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Teachings from the Book of Galatians
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In Galatians 1:6, the apostle Paul expresses shock that the Galatians had departed from the true gospel: “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel.” Truthfully, there is only one gospel; namely, the gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Paul makes this clear in the next verse when he says the different gospel “is really no gospel at all” (Galatians 1:7).
The “different gospel” that the Galatians had turned to was a perversion of the true gospel. The Galatians were embracing false teachers who required circumcision and obedience to the law to be justified before God (cf. Galatians 4:17; 6:12–13).
The Galatians’ fast embrace of “a different gospel” shows how quickly we can be corrupted by false teachings. Paul had preached to them the true gospel, and we can be sure he had made the message as plain as day. The Galatians’ rapid shift away from their faith and commitment to the Lord Jesus indicates how vulnerable we can be to the persuasiveness of false teachers.
Paul expresses disappointment that the Galatians readily listened to “people [who] are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ” (Galatians 1:7). The Galatians’ faith had been shaken by false teachers who taught that circumcision and adherence to the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation. This teaching directly contradicts the doctrine of justification by faith alone that Paul preached. He reminds them that “by the works of the law no one will be justified” (Galatians 2:16). We are saved by faith in Christ alone, not some mixture of faith and good works. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8–9, ESV; cf. Romans 3:28).
In Galatians 1:8–9, Paul uses strong language to condemn these false teachers who were promoting a different gospel: “Even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed” (ESV). Here, “accursed” is a translation of the Greek word anathema, which means “consigned to damnation or destruction.” The NET Bible translates the word as “condemned to hell.” Twisting the gospel is a serious offense. Believers must be careful to maintain the purity of the gospel message, for “a little leaven leavens the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9, ESV).
Paul articulates the motive and method of the false teachers in Galatians 4:17: “Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.” Preaching a different gospel was a means of driving a wedge between the church and the apostle Paul. The result would be that the church would be alienated from the truth.
In Galatians 6:12–13, Paul points to the selfishness and cowardice of the false teachers: “Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.” The preachers of a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all—do not have the church’s best interest at heart. The true gospel frees sinners from bondage and brings them into the grace and freedom found in Christ alone.
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For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
—Romans 3:23-24
“I blew it!”
Come to think of it, we’ve all blown it! We don’t measure up. We’re not divine. We are not righteous on our own. We all fall short. We might be decent by the world’s standards, but decent won’t save us in the presence of a holy, infallible, and perfect God. Only the truly righteous make it past the grave and into glory. Thank God! Grace is freely given, and the price for our sin was paid by Jesus. While I “blew it,” Jesus renewed it from sin, death, hell, and the evil one! While I “blew it” — and admit, you blew it, too — Jesus renewed our lives for life with him now, and in glory forever (Colossians 3:1-4). Jesus even presents us to the Father as “holy in his sight, without blemish, and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22).
Prayer
Kind and Loving Father, thank you for being so generous with your mercy, grace, forgiveness, and cleansing. May I be as passionate for your righteousness as you were in redeeming me from my sin. Based on Jesus’ authority and love, I ask for the Holy Spirit to help me with this, as I seek to please you and become more JESUShaped. Amen and Amen
Bible Teaching of the Day
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Galatia was a region in central Asia Minor, located in the highlands of Anatolia, now known as central Turkey. Paul and Barnabas passed through this area on the first missionary journey, establishing several churches there. Timothy was from the area of Derbe and Lystra in Galatia.
Galatia has a long history. In the third century BC, the area was invaded by Gallic Celts, and that is what gave the area its name: Galatia means “land of the Gauls.” Rome conquered Galatia in 189 BC and made it a province in 25 BC. The name Galatia first appears in the New Testament in Acts 16:6 as a region where Paul had preached the gospel.
In the New Testament, Galatian believers are often grouped with those in neighboring provinces. Peter wrote “to God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia” (1 Peter 1:1). Luke coupled Galatia with Phrygia in Acts 16:6 and 18:23.
