 All right. We were looking at Galatians chapter one. We looked at Paul's claim that he received the Gospel directly from Jesus Christ. And so he starts talking about how he was one of the chief judicers and how it was very, very important to him personally to spread the Judaism, the Jewish faith among people. And he says he was extremely zealous for it. In Galatians chapter one verse 14, the word that he uses for himself over there, the Greek word for zealous which he uses for himself over there, that is similar to the word that is used regarding Jesus and the zeal which he had for God's house. In John chapter two verse 17, it says zeal for your house will consume me. So the word which, the Greek word which talks about Jesus zeal and then the zeal which Paul is talking about over here in Galatians one 14. Those two words come from the Greek word zeal which talks about a deep sense of possessiveness. So Jesus felt very possessive about the house of God. That was his dad's house. That was his father's house. And he wanted that house to be honoured. And so he says, how can you turn my father's house into a den of thieves? So he feels very personally about the house of God. He is very zealous for it. Now Paul felt the same regarding the Jewish faith, regarding the teachings of Moses, regarding the traditions which had been passed down to them over the ages. He felt very possessive about it and he believed in it. So when this new community of Christians began to talk about Jesus and what he had taught them and they began to say the old covenant is no longer applicable. Now we are in the new covenant. Now we are under Christ. It was a very terrible thing for Paul to hear because he was somebody who was extremely zealous for the traditions of his fathers. He is somebody who had been brought up in the Jewish faith and so he felt that this small new community of believers are desecrating something very, very precious. And so we do not know what exactly his employment was. I mean he was a tent maker, whether he was involved in other forms of activities we are not sure. But he sets aside all of his work and he literally starts going from town to town, arresting these believers because he wants to wipe out this teaching which they are bringing up. Because he feels so possessive about the traditions that have been passed down to him. So for a Judaizer like this to pull away from what he believed in and to start talking about a new gospel, it literally had to take a revelation of Jesus Christ himself. So that is why he says, I was not sent by man. I was not commissioned off by a bunch of people and sent out to preach. You see I had an encounter with directly with Jesus Christ and he showed me that he has not come to break the Old Covenant but rather to fulfill it, to complete it. See Jesus does not just discard the Old Testament and the Old Covenant. He in fact fulfills every law of the Old Covenant. Humans were not able to do that. Even though the Israelites were very proud of the Covenant, they never could keep it. Only one person was able to keep that Old Covenant completely and that was Jesus and he did that as our representative because we were all helpless to do that. The Jewish community was helpless to do it and so Jesus becomes the one representative who successfully was able to complete the Old Covenant, fulfill the Old Covenant and then he introduces a new Covenant. So when Paul has his encounter with this Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ personally gives him this new revelation that the Old has been completed and fulfilled. And now because the Old has been completed, now the people who come to God will accept the new Covenant which Jesus has started through the cross, through the work of the cross. So this is the argument which he is trying to build and so he says in verse 15 and verse 16. Okay verse 15, 16, 17. If someone could read out from verse 15 up to verse 20 please. Galatians 1, 15 to 20 if someone could read out. We who are Jews by nature are not seen as by of Gentiles knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith in Jesus Christ. No I'm so sorry but I think you might have got the wrong verses. Galatians 1, 15 to 20. Go ahead. 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 blood with fresh and blood. No did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went to Arabia and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and remained with him 15 days. But when I, but I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. But now concerning the things which I write to you indeed before God, I do not lie. Amen. Amen. So he says, I a Judaizer who was so zealous for the Jewish traditions. Now after my encounter with Jesus Christ, he says God has now revealed his son in me is what he says in verse 16. So he is changed by his encounter with Jesus Christ. Now Jesus Christ is revealed in him in the way he has a completely new perspective in the things which he is preaching now in the things that he is now standing up for. And so this is something that has come out from his from his encounter with Jesus. And it's not just something that he has received from men and and he goes on to say once I had this encounter with Jesus, once Jesus Christ was revealed in me and I got to know the truth. He says my immediate response was not to consult any human being. So he didn't go running off to Jerusalem and ask the people, Hey, you know what I had this encounter with Jesus and he said these things to me. Is it correct? I mean, have I understood it correctly? Should I, you know, modify what what he said in any in any manner? He doesn't do any of that. His