382 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 32

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 32 THE GOSPEL OF THE UNCIRCUMCISION Now back to Galatians Chapter 1, and we hope you take your Bible and study with us. I always emphasize that I am a firm proponent that this is the inspired Word of God from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21. Remember when Paul speaks in the first person it is still inspired of God, and it is God's Word and we can rest upon it. So let's begin our study, and in our last lesson we left off at verse 18, where Paul had now finished his three-year hiatus, evidently with the Lord alone down in Mount Sinai in Arabia. There is such a stark difference between Judaism (and all of it's rules and regulations and Law-keeping, and Phariseeism on the part of Paul) and the Grace of God (receiving all of this free for nothing without lifting a finger). Matthew 19:16,17 I brought her up all through the Abrahamic Covenant, and Christ's earthly ministry, and the Nation of Israel's rejection and the raising of Saul of Tarsus who became the apostle Paul, the apostle to us Gentiles. Yes, it's so logical that if it's all done then why try to work, work, work to still do more. Galatians 1:18-20 20. Now the things which I write unto you, (the Gentiles up in Galatia. Now verse 21. Galatians 1:21 Verse 22: Galatians 1:22 "And was unknown by face unto the (assemblies or) churches of Judaea which were in Christ: " No more than the Twelve had a ministry to the Gentiles when Jesus sent them out. This man is going to be sent to the very opposite direction that Peter and the other apostles were sent. Now verse 23: Galatians 1:23 "But (these Jewish believers down in the area of Jerusalem and Judea) they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. 24. And they glorified God in me." Of course they did, for after all it's the same God, it's the same Christ - but whereas the Jewish believers had come in by virtue of the kingdom economy and the kingdom Gospel, yet this man is going in a different direction but still serving the same God. It's no longer under Law, but it's the same God, it's the same Christ. So how can they say that Paul was in direct opposition to the teaching of Christ when in Ephesians Chapter 3:1 Paul says: Ephesians 3:1 "For this cause (because of what he has written in Chapter 2) I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ (but for what purpose?) for you Gentiles," Paul is not in opposition to the teachings of Jesus; it's an extension of them. Now back to the Book of Galatians, and we're ready for Chapter 2. Galatians 2:1a Galatians 2:1 "Then fourteen years after (his conversion) I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also." Well where did Paul hook up with Barnabas? Up at Antioch. Now I think, again, that most chronologers feel that this counsel in Jerusalem was somewhere around 51 or 52 AD. Now, you want to remember that Christ was crucified, and Pentecost took place, in 29 AD. Then in the next year (37 AD) we have Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus. You also have to keep the Law, and practice circumcision or you can't be saved." I know when we taught Acts, we used Galatians, and, when we teach Galatians, we'll use Acts. Back to Acts Chapter 15 and verse 1. I maintain (and not everybody is going to agree with me), that this counsel in Jerusalem is Luke's account, whereas in Galatians Chapter 2 it's the same counsel, but it's Paul's account. I've got to take my time here. What kind of Jew would come into a Gentile congregation and begin to teach them? Well, not the orthodox, nor the Pharisee. Jewish believers that believed that Jesus was the Christ. Now they weren't believers in Paul's Gospel. Those early Jewish believers, under Peter's preaching, were still Law-keeping Jews. "Rise Peter. "No way, Lord. Why, I've never eaten anything unclean." It had to be kosher or Peter wouldn't eat it. From Joppa, where the Lord revealed all this to Peter until he gets up to the house of Cornelius, some 80-90 miles up the coast, I've always said there must have been heel prints in the sand where the Lord just pushed him and pushed him because Peter didn't want to go. People will tell you that you can't be saved by what Les is teaching. Hey, there's no difference. "...saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses." Listen, Paul's gospel will have none of it. God, through Christ in this Age of Grace, will have none of it. Now verse 2: Galatians 2:2a "And I went up by revelation, (the Lord spoke it. Evidently the Lord told Paul, `Now Paul it's time to get up to Jerusalem and confront the Twelve. Because it was that Gospel ) which I preached among the Gentiles,..." #lesfeldick #biblestudy #bible