Galatians 1:1-5
Paul Explaines His Authority
Galatians 1:6-10
Paul Exposes His Adversaries
Galatians 1:11-17
Paul’s Personal Testimony
Galatians 1:18-24
Paul explains his conversion
Galatians 2:1-10
Paul Goes to Jerusalem to Meet With Church Leaders
Galatians 2:11-14
Paul Confronts Peter About Hyprocrisy.
Galatians 2:15-21
Salvation is Not of The Law
Galatians 3:1-5
Freedom From The Law
Galatians 3:6-14
Salvation is by Faith And Not by Feeling
Galatians 3:15-18
The Changeless Promise
Galatians 3:19-22
The Law Was Temporary And Required a Mediator
Galatians 3:23-29
The Law is Not Contrary to The Promise
Galatians 4:1-11
Why Go Back Into Slavery?
Galatians 4:12-20
Building up People in Their Faith
Galatians 4:21-26
The Difference Between Law (slave) and Grace (free)
Galatians 4:27-31
A Comparison Between The Two Sons of Abraham
Galatians 5:1-6
Christ Died to Set us Free From Laws And Regulations
Galatians 5:7-15
Love Fulfills The Law
Galatians 5:16-21
The Promise of Victory Over Sin
Galatians 5:22-26
The Provison For Victory Over Sin
Galatians 6:1-5
Bearing And Sharing The Burdens
Freedom From The Law
Galatians 3:1–5
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Paul rebukes these Galatian believers for backsliding into false teaching. They had turned from the Gospel of Grace and were following the path of legalism. Paul uses the following six arguments to prove that God saves sinners through faith in Christ and not by how they feel:
The key to verses 1-5 is the word suffered (v. 4), which can be translated “experienced.” To begin the personal argument Paul asks, “Have you experienced so many things in vain?”
The Holy Spirit gives Christians great power to live for God. Some Christians want more than this. They want to live in a state of perpetual excitement and if they don’t feel a certain way they think something is wrong spiritually. A holy life doesn’t depend on feelings but on God.
Application
I am not saved because I feel saved. My salvation does not depend on my feelings or on what I have done or have not done but on what Christ did for me on the cross of Calvary.
Galatians 3:1-5 (English Standard Version)
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