immediate response is not to consult any human because he just accepts word for word, whatever Jesus has said to him. And he, you know, accepts it as the absolute truth as the one and only good news as the one and only gospel. So he says I never went to any human and consulted with them regarding this revelation which I have received. Instead, what did I do? Yeah, in verse 17 he says I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was. But I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus and then he says in verse 18 after three years I went up to Jerusalem. Now, we get a clearer picture regarding the activities of Paul immediately after his encounter with Jesus in Acts chapter nine. If we were to go to act chapter nine and look at verse 17 and you know, they're on words. We get a clearer picture of what happened. So he has his encounter with Jesus in verses 15, 16 and all of that. Then, you know, he's blinded. Then Ananias comes and ministers to him in Acts chapter nine verse 18. So then the scales fall from his eyes. He's able to see again. He gets baptized. So now he is baptized into the new covenant, you know, as a follower of Jesus Christ. And then in verse 19 we get to know that he spent several days with these disciples, with the people, you know, the believers in Damascus. So it was probably maybe one week, two weeks that he spends with them. And verse 20 says at once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. So he didn't go and consult any humans and ask them, oh, you know, this this message which I have received from Jesus, is it accurate? Should I believe in it? No, he just accepts it directly from the Lord as the truth. And at once it says in 920 Acts 920, at once he begins to preach it in all the synagogues. And he preaches it so powerfully that people start accepting Jesus Christ as saviour. And the Jews are very, very upset about it. And they decide that they're going to kill him. And so in Acts chapter nine verse 23, we read about the conspiracy that is kind of hatched up against him. You know, where they decide that they're going to kill him. And then the other believers, they come to his rescue. So in Acts chapter nine verse 25, they lower him down in a basket through an opening in the wall and he is able to make his escape. That is when he basically goes to Arabia. So he goes into the Arabian desert for a little while. We don't know whether it was for maybe two, three weeks, whether it was for more than a month. We don't know how long he hid over there. But then after hiding over there, he comes back to Damascus and he continues to preach. So there's this wrong idea that some people have, which I know they say that Paul after his encounter with Jesus, he goes into the Arabian desert and then over there, God gives him the gospel message and teaches him those things. That is not the truth. If you look over here in Galatians chapter one and you compare it with what is said in Acts chapter nine, we get to know that within one or two weeks after his encounter, he immediately starts preaching. He does not go to Arabia. He immediately starts preaching in the synagogues. Then the persecution against him begins. Then the followers help him to escape. Then for a little while he goes to Arabia. He hides over there in the desert and he says, later I returned back to Damascus and he continued to do his preaching ministry. So he continues doing this preaching ministry of the true gospel for three entire years. After three years, that is when he goes to Jerusalem and when he goes over there to Jerusalem, he meets with only Peter and James. He doesn't even, in fact, meet all the other disciples. So then he explains in verse 21, Galatians 1 21. He says, then I went to Syria and Silesia. So after having spent a little time with Peter and James in Jerusalem, he from there he goes to Syria and Silesia and does ministry over there. And then 14 years later he again goes back to Jerusalem. And the reason that he's saying all of this in such great detail is that he wants to explain to the believers for 14 years he has been teaching a gospel which has not come from some other human party. It is something that has come to him directly from Jesus Christ itself. And that led to a lot of conversions. Many people came into the fold, many lives were changed. So the point that he's making is this true gospel has power in it. Hold on to it. It has changed lives for 14 years and it will continue to do that. So do not doubt what I have presented to you. Now do not listen to these buddhizers who may be saying to you, this man was not one of the original disciples of Jesus. So maybe he's got it all wrong. He didn't get the correct training which he should have received from Jesus. So if people are saying those things to you, they are mistaken. And so he wants it established that his gospel is true, something which can be trusted and something which can be accepted. So he takes that many verses, that many, you know, that much time to explain all of this because it is important that they should not just ignore all that has been taught to them. So in chapter 2 is when he talks about how 14 years later he goes to Jerusalem and let's look at some of the things which he says at that time. So chapter 2, if we could have someone read out for us the first five verses please. Chapter 2 verses 1 to 5. Then after 14 years, I went up again in Jerusalem with Barabbas. Please continue. Yeah, please go ahead. Brother Collins, I think you got muted. Then after 14 years, I went up again in Jerusalem. Yeah, I can hear you. Go ahead. Then after 14 years, I went up again in Jerusalem with Barabbas and also two