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Pauline Interpretation of Christianity: ROMANS Tuesday March 29

Explore the profound interpretation of Christianity through a study of the Book of Galatians, focusing on themes of freedom, grace, and the power of the gospel presented by Paul. Dive into the transformative messages that speak about Christ setting us free from bondage and the significance of embracing a new creation. Uncover the nuances of Paul's teachings and how they challenge traditional perspectives within the faith. Reflect on the dynamic interplay between different forms of the gospel and the evolving systems of convictions encountered by early believers. Gain insights into the historical context and theological implications of Paul's letters.

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Pauline Interpretation of Christianity: ROMANS Tuesday March 29

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  1. Pauline Interpretation of Christianity:ROMANSTuesday March 29

  2. Today’s Schedule • 4:00 -4:35 Apocalyptic/Messianic interpretation: Galatians, • Patte, Paul’s Faith and the Power of the Gospel, 1-85 (especially 31-85 on Galatians)Web, • 4:30-5:10 MURIELLE WYMAN   • Respondent: Amy Lentz • 5:10-5:50 JEREMY SNOW (10:5-21) • Respondent: Madeleine St Marie • 5:50- 6:30 ROSS STACKHOUSE (11) • Respondent: Karney Carney

  3. Next Week April 5 Rom 12 • JULIANNE SNAPE •  Respondent: Arden Henderson • STEPHEN STAGGS •  Respondent: Jeremy Snow

  4. Galatians 1:3-4 • “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age,according to the will of our God and Father” • Paul reinterprets the traditional: “Christ died for our sins” to mean he died to “set us free” (NRSV) or “rescue us” (NIV, NAB) or “deliver us” (RSV; KJB) from the present evil age • No Forensic interpretation! No vicarious death! • When? In the past? No. In the future? No. • In the PRESENT. • How = By bringing about the “New Creation” = a present apocalyptic reality

  5. Galatians 5:1 • “For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” • No backsliding, please! • The question: HOW DOES CHRIST SET US FREE? • By “seeing” OTHERS around us through the cross as corrective glasses • “May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! (Gal 6:14-15 • 2 Corinthians 5:17 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

  6. Galatians turned away from the gospel… from their experience of the power of the gospel • Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel– • Galatians 3:1-4 you foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! 2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh? 4 Did you experience so much for nothing?-- if it really was for nothing.

  7. Two Forms of the Gospel: one with the Law, for the Jews; one without, for the Gentiles • Galatians 2:7-10when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me in sending me to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

  8. The “Other Gospel” another form of bondage = idolatry • Galatians 4:7-11 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. • 8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods. • 9 Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits? How can you want to be enslaved to them again? 10 You are observing special days, and months, and seasons, and years. 11 I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.

  9. “Conversions” in Galatians? YES, but many Changes in System of Convictions • Paul fromPharisaism toGospel • Peter etc. fromJudaism toaGospel with the Law • Galatians from Hellenistic religions to a Gospel without the Law • <<Galatians fromGospel to “another Gospel” with the Law>> [inverted conversion] • Hopefully: Galatians from “another Gospel” toa Gospel without the Law

  10. Interrelations of Systems of Convictions (=SOC) • Paul’s gospel for Gentiles as SOC • Peter’s gospel with the Law for Jews as SOC • Galatians’ gospel without the Law and with Hellenistic virtues as SOC • Galatians’ gospel without the Lawand with Hellenistic virtues for Gentiles as SOC • = FREEDOM • Pharisaic SOC • Jewish (Pharisaic?) SOC • Hellenistic religions as SOC • “Other gospel” (with the Law for Gentiles) as SOC • = BONDAGE

  11. Overlaps between Judaism and Gospel God Scripture Laws Vice/virtues Judaism God, Scripture Laws Gospel God Scripture Laws

  12. Overlaps between Hellenism and Gospel: list of Vice/virtues, etc Gospel Vice/virtues Hellenism Vices/virtues

  13. Galatians 5:16 Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. • Galatians 5:19-21 the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20 <<idolatry,>>sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. • = Vices denounced by Hellenistic philosophers (Epictetus; Epicurus) = what is “obvious” = self-evident = convictions for Hellenistic cultures • Except Idolatry

  14. the fruit of the Spirit • Galatians 5:22-23 the fruit of the Spirit is <<love,>>joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. • = Virtues advocated by Hellenistic philosophers (Epictetus; Epicurus) =what is “obvious” = self-evident for Hellenistic cultures • Except love

  15. Freedom from Idolatry • Idolatry = taking something good – a good gift from God, e.g. the gospel you received • A true revelation BUT not complete, absolute • and making it an absolute = a complete and final revelation • Then bondage • Freedom from idolatry: recognizing that OTHERS have gifts of God that we do not have • Then what we have cannot be complete & final • Recognizing the Mystery of God’s gifts and calls that others have– including others whom we view as enemies of God.

  16. Overlaps between Judaism, Hellenism and Gospel: God, Scripture, Christ, etc. • Gospel Judaism Hellenism

  17. Overlaps between Judaism, Hellenism and Gospel: God

  18. Discussion… Jason’s question • Would you judge it more prudent to shift my interpretation and leave the context as it is, or to let the interpretation stand and fine-tune the context? • I am expecting BOTH. In a first round (first presentation of your context) you identify in your context a problem, root-problem, and thus role of scripture and teaching derived from the text... ALL THESE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, WITH THE HELP OF YOUR COMPANION SCHOLAR • and since it is a problem of knowledge and will your companion scholar must be a forensic scholar (Moo or Cranfield or Stuhlmacher). • BUT THEN you study a DIVERGING scholar underscoring how different the teaching of the text is. And how it presupposes a different role of scripture, and thus a different understanding of the problem and root-problem • in your case of this church, I would suggest an apocalyptic interpretation • WHICH DEMAND STHAT YOU CHANGE THE UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR CONTEXT -- RETELLING THE STORY OF YOUR CONTEXT so that in this second form it will be consistent as well • (e.g., seeing this is a problem of idolatry; thus wrong faith/vision).

  19. MURIELLE WYMAN On ch. 84:30-5:10 •  Formal Respondent: • Amy Lentz • Other Respondents • Madeleine St Marie • Julianne Snape • Julie Carli

  20. JEREMY SNOW On ch. 10 & 2 Election as Vocation 5:10-5:50 • Formal Respondent: Madeleine St Marie • Other respondents: • Arden Henderson • Steve Staggs • Julianne Snape • Amy Lentz • Derek Axelson • Murielle Wyman

  21. ROSS STACKHOUSE On ch. 5 & 11: The Family Tree 5:50-6:30 • Formal Respondent: Karney Carney • Other Respondents • Jonathan Baynham • Jason Jones • Iris Ankrom • Julie Carli • Jason Jones

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