Galatians Chapter 1 Discussion Page 6

Udemeabasi, Paul was saying people should be accursed who try to change our Lord Jesus gospel. Teachers were trying to make new converts follow laws and traditions instead of following Christ who preached grace and redemption.

I believe that Galatians 1 8 is completely contrary to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, which Paul himself recognized in Romans 12 14. In as much as I cannot say for certain that it was a mistranslation, neither can I say for sure that it depicted the level of maturity of Paul at the time, I will rather choose to live by the gospel. To love my enemies, do good to them that hate me, bless them that curse me and pray for them that despitefully use me and persecute me. There are so many today preaching 'another gospel '. My response to those is to pray for them, that their eyes of understanding be enlightened if they are sincerely wrong. For those whose wrong message is for personal gains, my response is to pray for them to have an encounter with Christ that will deliver them, while my prayer to those following them is for their eyes to be opened to the truth of the gospel, that they may be set free from the bondage of wrong doctrines. Our response should be love at all times. That is the only thing we owe to all men. We contend for the faith by standing by the truth and speaking the truth, even if it is going to cost us our lives. Not to please ANY MAN.

Today is the beginning of a new dawn may the grace of life fill our action each second of the rest time here ,for me and mine this what I 'm, seeing, hearing, and may our King keep me walking!

For me Paul stands out as one of the greatest messengers of the word of God

An incredible testimony of someone who was completely consumed and engulfed in the word of God. Spiritual wisdom which has the power to transform lives beyond reproach. To me Paul represents the most powerful individual in the bible. A devoted individual who lived and ate the word of God. In all his books I find strength and power and courage to raise the flag of Christianity beyond any imagination.

In response to the former statement. Paul did not say something that did not fit the New Testament gospel. He wrote as the Holy Spirit moved him to write. Please see 2Pe 1 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 2Pe 1 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Isn 't it true that the Holy Spirit can cause a man to write that God says a man that preaches another gospel is accursed

Ch.1 12 God says, "that the bible is only revealed to a saved person by God. " No man has the ability to see Christ in the scriptures unless God reveals each word to you in the spirit

Ofcos he has 4 brothers n probably 3 or more sisters. Mathew 13 53 58. N notice d people talkin were unbelievers n could not b talkin about d apostles.

Paul in verse 10 is telling us today that we should choose to please God not man.

Galatians 1 is amazing infact there all amazing The word of God is powerful

A lot today want to have praise of men for what they do for GOD but people saw Pual without him making comment about himself They can see Christ in him in word dressing zeal preaching etc and they gave glory to GOD and not to Pual Who takes glory in my life self or Christ A great question for all

From my studies of the Bible I have come to the following conclusion James the author of the book of James is the brother of Jesus but he was not a desciple of Jesus The other two James are disciples chosen by our Lord Jesus They are the brothers James and Juda Alpheus and the brothers John and James Zebedee So there are two desciples an on brother of Jesus not desciple in the NT There is another James mentioned beside Galatians chapter one they are in Luke 24 10 Which says Mary the mother of James and the same thing is mentioned in Mark 16 1 it could be one of the two Marys mentioned but it s not clear Please have in mind that in those days girls had always a second name which was Mary

There is no evidence that James the Lord s brother was ever made an Apostle In any case commentators vary as to which James is being spoken of ie James the Lord s half brother or James the son of Alpheus Jesus cousin

This chapter is a great one prophesying against Mormonism. Mormons make themselves apostles (v1) and believe in another gospel from an angel named Moroni. (v6-9) That's just two of many differences between their gospel/beliefs and ours.

David,
I believe it was to simply clarify which James he was talking about. After all, there were two other James among the twelve apostles, James the Son of Zebedee and James the son of Alphaeus. See Matthew 10:2-4. Perhaps Paul could have called him James the son of Joseph, but when he mentioned him as James the Lord’s brother, there was no mistaking which James he was referring to.

Why use "the Lord's brother" to distinguish James? why not use any other identification?

According to Catholic teaching: The distinction between an evil age and evil world is an important one. Paul doesn't say the world is evil because it isn't. God made the world, and it is good. As the church tells us in the Catechism, "Because creation comes forth from God's goodness, it shares in that goodness". There is evil in the world, and the world suffers from the punishment for sins, just as people do; (see Romans 1:18-32) but we should maintain that the world itself is good. The fact that Jesus became a man to deliver us from evil actually confirms that human life in this world is a good thing, worthy of his sacrifice.

