of the main purpose of the letter or theme was to address the relationship from the Gentile Christians towards Judaism. The main points of the letter are to be truthful to God and commit to Him, in order to gain the Kingdom of heaven. In verse Gal 1:7 Paul clarifies that there is no other Gospel than the one that Jesus proclaimed. Paul explains that there is people that try to confuse Christians and pervert the gospel of Christ but he is warning us not to fall into that. It repeats over and over to not follow the law of the world but the teachings of Jesus Christ. We all are the church. The ones who believe on God are the church. To be the church in this letter means to believe in Jesus Christ and only worship God because He gave us freedom from sin and He is the only one that can lead us to the Kingdom of God. It also means to live by the fruit of the Spirit which is in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal 5:22-23). It means to die to the sin, to reject the sin of, fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing (Gal 5:19-21), and anything that looks like

In Galatians 1-6 we start off by learning that Paul the apostle was sent through Jesus christ and God the father to the churches of Galatians. Paul returns to Jerusalem and seks help to tell the converts that they don’t need to follow every Jewish law. Then he calls the Galatians foolish, then tells them that Jesus was crucified and now everyone can live for God and not worry about anything. The Galatians begin to question and all Paul wants is for them to stop worrying about Jewish holidays and to start living the way God wants them too. Now we learn that the Galatians are free and if they go and get circumcised, they will be forced to obey Jewish law. Paul then gives them advice about everyone's imperfections and how they