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God’s Good Pleasure

God’s Good Pleasure. Galatians 1:1-5. Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:.

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God’s Good Pleasure

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  1. God’s Good Pleasure Galatians 1:1-5

  2. Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:

  3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen Galatians 1:1-5

  4. “The secret of the Lord is with those who have been broken by His cross and healed by His Spirit.” P.T. Forsythe

  5. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle?

  6. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? “Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.” John 13:16

  7. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? Paul, an apostle (not sent from men or through the agency of man, …) Galatians 1:1

  8. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? Paul, an apostle (not sent from men or through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead.) Galatians 1:1

  9. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? “…an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God.” 2 Corinthians 1:1

  10. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? 1 Corinthians 9:1

  11. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? And last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. For I am least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1 Corinthians 15:8–9

  12. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? …built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone. Ephesians 2:20

  13. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? He who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also for the Gentiles. Galatians 2:8

  14. 1. The Call: What does it mean to be an apostle? For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down. 2 Corinthians 13:10

  15. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory

  16. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.” John 7:15

  17. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ… 2 Corinthians 4:4, cf. Luke 4:6

  18. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. Colossians 1:13

  19. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

  20. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

  21. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory If anyone is in Christ he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17

  22. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

  23. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

  24. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory Jesus Christ died to deliver you from the curse of the law—glorious forgiveness!—and He died to deliver you from the conceptions of our age—glorious freedom and independence of mind!

  25. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory • Verse 1: Be subject!

  26. 2. The Content: The Gospel of Grace and Glory • Verse 1: Be subject! • Verse 4: Be free!

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