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GLC Book 3
Galatians
Let’s Review Session 2
Complete the Statements:
a. The word _______ comes from the Greek
word epistole that means “letter” or “message.”
b. __ out of the 27 books of the new testament are
epistles
c. ___ wrote 13 epistles in the bible
d. Paul was born in what country? Clue: Thanksgiving
e. Paul was a P______. Trained under Gamaliel.
f. Who did Paul met at the road to Damascus?
g. What is the central theme of Galatian Chapter 1?
Let’s Review Session 2
Answer the Questions
a. Who can change the gospel?
b. Can we use miracle as basis of faith?
c. What is the basis of our faith?
d. What does Ephesians 2:8-9 says about salvation?
 Overview of Galatians
Chapter General Outline Chapter Themes
1 Distortion of the Gospel
Defense of Paul’s Authority
2 Deliberation of Leaders
Defense of the Gospel
Definition of the Gospel
3 Law and the Gospel
4 Legalism and the Gospel
5 Freedom and the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel
6 Holy Spirit and the Gospel
Session 2
I AM the Truth

GLC Book 3
Galatians
 Spot The Difference

Open page 44-45. By pairs, work on spotting the difference between the two
pictures. Draw a mark on the second picture to indicate where the differences are
from the second drawing.
 Read Galatians 2:1-5
Paul’s Experience with the Church Leaders
Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with
Barnabas. I took Titus along also. 2 I went in response to a revelation and,
meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the
gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not
running and had not been running my race in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus, who
was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a
Greek. 4 This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our
ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us
slaves. 5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the
gospel might be preserved for you.

1) Why did Paul go back to Jerusalem after 14 years?

 Read Galatians 2:1-5
Paul’s Experience with the Church Leaders
Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with
Barnabas. I took Titus along also. 2 I went in response to a revelation and,
meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the
gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not
running and had not been running my race in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus, who
was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a
Greek. 4 This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our
ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us
slaves. 5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the
gospel might be preserved for you.

1) Why did Paul go back to Jerusalem after 14 years?

2) What was the problem he sought to resolve?
 True or False?

1) It is not enough to put your faith in Jesus – that’s too simple, its not
enough!

2) Faith in Jesus + Good works = Salvation

3) Faith in Jesus + Nothing = Salvation

How does an FBI agent trains to identify counterfeit money?

Goes to the Central Bank and handle

real money for one week.

After that, they can easily detect

counterfeits.
 Spotting False Gospel

If you focus on the truth in the

Bible, when somebody comes
and teaches you something that
is not true, you will know it is
counterfeit immediately.
 Read Galatians 2:6-10
Paul’s Experience with the Church Leaders
6 As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no
difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my
message. 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the
task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a]just as Peter had been to the
circumcised.[b] 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the
circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the
Gentiles. 9 James, Cephas[c] and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and
Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to
me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the
circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the
poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

4) What was the conclusion of the apostles in Jerusalem concerning the gospel
that Paul taught?
 Read Galatians 2:11-14
Paul’s Encounter with Peter
1 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood
condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the
Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself
from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the
circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their
hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said

to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not
like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?

5) What was the situation Peter and Paul had to deal with?
 Accountability

No leader is infallible. They all

need to be accountable to others.
Dictionary:
Infallible - incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
Accountable - required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible
 Read Galatians 2:11-14
Paul’s Encounter with Peter
6) Why do you think Paul corrected Peter in Public rather than private?

Principle:

A) When SIN is PUBLIC, the offenders has to corrected publicly

B) When SIN is PRIVATE, then the correction has be done privately

 Read Galatians 2:11-14
Paul’s Encounter with Peter
8) If you are Peter, how will you response to Paul?

9) How did Peter response to Paul’s correction?

2 Peter3:15
Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother
Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.
 Read Galatians 2:15-16
Paul’s Explanation of the Gospel
15 “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16 know that a person is not
justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put
our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[d] Christ and not by the
works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

10) How is man justified or declared not guilty?

 Read Galatians 2:17-18
Paul’s Explanation of the Gospel
17 “Butif, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among
the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18 If I
rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

11) How did Paul describe himself and the kind of life he was living?
 Paul’s Conclusion about the Gospel

I have been crucified with Christ and I no

longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son
of God, who loved me and gave himself for
me.

Galatians 2:20
Before We End
Session 2
Let us recite our Vision, Mission and Core Values
End of Session 2

GLC Book 3
Galatians