Galatians 3:

1-14
- you're saved by faith, not by law
- Paul made his case with Abraham as example. Abraham was called righteous because of his faith and was promised to be blessing to all nations. We are Abraham's children if we have faith, and as such we are also blessed along with Abraham


Salvation concept #1
- This book brings up topic on Abraham. Why it's significant for Paul to bring up this topic? This is significant because Abraham was counted as righteous, with no regards whether he's adhering the law, whether he's been circumsized. Abraham has faith on God and His promises (12:1-4), and we have faith on God and His promises. This will be counted to us as righteousness.


Salvation concept #2
- We will be saved according to "how far we know about salvation concept".


15-29
- The law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith
- The law was not in contradiction with the original promise, the world was overpowered by sin anyway... whether the law is there or not. The function of the law here was to magnify the fact that we need Christ for salvation.
- Now that faith (Jesus) has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

Galatians 2 - Paul accepted by Apostles, Paul Opposes Peter

- Continuation of previous chapter where Paul argues his authority to preach the gospel.

- Under pressure from the pro-circumcision (aka law) group, Peter changed his stand when it comes to proclaiming the gospel to the gentile. This causes many Jews also led astray to hypocrisy. Paul rebuked this

Verse to Remember: Galatians 2:20-21
20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"

Galatians 1 - No Other Gospel, Paul Called by God

- There is no other gospel, but the gospel of 'salvation thru faith by grace is sufficient'.
- What Paul knows comes directly from God, not from other people. Paul drew similarity between his experience in knowing Christ with those of the Jerusalem apostles.

Galatians - Introduction

Author:
Paul.

Purpose:
To refute false teaching that salvation comes by adding human merit in addition to faith in Christ

Dates and Destination:
inconclusive, but there are some theories:
- 53-57 AD, addressed to curches in north-central Asia Minor, during Paul's 2nd journey
- 48-49 AD, addressed to Roman province of Galatia, after the 1st journey before the Jerusalem council
- 51-53 AD

In any case, Paul doesn't depend on the council decision regarding the salvation teaching.

Key teachings:
- Justification before God comes from faith alone
- Sanctification in daily life comes from faith through the power of the spirit
- Legalism turns us away from Christ to futility and judgment
- Freedom from legalism is freedom to life for Christ by the spirit

1 Corinthians 16: Exhortation, Commendation, and Greetings

- mostly personal greetings and requests from Paul
- Paul instructed the congregation to collect money to be donated to Jerusalem congregation
- At the end , Paul re-emphasize how the points that Paul made previously, that everything has to done based on love.

1 Corinthians 15: Resurrection

1-34
- Paul rebuked the congregation for their disbelief of the resurrection of the dead (at the end of time).
- The congregation believes that Jesus is their savior, and was resurrected from the dead, but they don't seem to believe that resurrection for themselves is possible
- Paul builds his case by referring to the resurrection of Jesus:
--> if there's no resurrection, Jesus can't be resurrected, so what they believe is not valid
--> since Jesus was resurrected (proven by hard-fact appearances to the followers), then resurrection must be possible

35-58
- in resurrection, natural body will become spiritual body that's imperishable

1 Corinthians 14 : 1-40

1-25 Gifts
- Think about (spiritual) gifts in context of division among member of church.
- Comparison between prophecy vs speaking in tounge. (ayat 4). Prophecy, in term of edifying the church is much of better use because speaking in tounge is not understandable unless interpreted.(6-12).
- Worship with BOTH mind (understanding) and spirit.

26-40 Orderly Worship
- According da MAN himself, worship MUST be conducted orderly. (33)

Let's drop the bomb now, 34-35.
here's the summary of what came out of our discussion:
1. we accept the different roles between men and women, genesis 2 is full of discussions regarding this matter.
2. these 2 different roles have to be upheld both at home and at church.
3. specific to 34-35: the 'different roles' principle manifestation in *their* particular culture and time is for women to act like in 34-35. the manifestations undoubtly will be different in different time and culture.
4. we didn't accept these verses as a base to forbid women to talk etc, this will contradict what had been said by Paul himself earlier in 11:5 and 14:26.
5. there's also another opinion that these verses should be understood in light of 29-33, that is: if your husband is prophesying at the front, then as observed by the 'different roles' principle, don't undermine him by undercutting his words.. but rather bring that home to be discussed further.

39 "... be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues..." 40 "... but everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.."