Galatians 2:7-10; Season 21, Episode 6. (30min)

"The Gospel: Only One Message" Part 1

Galatians

OUTLINE

SALUTATION  (1:1-2)

Theme: “To Rescue Us”  (1:3-5)

  I.  THE GOSPEL OF GRACE  (1:6-2:21)

 II.  THE LIFE OF FAITH  (3:1-29)

III.  THE PLACE OF FREEDOM  (4:1-6:10)

Appendix: “Live by the Spirit”  (5:25-6:10)

Postscript:  Circumcision vs A New Creation  (6:11-17)

CLOSING  (6:18)

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  I.  THE GOSPEL OF GRACE  1:6-2:21)

    A.  ONLY ONE GOSPEL:
           Though Others Arise  (1:6-10)

    B.  ONLY ONE SOURCE:
           Through Direct Revelation  (1:11-2:6)

    C,  ONLY ONE MESSAGE:
           To Gentiles and Jews  (2:7-21)

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    C,  ONLY ONE MESSAGE:
           To Gentiles and Jews  (2:7-21)

1. Confirmation by the “Pillars”  (2:7-10)
2. Confrontation with Peter  (2:11-21)

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APPENDIX: Summary of Outreach Strategies

in the Book of Acts

 

1. BY METHOD

         1       — The Upper Room

                           (Acts 2:1) Jerusalem

         6       — In or Around The Temple

                           (2:46; 3:1; 4:1; 5:12, 42; 6:8) Jerusalem

         10      — In Synagogues

                           (9:20) Damascus

                           (13:5) Salamis on Cyprus

                           (13:13,44) Pisidian Antioch

                           (14:1) Iconium

                           (17:1) Thessalonica

                           (17:10) Berea

                           (17:17a) Athens

                           (18:4) Corinth

                           (18:19) Ephesus

                           (19:8) Ephesus

         1       — A Prayer Meeting

                           (16:13) Philippi

         1       — A Philosophers’ Seminar

                           (17:19) Athens

         1       — Disciples of John the Baptist

                           (19:1) Ephesus

 

Notice: All of the above represent the most likely audiences to respond to the claims of Jesus, not those least likely, nor a method  least acceptable.

 

         1       — Door-to-Door

                           (5:42) Jerusalem

         3       — Open-air/Public

                           (8:5) Samaria

                           (17:17b) Athens

                           (18:28) Achaia

         5       — Unclear or Unspecified Method

                           (8:40) “Cities,” Caesarea

                           (9:28,29; Hellenists) Jerusalem

                           (11:19; Jews only) Phoenicia, Cyprus, Antioch

                           (11:20; Greeks) Antioch

                           (14:6,7) Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, “Region”

 

         7       — Defense under Persecution

                           (21:40; 22:30; 24:1; 25:1; 26:1; 27:9; 28:23)

         10      — Miracles or Healings,

for the purpose of gaining an  audience rather than authenticating ministry
(3:6-10; 5:12-16; 8:6-8; 9:32-35; 9:36-42; 14:3-7, 8-12; 16:25-30; 19:11-20; 28:5-6, 8–10)

         8       — “Divine Appointments”

                           (3:2; Lame Man) Jerusalem

                           (8:27; Ethiopian) Gaza

                           (9:32; Aeneas) Lydda

                           (9:36; Dorcas) Joppa

                           (10:25; Cornelius) Caesarea

                           (16:16; Slave Girl) Philippi

                           (16:31; Jailer) Philippi

                           (18:2; Priscilla & Aquila) Corinth

 

 

 

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         13     — By  Invitation or the Initiation of Others:

• The Ethiopian Eunuch in the Chariot (8:31)
• The Household of Cornelius (11:13)
• The Proconsul Sergius Paulus (13:7)
• The Synagogue in Pisidian Antioch (13:15)
• The People of the Synagogue (13:42)
• The Business Woman of Philippi (16:15)
• The Jailer of Philippi (16:33)
• The Philosophers of Athens (17:19)
• The Commander at Jerusalem (22:30)
• The Governor Felix in Caesarea (24:10)
• The Governor Festus on the Tribunal (25:6)
• The King Agrippa of Judea (25:22)
• The Leading Men of the Jews at Rome (28:22)

 

1. BY CITY (a selected sampling)

         Jerusalem:    The Upper Room

                                    The Temple

                                    Divine Appointment

                                    Door-to-Door

                                    Persecution Defense

                                    Special Population

 

         Philippi:       Prayer Meeting

                                    Divine Appointments

 

         Athens:              “Market Place” (The Mall!)

                                    Philosophers’ Seminar (The University!)

 

         Antioch:        Unspecified

                                    Jews and Gentiles

                                    Natural “Network”

 

         Ephesus:       The Synagogue (Two Separate Occasions)

                                    Very Special Population (John’s Disciples)

 

1. BY INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT (Paul’s Career)

              — The Early Days of Personal Witness, Growth and Ministry

Conversion on the Road to Damascus 
(Acts 9:1-19a)

Brief Stay in Damascus 
(Acts 9:19b-22)

Seclusion in Arabia for Three Years
(Galatians 1:17-18)

Return to Damascus 
(Acts 9:23)

Escape to Jerusalem 
(Acts 9:23-25; 2Corinthians 11:32-33)

Meeting with the Apostles 
(Acts 9:26-28; Galatians 1:18-19)

Departure for Syria and Cilicia 
(Acts 9:30; Galatians 1:21)

Returned to Hometown Tarsus for Seven years

 

 

 

 

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              — The Three Mission Journeys; The Progression of Difficulty

Sought out by Barnabas and Local Church Ministry for Three Years
(Acts 11:25–26)

First Trip: Barnabas’ Birthplace Cyprus and Synagogues
(Acts 13:4-5)
Proconsul Sergius Paulus and Magician Elymas Bar-Jesus
(Acts 13:6-12)
Pisidian Antioch and Iconium, Synagogues; Lystra, Pagans; Derbe, Made Disciples; Perga, Spoke the Word (Acts 13:13-25)

Second Trip: Follow-Up Galatian Churches and Macedonia
Philippi, Place of Prayer (Acts 16:12-15)
                Jail and Release (Acts 16:19-40)
Thessalonica and Berea, Synagogues (Acts 17:1-14)
Athens, The Areopagus (Acts 17:16-34)
Corinth, Synagogue (Acts 18:1-17)

Third Trip: Follow-Up Galatian and Macedonian Churches
Ephesus, The Disciples of John the Baptizer  (Acts 19:1-7)
                Synagogue (Acts 19:8-20)
                Riot at the Theater (Acts 19:23-41)
Macedonia and Greece Rejoined (Acts 20:1-6)
Troas, Midnight Message (Acts 20:7-12)
Miletus, Ephesian Elders Message (Acts 20:17-38)
Tyre, Seven Days with Disciples (Acts 21:3-6)
Caesarea, Philip the Evangelist (Acts 21:7-14)

Fourth Trip: Under Protective Custody
Jerusalem, Riot in Jerusalem and Arrest (Acts 21:27-23:10)
Caesarea, Testimony to Felix, Festus and Agrippa II (Acts 23:11-26:32)
Malta, Shipwreck and Publius (27:1-28:10)
Rome, Leading Men of the Jews (28:1-28)
Ministry under House Arrest Two Years (28:30-31)

 

Notice: The above section represents many years’ worth of development and expansion from simple beginnings to major encounters and dramatic events.