 Okay, here we go Okay, so let's continue so we looked at Verse 12 like Paul's testifying and he's saying that he did not receive this gospel from human Human training or no man taught him, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ So as the Holy Spirit revealed who the true Jesus Christ was and The fact that Jesus is the Messiah and Jesus is the Christ So through that revelation, he got the gospel He received this gospel Okay, so So that is what they says it it did not come. Okay, so verse 13 Talks about his former conduct is how he was You know in Judaism he persecuted the church he tried to destroy the church Verse 14 he says, you know and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation Being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my father. So he says this was my background Okay, so this is the place from which You know, this is how it was for me and I began to Persecuted church wanting to destroy the church and so on I and I I I advanced in Judaism So how did he advance in Judaism either in the knowledge understanding of it? You know, maybe teaching of it And and so on so you you would know the scriptures by heart as Or at least the the Old Testament the Pentateuch, you know, the five books know you'll know to recite them by heart As was the training of the Pharisee so all this was there And he he was he excelled at it more than his contemporaries. Okay, now it's important for us to understand that because now he's addressing the same issue of the law and how people were going back to the law Okay, and so he's he's saying, you know, I'm I marvel that you guys are going back to the law Right, so he's actually addressing the people and he's saying, you know, this is the background I came from You know it, you know, I was very advanced in you know in the teachings of Judaism Okay, I persecuted church Verse 15 but when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through his grace To reveal his son in me that I might preach him among the Gentiles I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood So he's saying, you know, and it pleased God who separated me from my mother's womb the one who You know what the one who created me the one who? You know made sure that you know, it is it is actually a an expression Which means to sanctify to prepare You know to who actually called me You know from my mother's womb right, so he's saying that This was commonly used expression for for the call of God right on a person's life So he separated me from my mother's He separated me He he called me to this To this apostleship right so what what happened? He called me through his grace to reveal his son in me the revelation of the son He received in in his spirit Right, so he he received this he received this revelation. He received this gospel I received the revelation of the Lord Jesus in his spirit to reveal his son in me that I might preach him among Gentiles among the non-Jewish people. So this is the purpose of God. This is the plan of God that he He called me he revealed he brought this revelation to me And I received this revelation in me in my spirit Immediately I did not Confer with flesh and blood He said he says I did not immediately consult with the flesh and blood. No, I received this in my spirit I did not confer which means I did not in addition to this You know, I did not consult. I did not you know, I did not discuss it With anyone else, right? I did not confer. I did not have any discussion with others and There was 17 not did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me? Okay, now did I Go to Jerusalem or consult or meet with any of the apostles But I went to Arabia and return again to Damascus. Yes. So this is what he says So, you know, you know the he actually escaped from Damascus went to Syria and so on and then he says no He returned again to Damascus. Okay verse 18 Let's read verse 18 till the end of the chapter Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter Remained with him 15 days, but I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother Now concerning the things which are right to you indeed before God I do not lie afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Silesia and I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ But they were hearing only he who formerly persecuted persecuted us now Preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy and they glorified God in me So so what happened was he did not meet with people. He did not consult with people. They did not teach him anything This is how you need to live as a believer. This is how you, you know This is how the law did nothing like he received the revelation. He did not confer. He did not consult But he went about preaching. Okay He of course had this understanding of all death testament scriptures and and somehow this revelation, you know Just made that connection. So he from the scriptures. He was pointing out that Jesus is the son of God So you went about teaching that you went about, you know, to synagogues and so on now He says, you know After three years he went to Jerusalem to see Peter. It was after three years that that he went and he met with Peter and he stayed with him for about two weeks Now maybe they discuss certain things. We do not know. He doesn't mention No The other opposite except James. So James and Peter these two people he met and Probably he shared this testimony with them like maybe they shared, you know, their testimony of walking with the Lord Something would have happened, right So this is what happened. So and then verse nine first verse 20 He says now concerning the things which I write to you indeed before God I do not lie now all these things that I'm you know, I'm I'm writing to you about I'm mentioning It is the truth. Okay. There's there's no need for me to lie. I mean in fact before God I do not lie Verse 21 after I went into the afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ right now These were they were believers in all these regions. They were congregations people get gathering together as churches Now he was unknown by face, but they in a sense. They had not met him Because he did not go there. He did not visit there They met him but they heard about him right because he was such a violent persecutor of the faith that they heard about him and When he began to follow Christ that also, you know, the new spread And it says that they were hearing. This is what they were hearing. He who formerly persecuted us Persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy now. That was the common You know testimony that was spreading in all these churches that you know this this guy He persecuted us he tried to destroy the faith But now he's preaching the very thing that he tried to destroy. Okay, and they glorified God in me So they they gave thanks to God. They glorified God saying God, you know, you change this person So we want to give you the praise. We want to give you the glory. Okay, so all this was happening Now let's move on to chapter 2. Okay, then after 14 years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and also took up so I also took Titus with me and I went up by revelation and Communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles But privately to those who were of reputation. Let's by any means I might run or had run in vain Yet not even Titus who was with me being a Greek was compelled to be circumcised and This occurred because of false brethren Secretly brought in who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty Which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage to whom we did not yield submission Even for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. Okay, let's stop there So after three years after becoming a believer he goes to Jerusalem now after 14 years Right, so it's total of about 17 years He went up again to Jerusalem now this time he goes with Barnabas and also with Titus and he meets with those He says who are off repetition he meets with some of the Apostles and what does he do? He communicates to them. He shares with them his the revelation that he received Okay, so he says I communicated with them the gospel which I preach privately To those of repetition, so he's meeting with them and sharing at the you know, this is what I have been preaching and The reason the why does he do that? So he wants to check Like he wants to check himself. He's saying lest by any means I might run or had run in vain Okay, so he's just Checking now with this is after 17 years. He has actually preached, you know, just think about it 17 years right, so He has actually been preaching about Christ and then he meets he goes to Jerusalem. He meets with some of the apostles and He he tells them, you know, he kind of humbles himself when he says, okay, this is the message that I'm Preaching, this is the gospel that I am preaching. Okay, and the reason for that is he's checking, you know, I don't want to I don't want to have Ministered in vain. Okay, so I want I don't want to live my life in If by any means I had run, you know meaning the way he conducted his life Whatever he did through his life and ministry, you know, that is the Bible talks about walking and running Referring to that the way we live our lives the way we go about, you know, living our lives. So So if this is a chapter Two and verse one, right? Oh, sorry verse two lest by Any means that I had run I should run or I had run in vain. Okay, so Or he also talks about, you know, if I had lived my life in a like a haze in a hasty manner, right? I don't I don't want to have done that So The other thing about run also Paul uses that right, you know, you know run the race Or one who prepares for a race all the other talks about the athlete and so on so so is, you know In a race, of course, you are training yourself. You're living in a certain way And you're also putting in effort Okay, so the this running Requires effort When you look at it, you know, just look if you look at running Or maybe you're competing as an athlete. It requires effort. So So also, you know, Paul is drawing the parallel and he's saying, okay, I'm putting in so much of effort and and obviously He's being persecuted for that effort He's living in danger because of that effort That he's putting in right all that effort all that work all that exertion You know, so he's saying I don't want to have done that To be a waste All that I don't want that to be a waste. I don't want what's happening in future If I'm going to put in the same kind of effort for him kind of methods and the message I don't want that to be a waste Let's by any means I might run or had run in vain. So I'm Run in vain. I don't want that to be Um So he is shared that with this intention. I don't want it to be a waste I don't want to my life to be a waste or I just want to check But he says even Titus Who was Greek? Like the non-jew. He was not compelled by these leaders There is apostles by these leaders To be circumcised He was not compelled by them Okay, so he's talking about that issue Right of circumcision so he's kind of Building up the whole thing the the other gospel which the people were sharing It definitely involved us, you know, this whole issue of circumcision So he's saying, you know when I when Titus was there and when I Brought this revelation the gospel that I preached and how I ministered everything to the to the apostles to those who were of reputation he says Now who seemed to be leaders Right now they did not compel Titus to be circumcised Okay, these are the people who walked with Jesus Now they did not ask him and they did not tell him anything They did not compel him to be circumcised Verse four And this occurred What occurred this whole thing about circumcision This compelling to be circumcised This occurred because of false brethren. Okay, so now these These were brethren in the