New Testament 6
Lecture 26
Galatians 5: 1-12

Admonitions to Live Free
This Chapter
•	Has _______________________essential ideas presented by Paul.  He is still in the practical application of his doctrine of _______________________by faith.  He has two warnings and one final admonition in this chapter.
The General Outline:
•	Avoid _______________________
•	Avoid Libertinism
•	An Alternate Admonition: 
•	_______________________in the Spirit.
Chapter 5 Verse 1
•	An assertion is made by the Apostle Paul. “It was for freedom that Christ set us free.” The verb “to be free” is an aorist-active-indicative. The indicative shows that from the author’s position his statement is_______________________.  The aorist suggests that this was a one time event that was not to be_______________________.  
When A slave was set free
•	In the Roman society, he was then able to possess property, to be free from having his property_______________________, to earn a living in any manner he so chose.  Paul says that we are now free from all the laws that restricted our _______________________and our movements. Paul is going to strike the note of freedom one more time before his exhortation begins.  
Christ Gave His life
•	And this was the means of our_______________________.
•	Galatians 3:13 -
•	Galatians 4:4 –

The Greek is Clear
•	That it is not just any freedom that Paul is talking about here, but THE _______________________which Paul has been speaking throughout the book.
•	It was a freedom from serving the_______________________!
•	Freedom belongs to the heir, the natural son, the son of Promise, and not to the slave!
2. The Authority –
•	“Stand firm! Do not be subject to the _______________________of slavery!”
•	This is another present active imperative. “Stand Firm!” The present tense part of this verb carries the idea of “_______________________to stand firm, or make it a habit of life to stand firm”. 
The Second part of the Verse
•	“Don’t be subject to the Yoke of Slavery” comes from a negative _______________________in front of the verb. This verb is also present tense and with this negative it reflects the idea of “_______________________being under the yoke of slavery.”  
The Yoke of the Law
•	Does not _______________________the Law in any manner.  But rather, Paul wants to show that the Judaizers and others who under it are slaves to it.  They are under its_______________________.
A Yoke 
The Law
•	Has become an imposed _______________________on these Christians.  
•	Acts 15: 10
•	1 Timothy 6:1
•	For the Christian, Freedom from the law means first and foremost, “Freedom from the law as means of_______________________.” 
These words are
•	Theological_______________________– Christ has set believer free with the gift of freedom from Law.
•	Ethical_______________________– Pursue freedom and continue in it.
3. Admonition (2-4)
•	Paul offers three _______________________under this_______________________.
1. If you permit yourself to be circumcised, 
•	Christ becomes as nothing to you.  Paul is not talking about their justification by faith here. Here he is talking about the _______________________of living a Christian life and of growth in that life.  To go under the yoke of the law is to deny themselves of the ministry of the Holy Spirit which Christ made possible by His _______________________and resurrection. 
2. Any man who permits himself,
•	To be circumcised is under obligation to do the whole law.  Not only do they lose the aid and ministry of the Holy Spirit, but now they must seek to keep the _______________________law.  They assume the burden of the entire _______________________system.  Paul points this out to the Galatians because the Judaizers probably failed to do so.  
“I testify”
•	Is from marturomai which means does not mean “to call to_______________________” but “to affirm, to protest.”  The warning is addressed, not to the one who has been_______________________, but to the one who is contemplating the action.  
“Debtor”
•	Comes from opheiletes and this refers to the one who is under_______________________, one who is bound to do certain things.  Here, it has the effect of _______________________oneself to do certain things.  
The Believer is Free from the Law
•	In three aspects:
•	1. He is free from the condemnation it imposes upon the one who would disobey it.
•	2. He is free from the law as a means of_______________________.
•	3. He is free from the _______________________to render obedience to its statutes.  
•	Paul admonishes them: Don’t go under the law again or you will lose the threefold freedom you have in Christ and in grace.
J. B. Lightfoot
•	Writes that circumcision is the seal of the Law. He who willingly and _______________________undergoes circumcision, enters upon a compact to fulfill the Law.  To fulfill, therefore, he is bound, and he cannot plead the _______________________of Christ; he has entered another means of justification.
3. “When you seek to be justified”
•	Two things happen to the believer:
1. He is severed from Christ
•	And
•	2. He has fallen from grace.
•	What does that mean?
•	He lost his salvation?
Wuest, p. 140,
•	Is appropriate here. “The apostle is not talking about their justification but to their spiritual lives as Christians.  The apostle is not speaking of their standing but of their experience.”  The Greek word, katergeo, means to lose some essential element of life by the _______________________of previous intimate relations. It means that by putting themselves under Law, the Galatians are no longer under the _______________________of the life of Jesus Christ where they would derive spiritual benefit.
Fallen from Grace
•	What does Paul mean by this phrase? The word “fallen from”is ekpipto, and means “to fail of, to lose one’s hold of.”  The Galatians had lost hold of the grace that once _______________________them to live their Christian life. Because they had lost their hold on grace, does not mean that grace had lost its hold on them in the sphere of justification. Because they rejected _______________________by faith, is no proof that God had withdrawn His grace for justification. Justification happens at salvation, but sanctification is a process.
Verse 5
•	Wuest says that the righteousness spoken here is not _______________________righteousness. 

