Introduction: Paul's epistle (letter) to the church in Galatia is God's prescription to cure perfectionism. It is also a stern rebuke of the Galatians by the great missionary apostle for "falling from grace" and returning to their futile attempts to earn God's acceptance by their human performance.
Called “the ‘Magna Charta’ of Christian liberty,” this little epistle’s impact upon Christian history is a remarkable testimony to its enduring significance. As Martin Luther’s favorite book of the Bible, Galatians has long been hailed “the cornerstone of the Protestant Reformation.” Concerning Galatians, Luther said, “This is my epistle; I am wedded to it.” Other famous champions of the faith and defenders of the Gospel, such as John Wesley, were so set aflame by Galatians that they were used by God to ignite the fires of revival in some of the greatest spiritual awakenings of all time.
Galatians 1:1 — Apostles (representatives) of Christ are neither appointed by man nor self-appointed, but called by God and commissioned by Christ.
Contrary to Catholic belief, a College of Cardinals is just blowing smoke, regardless of its color, when voting in Catholicism's so-called Vicar of Christ.
Galatians 1:2 — That Paul skipped his normal custom of specifically naming those standing behind him in his writing and with him in his work, speaks volumes about the urgency of the spiritual crisis in Galatia, where both Paul’s apostleship and Christ’s Gospel were under attack.
Unfortunately, there is little sense of urgency in the church today to defend Christ’s Gospel from being corrupted or those who preach it without compromise from being criticized and censored.
Galatians 1:3 — The familiar Pauline salutation always follows the same sequence—grace before peace—for the prerequisite of peace is always grace.
No one can have peace with God until they receive the grace of God, which is given by the providence of God the Father and made possible by the propitiation of God the Son, Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:4 — Christ gave Himself voluntarily for our sins, because it was the will of God our Father for Him to do so. He was not forced to do it, but did it freely, in obedience to His Father’s command. (John 10:17-18)
Christ not only gave Himself for us voluntarily and vicariously to deliver us from the debt of sin, but also to deliver us from the satanic deception of this present evil age.
Galatians 1:5 — All the glory for our salvation belongs forever and ever to God alone.
We can never take any credit whatsoever for our salvation, but must forever be grateful to Christ and give all the glory to God.
Galatians 1:10 — There is no way that one who seeks to please men can also be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:10 — There is no way to suit the crowd in the service of Christ. The two are mutually exclusive and antithetical to one another.
Galatians 1:11-12 — No one is ever convinced to believe the Gospel by religious tutelage or human reasoning, but only by divine revelation.
Galatians 1:13-14 — Ardent religionists are Christianity’s greatest antagonists.
Galatians 1:21-24 — The true servant of Christ seeks no reputation among men, but only that men praise Christ because of him.
Galatians 2:20 — The cross is not just a historical event, but a dynamic spiritual principle, by which we die to ourselves so that our lives become the life of the resurrected Christ. It's no longer us living for Him, but Christ living His resurrected life through us.
Galatians 2:20 — Christianity is more an exchanged life than a changed life, since Christians are not so much trying to live righteous lives for Christ as they are trusting Christ to live His resurrected life in and through them.
Galatians 2:20 — Having exchange their life for Christ’s life, Christians have mouths through which Jesus speaks, hands through which Jesus touches, hearts through which Jesus loves, and lives through which Jesus lives.
Galatians 2:20 — Christ was crucified when the crowd cried, “Away with him, crucify him.” You will finally realize that you were not just crucified with Christ in theory, but in reality, when you finally cry, “Away with me!” (John 19:15)
Galatians 2:20 — The Christian life is not to be a staged impersonation of our Lord, but a spontaneous expression of His life. It should be animated by Him, not acted out by us.
Galatians 3:13 — Christ became a curse for us, by being hanged on the cross for our sins, so that we could be freed from the curse of the law, under which we were condemned for our sins.
Free from the law—oh, happy condition!
Jesus hath bled, and there is remission;
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Christ hath redeemed us once for all.
There on the cross your burden upbearing,
Thorns on His brow your Savior is wearing;
Never again your sin need appall,
You have been pardoned once for all.
Now we are free—there’s no condemnation;
Jesus provides a perfect salvation:
“Come unto Me,” oh, hear His sweet call,
Come, and He saves us once for all.
Once for all—oh, sinner, receive it;
Once for all—oh, doubter, believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,
Christ hath redeemed us once for all.
Galatians 3:24 — The Scriptures are a schoolmaster, teaching us to prepare for the Coming of Christ by persuading us to personally come to Christ.
Galatians 3:28 — The ground at the cross is level, all who kneel there before Christ are given equal citizenship in Heaven.
Galatians 4:16 — If you perceive a friend to have become your enemy for telling you the truth, then, your real problem is that you yourself have become an enemy of the truth.
What makes truth-tellers most hated is that most people hate the truth.
Galatians 4:22-23 — No Ishmael—work of ours done in our flesh—but only an Isaac—a work of God done in accordance with our faith—can possibly realize or receive the promises of God in our lives.
Galatians 4:30 — “What saith the Scripture?” Herein lies the acid test of truth! If the Scripture confirms it, it is so, but if Scripture contradicts it, it is not. (Romans 4:3)
Where the Scripture is silent, we may be silent, but where the Scripture speaks, we must not only speak, but submit.
Galatians 5:1 — In our Christian liberty, which is only appropriated under Christ’s Lordship, we are free from ever being lorded over again by anyone else or anything else.
Galatians 5:4 — You fall from God’s grace—forfeiting your spiritual serenity, not your salvation—the moment you start relying on your performance rather than Christ’s propitiation to make you acceptable to God.
Galatians 5:11 — The world is inevitably offended by the cross of Christ, for it teaches us that salvation can only be received by those who swallow their pride, come to Calvary on their knees, and reach out by faith to accept a nail-scarred handout.
Galatians 5:13-14 — We are liberated from the letter of the law by the spirit of the law. For when we love one another we will serve one another, and need no law demanding us to do so, We'll serve one another out of desire, not duty, and because we want to, not because we feel like we have to.
Galatians 5:15 — A people biting and devouring one another are doomed to be self-consumed.
Galatians 5:17 — While the flesh is unopposed in the unbeliever, who can do whatever he wants to do unimpeded, the flesh is defied in the believer, who is dissuaded from doing whatever he wants to do by God’s indwelling Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 — New life in Christ is not just given by the Spirit, but it must also be lived in the Spirit. It is not only Spirit endowed, but also Spirit enabled.
Galatians 6:7 — The sowers of the Russia collusion investigation are now reaping a criminal investigation of themselves.
Galatians 6:14 — Christians have nothing to boast about but the cross of Christ. By acclaiming it, however, we antagonize this world and alienate ourselves from it.
Galatians 6:17 — God's soldiers are not proven by their medals, but by their marks (scars)
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