sense they you know, they they were Fellowship paying and they calling themselves as believers, but they were false Okay, so he's saying these were false brethren Secretly brought in, you know, which means that they came in secret uh Who came in by stealth To spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage So they came in by stealth meaning they you know, it's like without Causing attention they came in stealthily. They did they did not announce the real motive Okay, they did not announce openly what they What they wanted to do what their agenda was what their plan was so they came in stealthily Okay, pretending to be believers Pretending to be followers of Christ. Okay, they came in stealthily To spy out our liberty. Okay to see okay, what is this? What is their teaching? How are they living? What is the freedom? Right, what are they not following about the law? So you say to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus So they came in, you know stealthily it was not with clear motives. It was not with, you know, uh with Honest Motives they did not announce. They did not tell us clearly why they were there. They Pretended to be believers. So they were false brethren They came to see, you know, the kind of freedom that we have in Christ But they wanted to bring us into bondage Says that they might bring us into bondage Okay, so that was their real intention To um to to have fellowship with us to be among us. That was their real intention Okay, verse five to whom we did not yield a mission even for an hour That the truth of the gospel might continue with you. Okay, so this thing happened. So they came in They brought this, uh, you know this kind of a message Um about circumcision Possibly right, but to that we did not yield No, we which means that the opposite of yielding is resisting Right, so we do not yield. We do not say, okay, okay. We receive your message. No We resisted so he says we did not yield the two submission Even for to Submission yield submission even for an hour The reason is we wanted the truth to continue Okay, we did not want the truth to be mixed with lies. We wanted the truth to continue So I did you with you, okay um verse six, but From those who seemed to be something whatever they were it It makes the difference to me god shows Sorry, let me just read that again verse six, but from those who seem to be something Whatever they were it makes no difference to me God shows personal favoritism to no man for those who seemed to be something Added nothing to me But on the contrary When they saw That the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me As the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter Um, and then you know, he goes on to say what they did, right? Okay um But from those who seemed to be something Whatever they were it makes no difference to me god shows personal favoritism to no man So he's he's addressing those who Seemed to be of prominence in the church Right, so he's obviously talking about, you know Earlier he talks about how he shared what he was doing with those of reputation Right, so who seemed to be something in the church in jerusalem. So he's saying, you know, uh, see Who seemed to be something of who seemed to be people of reputation because you know, probably they were administering and They knew people knew them Um, they were well known by people obviously So he said, you know, whatever they were it makes a difference to me actually because god shows personal favoritism to no one Okay, now i'm saying that they Were of reputation But in god's eyes He does not, you know, he does not see it that way, right? There's no Personal favoritism. So is this it's a kind of a disclaimer that Paul is mentioning here saying, you know, it it It makes no difference to me. Uh, god does not show any personal favoritism. But anyway For those who seemed to be something added nothing to me Okay, so they did not add anything more I came I spoke to them I shared what I was sharing And uh with the intention of wanting to continue in the proper manner But they added nothing to me Okay, they They seemed to be nothing they added nothing. They they did not place any Other weight they added You know, nothing else um One second they I added nothing to me Uh In no other no nothing no other tasks. Nothing else to be done. Um, nothing nothing at all And he says Was seven for on the contrary when they saw that the gospel for the Uncircumcised Had been committed to me It was a gospel the message it is for the whole world God had uniquely called Paul to take this message to the non-jewish world or the non or the non-jewish people All right, so he says that When they saw that The gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me I call it God had called him as an apostle to go and share the gospel to the non-jewish people Um As the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter so so they clearly, you know, they knew that As Peter was called to take the gospel to the Jewish people so also they saw that the gospel was, you know Paul was called to take the gospel to the non-jewish people now Again, you know, you see the grace of God. You see the plan of God So that, you know, um Uh, you know a person who is a learned man, uh in the Jewish Uh customs and traditions, you know, he's taken to a non-jewish You know, uh audience and whereas a person who was Uh a businessman in terms of fishing Right, uh, Peter and uh And he is taken to the Jewish people With the gospel, right The plan of God, uh, so unlike the plan of man Right So anyway, so he says Uh, this is what they saw that they saw they understood Uh was eight for he who effect we who worked effectively in Peter For the apostleship To the circumcised also worked effectively in me towards the Gentiles, okay, so the lord who worked effectively in Peter the same lord worked effectively in me as well In taking the gospel to the to the To the Gentiles, right? so So the the