When Paul addressed his letter to the Galatians, he wrote “to the churches in Galatia,” rather than to a single church as he usually did with other letters (Galatians 1:1–2). Scholars believe that Galatians was most likely the first book of the New Testament to be written, around AD 49. Paul had founded this church and was concerned because the new Galatian believers were being influenced by the Judaizers, Jews who taught that salvation required keeping the Mosaic Law (specifically circumcision), as well as believing in Jesus (Galatians 2:14).
The Galatian churches were a mix of both Jew and Gentile converts, and the Judaizers worked to convince the Galatian churches that the Gentile believers must be circumcised before they could fellowship with the Jewish believers. Paul wrote to clarify what he had initially taught them, that salvation was by faith alone through the grace of God extended to anyone who believed (Ephesians 2:8–9).
Paul was dismayed at the way the Galatian believers were so easily influenced away from the truth of the gospel, and he was adamant that salvation is not dependent on human works: “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!” (Galatians 1:6–9).
Later, on the second missionary journey, Paul again traveled through Galatia to revisit and encourage the churches in that region. As he and Silas visited each church, “they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey” (Acts 16:4), with the result that “the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers” (verse 5). It was during this time that Timothy began traveling with the missionaries (verses 1–3).
The book of Galatians, addressed to the churches of Galatia, is a master’s thesis on salvation by grace alone, through faith (see Galatians 2:21). The theological crisis in the churches in Galatia was confronted head-on, and all the church benefits from Paul’s exhortation to trust in Christ alone. Those today who try to add to the sufficiency of Christ’s death and resurrection with their own works would benefit from a study of Galatians.
Today’s Devotional
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Several places in the Bible speak of being crucified with Christ or having died with Christ: for example, Colossians 2:20; 3:3; and 2 Timothy 2:11. An extended discussion on the subject is found in Romans 6:3–14. Since no believer was literally crucified with Christ, the phrase crucified with Christ is symbolic for a spiritual truth.
Galatians 2:20 is a key passage: “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.”
The context of Galatians 2 is how the believer is made right with God. False teachers were telling the Galatian churches that faith in Christ was not enough. To be saved, they said, believers must also be circumcised and become “Jewish.” Only then would they be wholly right with God. In Galatians 2:15–16 Paul counters that idea: “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 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 Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.”
Paul says, “Through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God” (Galatians 2:19). While Paul was trying to please God by keeping the Law, he was not really living for God. The more he tried to keep the Law, the more he saw how much he failed. It was only when he gave up trying to achieve righteousness on his own and accepted the righteousness of God by faith in Christ that he truly began living for God. Justification by faith actually makes it possible to live for God.
Being crucified with Christ means that we are no longer under the penalty of the Law. That penalty was paid by Christ on our behalf. When Christ was crucified, it was as if we were crucified with Him. The penalty was fully paid—just as surely as if we had been crucified for our own sins. When Christ rose from the dead, it was as if we rose, too. Now the risen Christ empowers us to live for Him in a way that pleases God. We used to seek life through our own works, but now we “live by faith in the Son of God” (Galatians 2:20).
Being crucified with Christ means that we are new creations. “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). The old life is dead and gone. We walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4).
Being crucified with Christ means that we have a new love. The lusts of the flesh and the love of the things of this world have been crucified (Galatians 5:24). Now we love Christ, though we have not seen Him (1 Peter 1:8).
Being crucified with Christ means that we have a new commitment. We are dedicated to the service and glory of the Lord, and that dedication destroys selfishness and surpasses ties to family and friends. We have taken up our cross to follow Him (Matthew 10:38).
Being crucified with Christ means that we have a new way of life. At one time we “followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient” (Ephesians 2:2). But that way of life was nailed to the cross. Now we follow Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, and we seek to please Him in every way (Hebrews 12:2).