writers with us. I went up by revelation and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately to those who were of repetition list 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 but this occurred because of false brethren. Secrets they brought in who came in by stealths 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. Amen. So he explains to them and he says, so you see for 14 years I have preached this gospel and he has the backing of Jesus Christ for all of these 14 years. The gospel which he has preached has been backed up by God himself and they have seen the fruit of it. They have seen the results of it. So now in the 14th year the only reason he goes to consult with the with the disciples of Jesus with the apostles who are there in Jerusalem he goes because a revelation was given to him by God. He says that in verse 2 chapter 2 verse 2 he says a revelation is given to him. Maybe God reveals to him that false teachings have been creeping in and he needs to go and talk about this with the leadership in Jerusalem. So basically in obedience to that he goes to Jerusalem along with Barnabas and Titus. Basically because Barnabas can be like a go between like a mediator between him and the apostles and he takes Titus along because Titus is a Gentile who is now in leadership, is a Gentile believer who is leader over all the churches in the entire Cretan region. So along with these two persons he goes and has a private meeting with the apostles in Jerusalem and so at that time they discuss about among themselves they discuss the false teaching which is coming up and he says in verse 2 I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain yet not even Titus who was with me was compelled to be circumcised. So he says for 14 years I didn't ask for any human affirmation I just spoke out boldly whatever Jesus Christ had told me to speak out and without any human support I just went ahead and did it. After 14 years I went to the apostles and I told them this is what I have been preaching and the race which I have been running is not in vain because it has been given to me by Christ and they affirm what he has been preaching all along and they say yes what you have been preaching is definitely correct and so they do not demand that Titus a Gentile believer needs to be circumcised they don't impose that mosaic law upon him. So he says even they the apostles after 14 years when I went to them and had a discussion with them even they didn't pressurize even they didn't ask Titus to be circumcised and to follow the law of Moses so he says in verse 4 this matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks so they are the ones who wanted to make us once again slaves of the mosaic law but we are actually free and the truth of the gospel has been preserved. So let us look at verses 6 to 10 and see what he says over here verses 6 to 10 if we can have someone read out please. Verse 6 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 seem 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 for he who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles and James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars perceived the 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 they desired only that we should remember the poor the very thing which I also was eager to do So now the second point that he is making is that I preached for 14 years with just the backing of Jesus Christ and now after 14 years when I came to the apostles they also affirmed what I have been teaching they in fact did not even ask Titus to obey the mosaic law and they were in fact very very happy to see they recognized he says in verse 7 they recognized that my calling was for the Gentiles whereas Peter's calling was for the Jewish community and so they accepted this and he says in verse 9 the main leaders of the Jerusalem church James and Peter and John these people they extend a right hand of fellowship and they recognized that the ministry which I have been given by Jesus Christ so the point that he is making to the Galatian believers is that it's not just me who is saying these things even the Jerusalem leadership agrees with what I am saying so he wants them to be very assured about the gospel that has been presented to them and after having said that he moves on into his third point where he says verse 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 the point he is making here is that yes these Jerusalem leaders were direct disciples of Jesus they had been personally trained by him so they are people who are held in high esteem but whatever they were it makes no difference to me it's not like as if God treated me in an inferior way and reveals less to me no whatever he had revealed to them whatever training he had given them the same revelation the same training was given even to me so therefore he says they added nothing to my message it's not like as if I learnt anything extra from them after talking to them after 14 years nothing new got added whatever they had been told originally by Jesus the same things were also told to me when I had my encounter so he says whatever they were it makes no difference to me he is so confident about his calling he is so confident about what God has asked him to do and he is comfortable doing it now this is an important point to keep in mind because you know he is going to talk about something else next and that brings out the importance of what he is saying let's look at that and then you know we can look at the overall teaching that we can take away from here so let's look at verses 11, 12 and 13 if someone could read out 11, 12 and 13 Galatians 