word used there effectively, you know, in a gay or which means that Full of power You know to to operate to operate well to full of to be power To be effective Effect to be fervent, et cetera to be mighty to be fervent Um to be powerful Right, so he's saying the same lord worked in Peter in this manner mighty powerful Effective in ministry In carrying out the ministry the same lord did for me as well Okay, so that I might take the message to the Gentiles Verse nine and when James Cephas and John so Cephas is Peter So when James Cephas and John who seemed to be Pillars Perceived grace that had been given to me They gave me and Barnabas The right hand of fellowship that we should go to the Gentiles and they To the circumcised They desired only that we should remember the poor the very thing which I also was To do okay, so so what is Uh, what what do we what do we see here? So we see first of all we see that okay the same lord who worked in Peter Is working in him so they they did not add anything to him They did not say okay now you need to do this you need to keep the law You need to do these five things they did not do anything like that They did not even compel Titus who was a Greek to be circumcised was part of their team who was traveling with them So they did not do that And here we see that He mentions Peter James and John who seemed to be pillars like they were leaders in the church in Jerusalem Like they were men of reputation They had walked with the lord They walked alongside The lord watched everything they ministered in fact when the lord sent them out So they were pillars in the church in Jerusalem So when they when he said that when they they perceived the grace Okay, they perceived the grace So which means that They You know they sensed They sensed the grace of god that was upon him you know to To know through the spiritual senses like when you say perceived it means through their senses they They got this understanding So they perceived The kind of grace that had been given to me Okay, it's the same grace that he wished upon the Galatians right he greeted the Galatians with they saw the grace The so which means that there's an enabling of god Right, it's an enabling of god to minister Among the Gentiles this this enablement this didn't divine enablement So they saw the grace which was freely given Given from god He's a source What did they do? They gave Barnabas and in and paul the right hand of fellowship. So they So the right hand of fellowship meaning that It was the You know, they they commended him they approved of Of what he did. Okay, so a place of honor a place of authority So that is all that right so Figure it to be that what that's what it means the right hand of fellowship Meaning that hey, we are part part of this Fellowship meaning, you know, you're sharing in this we are partners in this We are one in this so Giving the right hand would mean that you know, they had cooperating They approved of it And they honored it And they said You know, this is what they did So gave the right hand of fellowship That we should go to the Gentiles and that they would go to the Uncircumcised Sorry, they did they would go to the Jewish people and you know, which is the circumcised people, right? They desired only that we should also Remember the we should remember the poor the very thing which I also was eager to do So they so the only thing that they said was okay. We want you to remember the poor and So paul says yes, I was also Of the same opinion. I also wanted to do the same thing, right? Now when Peter had come to Antioch Okay So that's still Verse 10, okay So so from chapter one and chapter two verse 10 we see that paul is slowly building up the case for What he's going to address right in in several Several verses later So so how he received the gospel and what he did after that, you know, three years He was he went to Jerusalem after three years then spent some time with Peter then I went again after 14 years Then met with people shared with them and all that and then he goes on to they did not say anything about the law Right. They did not add anything to my life Um, now there was status now that we are talking about these people who are the apostles now they did not Compel him to be circumcised. Okay all that Then he goes on to talk about an incident which happened in Antioch. Okay Okay, so this is Antioch in Syria where paul is ministering Barnabas was also there. So he's saying now when Peter Had come to Antioch. Okay, let's read through that instant incident Um was leaven onwards now when Peter had come to Antioch I withstood him to his face because he was to be blamed For before certain men came from James. He would eat with the Gentiles But when they came he withdrew and separated himself fearing Those who were of the circumcision And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him so that even barnabas was carried away there hypocrisy But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel I said to Peter before them all If you being a Jew Live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews. Why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews? We who are Jews by nature And not sinners of the Gentiles Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law But by faith in christ jesus Even when we have believed in christ jesus that we might be justified by faith in christ jesus And not by works of the law for by works of the lord no flesh shall be Justified Okay But if While we seek to be justified by christ We ourselves also are from sinners is christ therefore a minister of sin? certainly not for If I build again those things which I destroyed I make myself a transgressor for I Through the law died To the law that I might live to god I have been crucified With christ it is no longer I who live but christ lives in me And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of god Who loved me and gave himself for me I do not