The idea of being crucified with Christ emphasizes our union with Him and His death on our behalf. We trust in Christ’s crucifixion as payment for our sin penalty, and we rely on His power to live in a way that pleases God. The emphasis is on what He has done for us, not what we have to do for God. Too often, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is Christ who lives in me” becomes “I need to crucify my sinful desires and try harder to live for God.” When this becomes our perspective, we have slipped out of grace-living and back into law-living, and we minimize the power of Christ’s death for us. We are relying less upon the power of Christ and more upon our own power—and that will never work out well!
In short, Galatians 2:20 tells us how we escaped the penalty of sin to live a life that pleases God. Knowing that we are “crucified with Christ” should give us great encouragement in our Christian walk. We have the power to say “no” to sin and “yes” to God.
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Bible Prophecy, Signs of the Times and Gog and Magog Updates with Articles in the News
The REAL MAGOG steps in – Erdogan: Turkey can invade Israel
Turkey’s president says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “blinded by blood and hatred,” warns the Turkish military can invade Israel.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the weekend escalated his rhetoric against Israel, saying Ankara would have “shown Israel its place” if Pakistan had not been mediating between Washington and Tehran, and threatening to invade Israel.
The remarks came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Erdogan of massacring Kurdish civilians, in response to Ankara backing indictments filed by Turkish prosecutors against dozens of senior Israeli officials, including Netanyahu.
Speaking at a political event on Sunday, Erdogan accused Netanyahu of being “blinded by blood and hatred.”
He added that if US-Iran diplomacy had not been underway, Turkey would have acted more forcefully against Israel, hinting at a possible invasion.
“On the day of the ceasefire, Israel killed hundreds of innocent Lebanese people. Netanyahu is blinded by blood and hatred. Had Pakistan not been mediating in the war between the US and Iran, we would have shown Israel its place,” Erdogan said.
“Just as we entered Libya and Karabakh, we can enter Israel. There is no reason not to do it. It will require strength and unity.”
A day earlier, Netanyahu slammed Erdogan after Ankara backed an indictment by Istanbul prosecutors calling for Netanyahu to be sentenced to life imprisonment plus 4,596 years.
“Israel under my leadership will continue to fight Iran’s terror regime and its proxies, unlike Erdogan, who accommodates them and massacred his own Kurdish citizens,” Netanyahu wrote on X.
This is not the first time Erdogan has hinted at a possible direct military confrontation with Israel.
In July 2024, the Turkish leader said Turkey “might enter Israel” just as it had entered Libya and supported Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, though he did not spell out what kind of intervention he meant.
Israel responded by urging NATO to condemn Turkey and consider steps against Ankara over what Israeli officials called a dangerous threat.
Gog the Dragon Helps Magog in War – US intelligence indicates China preparing weapons shipment to Iran
Beijing is preparing to transfer shoulder-fired anti-air missile systems known as MANPADs.
US intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, CNN reported late on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments.
The network said there are indications that Beijing is working to route the shipments through third countries to mask their origin.
The US State Department, the White House, the Chinese embassy in Washington and China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Beijing is preparing to transfer shoulder-fired anti-air missile systems known as MANPADs, CNN said, citing sources it did not name.
The US and Iran held high-level negotiations on Saturday in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, seeking ways to end their six-week-old war but to no avail, as US Vice President JD Vance confirmed an impasse in negotiations.
The Ships of Chittim – Trump orders Hormuz blockade after failed talks – Daniel Chapter 11 Prophecy
“Effective immediately, the United States Navy will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump announced.
President Donald Trump announced plans to begin a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following the collapse of negotiations with Iran over the weekend.
The move comes after Vice President J.D. Vance left Pakistan without a deal after more than 20 hours of talks, with Washington saying Tehran refused to accept key terms, particularly on its nuclear program.
“So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not,” Trump wrote. “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the finest in the world, will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.”