1 sorry Galatians 2, 11, 12 and 13 now when Peter came to Antioch yeah Zalitoli please go ahead here now when Peter had come to Antioch I sent him to his place because he was to be blamed for before certain men came from Jesus he would eat with the Chanters but when they came he withdrew and separated himself friends also were all the circumestitions and the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy so if you remember just a little before in one of the earlier verses he said Apostles are held in high esteem because they were directly trained by Jesus Christ. But that doesn't make any difference to me in because God is not a God who shows partiality is what he says. So he says they did not add anything extra to my message and in fact this is what happened he says. So he talks about this event this incident when Peter came to visit Antioch. So when Peter came to Antioch in the beginning he was very free with all the Gentile believers. He mingled with them you know sat with them ate with them had fellowship with them he did not treat them inferior in any way because that's what had been revealed to him on the rooftop right I mean when he had his vision from the Lord and God said what I have declared clean don't you dare call it I'm clean. So using that you know that example of the unclean and clean animals Jesus you know says to him I have declared the Gentiles also who come to me as clean. So now onwards you will have to regard them as clean as well. So Peter who has understood this when he comes to Antioch originally is very comfortable with the Gentiles. In fact now he's not even following any of the Jewish you know ceremonial rituals. So I'm sure if the Gentiles were to place fork in front of him he would have absolutely no problem eating the poke because now he's very much like a Gentile you know he is now under the new covenant he does not feel any need to follow the old mosaic rituals that is the way Peter was living. But then you have some important Judaizers coming from Jerusalem to visit over here. So once they come he starts kind of withdrawing from the Gentile believers he no longer sits with them. He no longer eats what they are eating because if you sit at their table you'll have to eat what they are eating and now he's hesitating he's hesitating. He's afraid what these Judaizers will say you know if he starts eating the unclean foods which are the technically unclean foods which you know which because the Jews still regard them as unclean. So he's afraid what the reaction would be if he were to eat those. So he starts distancing himself from the Gentile believers. So the people who are watching are now getting confused. Up to now he was so friendly with everyone and now he's kind of pulling away from them. Why? Because he is little worried about what these Judaizers are going to think. So now the crowd is wondering maybe the Judaizers are correct in what they are saying because when Peter is now starting to act like them he's also not you know touching any of the Jewish unclean foods. So they are wondering what's going on and the event it unfolds in such a way and matters become so serious that even Barnabas starts getting doubts. That's what it says in verse 13. He says the other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. So imagine the true gospel had been presented to Peter and Peter had received a revelation on the rooftop. He knew that the grace of Jesus Christ alone is enough for salvation. You don't need to follow any of the mosaic laws but once this very powerful influential people showed up he was afraid. He was afraid of what they would think. He was afraid of having to debate with them. So he tried to just avoid the believers in a way what he was doing is he was turning his back on the truth and this is what Paul says verse 14 yeah if you could you know read out 14 15 16 yeah if someone could read out verses 14 15 and 16 please. 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 Jesus Christ even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we might be 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 when Peter starts acting like this and then all the other Jewish believers start you know imitating him so they also start avoiding the Gentile believers. Now I'm sure this entire thing would have happened in the setting of the you know community meals which they used to have which was basically their version of the Lord supper. I mean now we just have a wafer and we have some grape juice but then back then they would have an actual entire meal so they would all sit together it was more like a potluck dinner you know because different people would bring different foods and then they would all sit together and they would share in the meal and so the food items which they are eating are a representation of the body of Jesus Christ and so through that one body of Jesus Christ through that one sacrifice which he made they have now all been brought into the family of God and they're all together one family no longer divided you know because that's basically what the bread or Jesus the bread represents we feed on him we all have been brought into the kingdom of God through him by feeding on his flesh by drinking his blood you know in that symbolic sense so this is what the communal meal which they all used to share represented it represented the unity that was there among them as one single community that has been brought together by Christ and now here you have important main leaders going against this basic fundamental truth so when they're all gathering together no longer are the Jewish believers willing to sit with the Gentile believers