set aside the grace of god For if righteousness comes through the law Then christ died in Rain okay some so some very important things about grace about law That paul You know testifies here and also about an incident which happened in antioch. So what happened in antioch? peter was there and paul says I withstood him You know, I had to confront this problem. So paul was a very bold man, right? um So even though he had come to christ he had come he become a believer much after All the apostles, you know, they were already following christ uh, he had become so he was not you know, overawed by You know who the apostles were right because he says no uh God does not Show any personal favoritism Right. So even though they were men of reputation people knew them as the apostles who walked with jesus um, well God does not actually show any favoritism So when one of the apostles Did something, uh, which was uh, which was not right in the eyes of god so paul Confronted so he confronted peter Confront meaning like he addressed he told him told him to his face that what he was doing Was not correct. Okay. So he says that I withstood him And he was to be blamed. So what was the mistake? So some People some believers had come from uh from james um Who knew james? now when before they came He would eat with the gentiles now antyork was a gentile church Right. He was a non-jewish um, we're talking about antyork in syria. So Jews i'm sure jewish would have been there but but a lot of non-jewish people gentiles Where i'd come to know the lord so they were all there. So now before these men would come Peter was behaving differently Like he would be with the gentiles fellowship with them eat with them, etc Right because according to the jewish law, you're not supposed to you know fellowship with non-jewish people in that manner Right eat them and so on now here when they came So he withdrew he separated himself From the from the jewish people from the non-jewish people so from the gentiles so so he says The rest of the jews also Did the same thing so you see peter's action was actually affecting a whole group of people The rest of the jews they were also behaving you know like this And even barnabas was carried away paul says Even barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. Now. What is the you know the word hypocrisy? It means to To say one thing and to do another thing So says, you know, they were also carried away By the hypocrisy of peter Okay So that word there hypocrisy, okay, which means um, which actually comes from the it has got a very interesting You know background to it. It means The acting of a Our actor would act on stage Okay, so that is what it means So Those days the actors would actually use a you know, they're in their place. They would use In this drama theater They would use face masks. Okay to be To portray themselves as a different character. You know, they would use masks So they were not their actual they would not show their actual face But they would actually use a face mask Or maybe they would put something on their mask to show that they were a different character So he's using that word. Who po crisis who po crisis meaning They were hypocrites meaning they were not showing their actual face. This is who they were but they were actually putting on a different face For the sake of the audience Okay, so hypocrisy It's coming like that, you know, it's from that. So they were actually someone else on the inside, but they were putting on an act Or putting on a different look For the sake of other people For the sake of the audience, right? So he's saying Even Barnabas was carried away. So what Paul what Peter was doing affected these Jews affected Barnabas so it's affecting a whole lot of people. So It was 14. He says they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel I said to Peter before them all what did he say? If you being a Jew live like Gentiles How can you come tell the Gentiles to live like Jews? Right. See we've been set free He goes on to say that knowing that a man has just a man is not Justified by the works of the law which everybody understood Which Peter understood which Barnabas understood every man understood Okay, because they had come to Christ they had experienced the freedom and Christ. So he's saying Knowing that a man is not justified A man is not made right with God Our sins are not taken away by the works of the law Okay, they had all been people who followed the law Right. So he's saying A man is not justified by that a man is not Brought to God or made right with God by the works of the law by what he kept by the things that he did It's not justified by that Even as we have believed in Sorry, uh, by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ That is the thing Justification comes by faith in Jesus Christ in what he did on the cross so But by faith in Jesus Christ Even as we have believed in Christ Jesus that we might be justified by justified by faith in christ And not by the works of the law For by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. So So what was Peter doing? What was what were the Jews doing? What was Barnabas doing? They were actually going back into the law Because the law stated that the jewish people should not have Fellowship with the non- jewish people that the jewish people should not actually Eat Of have you know that kind of fellowship eat with the non- jewish people. So these were some traditions jewish traditions right and and so Peter was going back to that the people were going back to that. So now he's Paul is saying, you know That those things Do not achieve anything The justification that you and I have is because of our faith in the Lord Jesus not by anything else Not by keeping this or not keeping that not by doing this or not doing that. It's by faith in christ so if While we were 17 if while we seek to be justified christ If we ourselves are found sinners is christ therefore