Trump framed the decision as a response to what he called Iranian “extortion.” “This is world extortion, and leaders of countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted,” he said, adding that vessels that have “paid a toll to Iran” would be targeted. “No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.”
He also said the U.S. would begin clearing Iranian naval mines and respond forcefully to any attacks. “Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be blown to hell,” Trump wrote, while claiming that Iran’s military capabilities had already been severely degraded, saying its navy and air force were effectively gone.
The president indicated the blockade could expand beyond U.S. forces, saying, “Other countries will be involved with this blockade,” and reiterated that Iran would not be allowed to “profit off this illegal act of extortion.” He added that while a broader agreement allowing free passage could still be reached, Iran had not allowed that to happen.
Trump concluded with a warning that the U.S. remains prepared for further escalation. “At an appropriate moment, we are fully ‘locked and loaded,’ and our military will finish up the little that is left of Iran,” he said.
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In Paul’s great defense of salvation and growth by faith rather than by works, Paul asserts that “the law is not of faith” (Galatians 3:12, ESV).
Paul rebukes the Galatians for acting as if their growth (or sanctification) would come from works or obeying the law. He challenges them with a rhetorical question: “Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?” (Galatians 3:2). They knew the answer. They had been born again and received the Spirit of God by grace through faith.
The next step in Paul’s defense of faith-over-law is a series of logical follow-up rhetorical questions. If they had begun their new walk by the Spirit of God (whom they had received by faith), then why are they expecting their growth and maturing would be accomplished by the works of the flesh (Galatians 3:3)? Had everything they had been through to that point been in vain (Galatians 3:4)? Does the One who provides the Spirit of God accomplish His work among them by works of law or by faith in the gospel (Galatians 3:5)? The point is that it is contradictory to acknowledge the role of faith at the beginning only to turn back to works and obedience to law. The law is not of (or from) faith (Galatians 3:12).
In case the Galatians had forgotten, Paul reminds them that Abraham, who lived long before the law was given, was justified by God by faith. Abraham believed in God, and it was counted to him as righteousness (Galatians 3:6; referencing Genesis 15:6). Those who share Abraham’s faith are his “children” (Galatians 3:7). The Galatians were counting themselves as Abraham’s children, perceiving their need to uphold their ancient heritage. Paul reminds them that the legacy of Abraham was not obedience to law or works of the flesh; it was faith in God.
Paul adds that salvation by faith is nothing new. God had announced it long beforehand to Abraham (Galatians 3:8). Just as God had promised, people from all the families of the earth would be saved by faith and would ultimately be blessed with Abraham (Galatians 3:9). On the other hand, all who try to obey the law are under a curse, because they have to obey all of the commandments perfectly (Galatians 3:10; James 2:10). In fact, the Law of Moses was never intended to provide righteousness—which has always and only come by faith (Galatians 3:11).
Paul points out that the law is not of (or from) faith (Galatians 3:12). The law was about works to demonstrate the need for faith. Paul explains that “the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ” (Galatians 3:22, NLT). Before people believed, they were in the custody of the law, as a child is under a guardian (Galatians 3:23). Law, then, helps make clear the depth and severity of our falling short of God’s glory. The Law of Moses, in particular, serves as a tutor to show us the need for salvation by faith in Jesus (Galatians 3:23). The law is not of faith, but the law helps us to see the need for faith. By the works of the law no one can be righteous in God’s sight. We must rely on His righteousness, which He freely gives to all who believe in Jesus Christ.
One way we recognize that the law is not of faith is in the fact that the Law of Moses was a conditional covenant requiring obedience from the people of Israel to receive God’s blessing on the nation (Deuteronomy 28—29). All of the other covenants God made with humanity are unconditional. The gospel pre-announcement that Paul cites in Galatians 3:8 was part of God’s unconditional covenant with Abraham (Genesis 12:2–3). The good news of righteousness has always been by faith and never by conditions of obedience. The law is not of faith.
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