they're maintaining their distance and whatever food the Gentile believers are cooking and bringing over here the Jewish believers are now hesitant to go and eat that because you know they're now they're wondering the Judaizers are watching us he's a very powerful influential man what will they think if I go and eat that so there's a division which has happened and Peter himself has initiated this through his conduct Peter never stood up and preach any sermon he never opened his mouth and said you know okay this is the true gospel but then you know when people are powerful enough maybe you should just compromise a little bit he didn't say any of those things but his actions spoke louder than words just through his actions he was preaching that it's okay to compromise on the true gospel and the it says the Jews began to imitate him to an extent where even Barnabas began became confused so Peter Paul takes a stand and he says in front of all of them he says you know he says to Peter you are a Jew yet you live like a Gentile once God told you that you should you know eat all animals you stopped following the mosaic law you began to eat everything you began to live the way you know the other Gentile believers are living you stopped following all the ceremonies so now why are you forcing the Jew the Gentile believers to become circumcised and you know imitate the Jewish customs through your actions though he has not said anything in words through his actions is now siding with the Judaizers so he says how so Paul says to Peter how is it then that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs even though Peter has not stood up and openly said from now on you people should be circumcised his actions seem to be indicating that he is supporting the Judaizers so Paul says it's almost like as if you know indirectly without even using words you are forcing this Gentile believers to start becoming like the Judaizers how can you do such a thing and he goes on to say we who are Jews by birth even we have now realized that justification is gone not going to come to us through the mosaic law it's only going to come to us through faith in Christ Jesus he says that in verse 16 therefore because you know we can only be justified through faith in Jesus Christ how can we go back to the works of the law so he's explaining these things to the Galatian congregation and is telling them because of the authority that was given to me by Jesus Christ because of the revelation that was given to me by Jesus Christ I'm not even scared of the other important leaders whether they are Judaizers or whether they are believers you know of the true church I'm not scared of any of them because I know the truth that has been given to me and I've decided to take a stand for it now this is an important learning for those of us who are in ministry so when we see important famous people preaching something wrong do we know just be quiet and by being quiet are we sending out a wrong message to our own people saying ah yeah it's alright to compromise or do we speak up like Paul and say brother what you're teaching is wrong you are misleading the people of God so the teaching that we can gain from you know from this passage is that like Paul just because the other leaders have held in high esteem we should not hesitate but rather like Paul we should confront that because the important issue over here is the safety of the church the people of God the shepherds are supposed to guard them protect them from harm so if the leader does not take a stand and say no this is wrong and I will not allow my sheep to be led away it's a very dangerous thing you know the sheep can be can be harmed by the by the by these high esteemed leaders who are leading them in the wrong direction so the learning that we gain from this passage is that even if important influential people start teaching something wrong we should immediately take a stand or the protection of the sheep and declare in front of everyone and say this is a wrong teaching and then that way the truth of the gospel is preserved and the the sheep are not led away into wrong things because what was happening here is if you if these if the if the Gentile believers were to start following the mosaic law they would become slaves of the law Jesus Christ came to set us free so that we would be free in him we would no longer be slaves of the law or slaves of sin whereas this wrong teaching is going to lead them into slavery so which is why I know Paul takes a very strong stand against it if we were to look at verses 17 up to verse 21 if someone could read out for us verses 17 to 21 please chapter 2 verses 17 to 21 verse 17 but if while we seek to be justified by Christ we ourselves also have found 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 threw 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 vain so he goes on to make one additional point over here in verse 17 onwards he's you know just to put it in normal simple words he he's basically saying those who are Christ followers we also commit sin sometimes right I mean we have not become perfect we are still being sanctified on a daily basis so those who are believers they also sin but does this mean that Christ is promoting sinfulness because you see the argument which the judaicists would have been making is this they would be saying you people are saying that your followers of Christ you people are saying that you now you're under a new covenant but when we look at you we see you making mistakes you also sin sometimes on the other hand if you had the mosaic law then maybe that would help you to stay on the right path so just accepting