a minister of sin Certainly not. Now. What is he talking about? You know saying that when we go back to do the works of the law We are actually not acknowledging about christ did for us Right, we are actually rejecting that and we are going back to the law Verse 18 If I build again those things which I destroyed I make myself a transgressive. So what is he doing? He's saying he's saying, you know I'm going back to the law. In other words. I'm saying that I am actually justified only if I do these things which is not the truth Right, so by my actions. I'm saying that I am actually justified. I'm made right with God Uh, only by these doing these five steps or these six steps or by keeping these things by avoiding these things Right, so if I do that, I'm actually building those things again So if I build those things which I destroyed when I came to faith in christ, all these things were destroyed But if I'm rebuilding those Then I make myself a transgressor of the law of christ I make myself a transgressor For I Through the law died to the law Okay So so this is what has happened Uh Through the law. I actually died through the law Why because if I don't keep the law the penalty of that is death Okay, the penalty of uh of that The rightful end is death because um Because it's it it means that I'm a sinner and as a sinner I'm worthy of death separation eternal separation from God right so I threw the law died to the law the law actually Condemned me to death Okay, um, but what happened Christ took my place He died in my place He took my sin Which I could never You know get over by the works of the law. He took my sin So he did died in my place So when he died I died When he lived I live so he says that Through the law I threw the law died to the law I died to it In Christ I died that I might live to God Verse 20 I Have been crucified with christ. No way and he could say Uh, I died to the law. This is why you could say I died to the law Why because I have been crucified with christ It is no longer I who live But christ lives in me And the life which I now live in the flesh Okay in the natural the life that I live I live by faith in the Son of God Who loved me and gave himself for me. You know, I think this verse is very very familiar right relations 220 I have been crucified with christ So this is what happened. You know, I died to the law because I was actually crucified with christ When when he died I died We we read that in romans roman chapter six when he rose again. I rose again So when I rose again, I died to the law now I live the natural life that I live in the flesh in this human body I live by faith in the Son of God who died for me So I do not set aside the grace of God So now that's another thing You know, when I live according to the law when I live according to the rules and traditions um What what I'm actually doing? I'm actually keeping aside The grace of God So this justification this righteousness came Through christ, but it came through the grace of god the grace of christ right It did not come as something that is earned It came as something that is not earned That I can just receive freely So I do not set aside the grace of god so probably You know the the jews did not realize that peter did not realize that and you know But This is what happens every time you go back into the law. You're actually rejecting the grace of god Distensing yourself from the grace of god. You're setting aside the grace of god So paul is saying, you know, I do not set aside the grace of god For if righteousness came through the law Then christ died in vain Now that's another thing now Say Now when you actually go back to the law when you build those things you make yourself a transgressor When you go back to the law when you live when you try to live according to the law in order to be righteous You are actually setting aside the grace of god You know, you're distancing yourself from the grace of god which you actually need to live your life Now again when you when you go back when you live according to the law when you when you try to do all those things circumcision etc You're actually saying Righteousness justification comes through the law In other words, you're saying that the lord jesus death on the cross is a waste So paul is saying, you know, just think about that When you when you do those things, you know, when you when you when you behave in that manner What you're actually telling is that christ died in vain Because righteousness did not come through christ You're saying that righteousness comes through the law Therefore i will go back and be circumcised therefore i will go back and live according to the law So what you're saying is that the lord jesus actually died And that death is a waste it's futile empty It's in vain okay, so So paul is actually bringing out, you know, he's opening their eyes To the kind of behavior the kind of life the kind of you know the Because they were turning away from christ. They were going to another gospel Which was not a gospel so paul is saying, you know This is what you're actually your actions. This is what they mean Okay, and chapter three we see he says, you know, oh foolish Galatians, okay, so we look at that in the in the next class So we'll we'll stop here. Okay, so we looked at chapter one chapter two. We looked at the background We looked at we looked at, uh, you know, uh the timeline Approximately the timeline of when it was written to whom it was written And also, uh, you know, we we saw Paul's own testimony of what happened how he received the gospel what happened to him after that When did he go to Jerusalem? and And also the fact that he checked with with the people with the leaders So that he didn't want to Minister in in vain. He didn't want that to be a waste And and the other things about the law. Okay, so Um, yeah next class we looked at we'll look at chapter three. Okay, we'll stop here. Thank you Thank you, sir right