•	He gives _______________________reasons: 
1) It is righteousness
•	 which finds its source in the operation of the HS. Justification has to do with the believer’s stand before God. The Spirit has nothing to do with that.  The Father justifies on the basis of the work of the Son.
2. The context
•	Deals with the Christian’s experience, not his_______________________, with the method of Christian living, not the _______________________of that person to the laws of God.
3. Love as a fruit
•	Of the HS in the life of the believer, is spoken of in verse 6, which verse is bound up with verse 5. This again shows that the _______________________spoken of in verse 5 is sanctifying grace, of which latter the Galatian saints were depriving themselves by their act of depending upon _______________________effort in an attempt to obey law.
The Wait (v. 5)
•	Paul says that believers have a wait in their lives.  It is a “hoped for righteousness”.  The word “wait” is apodechomai. It is used in Phil 3:20 and translated “_______________________”.  It speaks of an attitude of intense yearning and intense desire for and eager anticipation of a practical _______________________which will be constantly produced in the life of the believer by the HS.
Verse 6
•	The word “avails” means “to have power, to exert or wield power.” So, the one who is joined to Christ in the life-giving union has seen an effect of the_______________________. But the fact that he is or he is not circumcised is nothing. It has no power on a man’s life at all as far as _______________________power goes.  
Verse 7
•	You were running well. So, I need to know, who cut in on you?  “Did run” is in the imperfect tense and indicates  a continual action on the part of the believers.  Paul uses the analogy of a Greek runner. “Well” is from kakos and suggests the idea of bravely, becomingly, honorably. “_______________________” is from enkopto and means “to cut in, to make an incision, to hinder.” The idea is one runner cutting the _______________________of another runner with the result that he is hindered or slowed in his progress. So, the Judaizers deprived the Galatians from the ministry of the HS and had taken them back to the slavery of the Law.
Verse 8
•	This persuasion (peismone) comes from the root peitho meaning to_______________________, or “to induce one by words to believe”.  It refers to the act of the Judaizers to persuade the Galatians to believe their preaching.  Paul says that this activity did not _______________________with God.  The use of the article with persuasion shows that it is this which cut into the growth of the Galatians.
Verse 9
•	Leaven is an interesting symbol. It is often used to symbolize _______________________in the Bible.  Before the Days of Unleavened Bread, the Jews would clean their house of it in preparation for worship. The small lump often signaled spiritual corruption which may begin small, but spreads rapidly and _______________________
•	Mt 16: 6-12
•	1 Cor 5:6
•	The verb is present tense indicating that the spreading was already going on. 
Verse 10
•	Paul turns very abruptly from a picture of destruction and discouragement to one of encouragement.  He uses the personal pronoun “_______________________” (ego – Greek) to emphasize his deep personal confidence in them.  Again, “confidence” is peitho, meaning to persuade or _______________________concerning them.   Paul had come to a settled conviction about the Galatian believers.  He felt they would adopt his viewpoint on the matter.
The One who troubles
•	You will bear his own mark.  “Troubles” is from tarasso and is used of the act of disturbing the _______________________of someone.  “Bear” is from bastazo and speaks of a grievous burden.  The judgment of God would be the grievous _______________________which one would have to bear who would disturb the faith of these believers.
Verse 11
•	The enemies of Paul were apparently saying that Paul preached circumcision when it suited his purposes.  He calls attention to the Galatians that he is still be _______________________for his preaching. If the rumors were true, why the persecution?  There is no evidence in Paul’s preaching after he was saved that he preached circumcision as one means of being _______________________related to God.  
The Cross is an Offense
•	To the Jew. The offensiveness lay in the teaching of believers that they are _______________________from the Law when they are in Jesus.  Why did Stephen get killed? What was he preaching? (Acts 6: 13-14).  Why did Paul persecute the early church? For worshipping a _______________________Lord or for preaching a crucified Jesus who freed the Jews from the Law? 
•	Gal 1:13, 14.
The Cross is Offensive
•	Because it set the _______________________law to the side once that salvation was offered by grace through faith in JC.  
Verse 12
•	The words “cut off” is from apokopto. It refers to bodily_______________________.  Paul’s language here is strong. He says he would prefer that the men wanting circumcision would go ahead and emasculate themselves if they want to glory in the flesh.    The town of Pessinus was the home of Cybele worship. The priests of _______________________castrated themselves.  
Trouble
•	Is anastatoo which means “to _______________________or overthrow”. It is used to denote one who is driven out of his house or out of a ruined city.  This shows just how the Judaizers operated.
•	I would (opheilo) coupled with the future tense makes the verses to say, “that which ought to be the _______________________outcome of the present.”