Christ and becoming a follower of Christ has not made you perfect on the other hand if you had even the mosaic law also along with your faith in Christ then maybe you would be able to stay on the right path so is Christ promoting sin by saying you know you should not follow the mosaic law anymore that's the argument which the judaicists are introducing they are indirectly saying by this Christ of yours when he says that you should no longer follow the old covenant is he promoting sin by making you you know live in any way that you want so Paul says you're absolutely not there is the right teaching is that you should avoid sin but to avoid sin it is not by you know introducing reintroducing a new set of laws and saying you shall do this this this following Christ and being obedient to Christ does not come by keeping a set of laws because if you reintroduce the laws once again you actually become a law breaker because the law of Christ says you shall not follow the mosaic law so if you reintroduce the mosaic law in the hope of keeping the law you would actually not be keeping the law you would be breaking the law because Christ has declared that the old covenant is fulfilled and closed and the new covenant has been introduced so if you were to reintroduce the mosaic law rather than keeping the law you would end up breaking the law of Christ so he says yes we should avoid sin but avoiding sin is not done by keeping a set of laws rather it is by living in Christ so in verse 20 he says we have you know I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me so this Christ who now lives in me he will enable me to start sanctifying myself on a daily basis he will help me to start living in a new and righteous way it's going to happen through his enabling it is going to happen through his work of grace I will not try to improve and become a better person by going back to the mosaic law and becoming a law breaker rather I will hold on to Christ place my faith in Christ so he says in verse 20 I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me so my my spiritual growth my level of improvement on a daily basis it's not going to come through the law it's not going to come through the mosaic law never it is only going to come by living in faith in Jesus Christ I look to him I will depend on him I will believe that his grace is sufficient to change and transform me and even as I continue to walk in him he will do his work in me because I was crucified the old person that I was was crucified and is gone now the person that I am is somebody who literally has Christ living in him I mean in me so therefore I will be able to follow you know the the right the righteousness which God expects through the enabling of Jesus Christ so this is the point that he makes so so he's going against the argument which was made by the Judaizers who said Christ is promoting sinfulness by taking the law away no Christ is not promoting sinfulness Christ has the power and the ability to change us and transform us if we place our faith in him because now he is living in us we were crucified to the law we were crucified to the old covenant we were crucified to those things we no longer need to depend on them we now have Christ himself he will enable us to walk in a new way so the assurance that he is giving over here to the Galatian congregation is that don't worry it's true that you want to live holy lives but you don't need to go back to the law to be able to live holy lives it's going to happen by placing your faith in Christ by keeping your focus on him and depending on him so the next chapter was three chapter three onwards he goes on to talk about those details about how you can grow in God how you can grow in righteousness by continuing to hold on to Christ not by going back to the law but by walking ahead walking forward with Christ hand in hand so we will talk about those things from chapter three onwards so chapter one and two was mainly a very lengthy introduction a defense which he offered so that the Galatian believers will start taking him seriously chapter three onwards he starts explaining how you can walk with Christ in righteousness and how this is all a work of faith it's a work of grace it's got nothing to do with following law and mosaic law and keeping ceremonies and rituals okay so those are all the things which he will be explaining to us the next chapter onwards alright let's just close with the word of prayer Lord we just thank you so much that we don't have to be slaves of any rules and regulations which we are unable to follow rather or Lord we live by faith you are the one who does your divine work in us you're the one who convicts us you're the one who causes us to change you're the one who helps us to to follow you and Lord through you we are able to walk in newness of life in righteousness so Lord we don't need to be like the judicers who felt that they had to follow a lot of ceremonies and rituals and regulations to become a changed people we can instead rest in you just abide in you just listen to your voice follow your guidance and see ourselves being changed automatically because the fruit of the Spirit starts getting formed in us even as we just follow you we don't have to be followers of the mosaic law we thank you for that freedom which we enjoy in you oh Lord even as we go into the third chapter next class onwards we pray oh Lord that you would teach us these truths deep in our spirit so that we can become genuine followers of Christ thank you Lord in Jesus name amen thank you so much and I do give my word your issues will be resolved 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