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Today's Reading: Gal 1:1, 11-12, 16-17
1:1 Paul, an apostle sent not from men nor by man, but Jesus Christ and God the father, who raised him from the dead -
1:11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
1:12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation fro Jesus Christ..
1:16 …, to reveal his son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,;
1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was,…
Paul was using the word human many times in his letter to the Galatians. Why? Because he wanted to tell something serious about the source of his teaching.
There are two important things that Paul wants to underline in his letter to the Galatians:
1. Paul except his apostleship not from human, of human or by human, but from God and by God only.
2. The gospel that Paul teaches or preaches are not coming from human, not from him self or from the other apostles but from the Christ statement.
The background of Paul's letter to the Galatians is in Acts 15. From there , we can find one big issue that Paul, Galatians Church and the Jewish Christians ex-Parisians were debating about. That issue was bringing by the the Jewish Christians ex-Parisians that all the non Jews Christians must be circumcised to be saved. If not, then no salvation for them. It was very much different from the non Jews ex-Parisians teaching that based on opinion or personal interpretation of the Old Testament. Also, Paul's life had strengthen his statement.
Please read and watch the life of Paul through the below verses.
Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus (Gal 6:17).
Paul said about the marks of Jesus, where actually representing suffering, distress, and Paul survival as the Christ Servant. What I mean is that it was impossible for him to be suffered, got refused, humiliated, put into isolation, terrorized, in hunger, in jail, punished, going through the sink ship, and cut to the head only for one lie. Very difficult to be imagined, isn't? If he did all of that, wasn't he that stupid?
Even more, Paul left his position as the Parisians, Sanhedrin, Gamaliel disciple and was from Benjamin tribes. He was a unemployment or loser but he was very respectable. One more time, this is very difficult to be understood if wanted to do all of that for one lie? The truth is Paul are and truly chosen by God to become his apostle and received teaching and gospels form God not from human.
As Christians, you and I deserved to have peace in heart because the teachings we got from Paul are from God not opinion or subjective interpretation, that is not powerful and that is not bringing or lead you and I to God's truly truth.
So, let us stand still and stay faithful to the teaching and good news of God not human, not celebrities or others or even angel (compare to Galatians 1:8)
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for this lesson this morning. Give your servant ability to keep hod on to the teaching and good news that comes from You and not other things. In the name of Jesus. Amen
1:1 Paul, an apostle sent not from men nor by man, but Jesus Christ and God the father, who raised him from the dead -
1:11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
1:12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation fro Jesus Christ..
1:16 …, to reveal his son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,;
1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was,…
Paul was using the word human many times in his letter to the Galatians. Why? Because he wanted to tell something serious about the source of his teaching.
There are two important things that Paul wants to underline in his letter to the Galatians:
1. Paul except his apostleship not from human, of human or by human, but from God and by God only.
2. The gospel that Paul teaches or preaches are not coming from human, not from him self or from the other apostles but from the Christ statement.
The background of Paul's letter to the Galatians is in Acts 15. From there , we can find one big issue that Paul, Galatians Church and the Jewish Christians ex-Parisians were debating about. That issue was bringing by the the Jewish Christians ex-Parisians that all the non Jews Christians must be circumcised to be saved. If not, then no salvation for them. It was very much different from the non Jews ex-Parisians teaching that based on opinion or personal interpretation of the Old Testament. Also, Paul's life had strengthen his statement.
Please read and watch the life of Paul through the below verses.
Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus (Gal 6:17).
Paul said about the marks of Jesus, where actually representing suffering, distress, and Paul survival as the Christ Servant. What I mean is that it was impossible for him to be suffered, got refused, humiliated, put into isolation, terrorized, in hunger, in jail, punished, going through the sink ship, and cut to the head only for one lie. Very difficult to be imagined, isn't? If he did all of that, wasn't he that stupid?
Even more, Paul left his position as the Parisians, Sanhedrin, Gamaliel disciple and was from Benjamin tribes. He was a unemployment or loser but he was very respectable. One more time, this is very difficult to be understood if wanted to do all of that for one lie? The truth is Paul are and truly chosen by God to become his apostle and received teaching and gospels form God not from human.
As Christians, you and I deserved to have peace in heart because the teachings we got from Paul are from God not opinion or subjective interpretation, that is not powerful and that is not bringing or lead you and I to God's truly truth.
So, let us stand still and stay faithful to the teaching and good news of God not human, not celebrities or others or even angel (compare to Galatians 1:8)
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for this lesson this morning. Give your servant ability to keep hod on to the teaching and good news that comes from You and not other things. In the name of Jesus. Amen
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