I keep hearing all of Christendom say, the cross, the cross, that is all we need. That isn't exactly correct. At the cross Christ sealed forever His entire sufferings of 33-1/2 years on this earth...from the cradle to the grave. The major ones, the wilderness, and in the Garden of Gethsemane. His early years protected to some degree by the Heavenly Angels, but when He laid down the carpentry tools for the last time, the gloves were off, satan had unfettered access to Him. By the time of the cross all decisions had been made. Just as we seal our eternal life or death, by our death, so Christ sealed forever His works in our behalf...that includes the Righteousness that God requires for each of us to enter the Kingdom of God, Heaven. So, God requires Perfect and Absolute Obedience, but man has this not to give, therefore, Christ lived a Perfect Life that He Imputes unto us, and His Father and ours declares us Righteous based upon the Perfect Life of Christ, a life that He lived in our place.

Salvation is through Jesus Christ and him only. We have to put our faith in Christ and he will save you.

As concerning Galatians, Chpt One.. Robert is exactly right.
It is what Christ did at Calvary that Saves Us Completely (It is "Finished"..).. We are Justified by our Faith in what Christ did at the Cross at Cavalry ( Rom 4-25; Rom 5-16&18), We are "Born Again" (Rom. Cpt 6: 3-5 by Christ's Finished work at the Cross...And we are "Sanctified" by our Exclusive Faith in Jesus and what was accomplished at the Cross. Paul preached "Christ and Him Crucified". He said " For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him Crucified" 1Cor.Chpt2-Vs2. "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel not with wisdom of words lest the Cross of Christ should be made to None effect. For the preaching (message) of the Cross is to them who perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved, it is the Power of God"(1Cor.Chp1-vs 17-18)---Paul is saying here that the Power of God, which is the Holy Spirit, comes through what Christ did at the Cross exclusively.. AND that "The Gospel IS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED".. which is where our Faith in that Finished Work brings us to Salvation, Justification, Sanctification and VICTORY..

Galilations all people on the same accord with God. In Jesus Name

This comment is in response to Kimutal's ? First of all ask God in prayer to lead you to the right place, where His word is really being taught. I'm hearing scriptures as I respond to you. Please get your Bible & read these scriptures to help.( Jeremiah 29:11-13) ( Psalm 32:8) ( Proverbs 3:5-6) ( Psalm 27:4-8)( Psalm 118:19-20) Pray these verses in your prayers and watch God lead & guide you to the right Church, Remind Him that He promised to give us Pastors after His own Heart.( Jeremiah 3:15) Hope these help. Love you with the Love of Christ!!

Where can we find the true church

This is my prayer for Fainthel; according to Ephesians 1:17-21. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when He Raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in heavenly places,far above Principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world ,but also in that which is to come. Amen!!

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IF ANYONE OR ANY CHURCH OR EVEN PAUL HIMSELF PREACH ANYHING OTHER THAN CHRIST AND HIS SACRIFICE LET HIM BE A LIE AND ACCURSED.ALOT OF RELIGIONS SOUND GOOD BUT GOD AND HIS SACRIFICE OF HIS SON IS THE ONLY REAL TRUTH.WHY WOULD I LET MY SON DIE ON THE CROSS ONLY TO PROVIDE ANOTHER WAY TO HEAEN? ROB

Though i needed more explanation on this,based on fact that HOLY BIBLE is one we cannot remove the OLD TESTAMENT from the BIBLE neither condem the content

I think that Galatians Chapter 1, is clear on callings. Paul preached the gospl effectively after his damascus experience. Verse 1- Paul had been with God and came back wth a word in his mouth from God. Who can dispute this , No one I say because no only was h confident in his message he as sure. Now days people don't spend enough time with God to get God's message for today;they just repeat what others have said.Paul, on the other hand ,gave resh revelation about God's character as if they had a real friend relationship. Paul expresses his knowing him that sent him,through his greetig as I paraphrase "God told me to tell you grace to you , peace to you from God the father and our lord Jesus". Paul had such and encounter with God and thier was a drastic change; He went into Damascus a persecuter and swindler, and came out an Apostle.

These days I am studying about Paul who according to verse 17 went to Arabia (Mount Sinai) to be taught or to have the revelation of Jesus Christ. Thanks

@ R. D. Mattock's comments on Galatians:
Please read Romans chapter 7. How do you reconcile Galatians and Romans? They were both written by Apostle Paul. It looks like the churches that threw away the Ten Commandments choose to ignore the book of Romans. Maybe that’s what they mean by “rightly dividing the word”: You keep half, and throw away the other half...