It was "NOT of men" and "NEITHER by man"
(Galatians 1:1):
When "a certain disciple" was TOLD by the Lord
TO "INQUIRE ... of one called Saul" (Acts 9:11) - this "disciple" was NOT QUICK TO SEEK OUT the one who
had done "much evil to" the Lord's "saints at Jerusalem" (Acts 9:13)
"When Saul was come to Jerusalem, he ASSAYED TO JOIN
himself to the discipes, BUT they were ALL AFRAID of him AND BELIEVED NOT that he was a disciple" (Acts 9:26)
It was "BY Jesus, and God the Father" (Galatians 1:1):
THE LORD DECLARED that "HE IS A CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO
ME, to bear My Name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel" (Acts 9:15):
PAUL was GOD'S LAST AND GREATEST APOSTOLIC WITNESS concerning
HIS HAVING "RAISED" CHRIST "FROM THE DEAD" (Galatians 1:1 cf.I Corinthians 15:8-10):
For the GREATEST PERSECUTOR of the RESURRECTED CHRIST
(Acts 9:1) was DIVINELY ORDAINED to become the GREATEST SUFFERER for the RESURRECTED
CHRIST (Acts 9:16)
All the Brethren with Paul - untothe Churches of Galatia(Galatians 1:2)
"BARNABAS", alias "BARSABBAS", and
the name "JOSES" being a form of the name "Joseph" (Acts 4:36 cf.Acts 1:23)
- was ONE OF ONLY TWO CANDIDATES for the REPLACEMENT OF JUDAS (Acts 1:21-23) and was the ONLY TESTIFIER ON PAUL'S BEHALF to the apostles (Acts 9:27)
- became PAUL'S MAIN PARTNER in his EARLY MINISTRY (Acts 15:2,12.22.25,35):
"SEPARATE ME BARNABAS AND PAUL FOR THE WORK WHEREUNTO
I HAVE CALLED THEM" (Acts 13:2)
"MANY OF THE JEWS AND RELIGIOUS PROSELYTES FOLLOWED
PAUL AND BARNABAS" (Acts 13:43)
When Paul came "to Derbe and Lystra ... behold, a
CERTAIN DISCIPLE was there, NAMED TIMOTHEUS ... which was WELL REPORTED OF BY THE BRETHREN that were AT LYSTRA
AND ICONIUM ... HIM WOULD PAUL HAVE TO GO FORTH WITH HIM" (Acts 16:1-3):
PAUL'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING TIMOTHY - "I HAVE NO
MAN LIKEMINDED ... YE KNOW THE PROOF OF HIM ... AS A SON WITH THE FATHER, HE HATH SERVED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL"
(Philippians 2:20,22)
The CHURCHES in "the REGION OF GALATIA ... in ASIA"
(Acts 16:6) were FOUNDED DURING PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-2)
amidst "MUCH TRIBULATION" (Acts 14:21-22):
It was at PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY STOP at PISIDIAN ANTIOCH
IN GALATIA (Acts 13:14) - that THE CROSS was FIRST PREACHED AS GOOD NEWS TO THE JEWS (Acts 13:38-39)
- whereas BEFORE it was PREACHED AS BAD NEWS TO THEM (Acts 3:13-15,17,19):
STEPHEN "being FULL of THE HOLY SPIRIT, LOOKED UP
steadfastly into heaven, and SAW the GLORY of God, and JESUS STANDING on the RIGHT HAND of God" (Acts 7:55)
WHY "STANDING" and NOT "SITTING" -
ISRAEL'S UNPARDONABLE SIN as per MESSIAH'S WARNING (Matthew 12:31-32)
ARRESTED by the "LIGHT FROM HEAVEN", i.e. by
the GLORY of MESSIAH (Acts 9:3-5)
SAVED (I Timothy 1:15) to "SHOW FORTH ALL LONGSUFFERING ... TO THEM WHICH SHOULD HEREAFTER
BELIEVE ... TO LIFE EVERLASTING" (I Timothy 1:16 cf.Acts 9:16)
All His ENEMIES who have been RECONCILED to Him (Romans 5:10)
"BY FAITH ... THROUGH ... CHRIST" (Romans 5:1) - GOD has "RAISED ... UP TOGETHER, and MADE ... SIT TOGETHER
in heavenly places TOGETHER WITH CHRIST" (Ephesians 2:6)
The Gift of God the Son - according toThe Will of God the Father(Galatians 1:4)
The GIFT of GOD THE SON - JUSTIFICATION (Galatians 1:4):
God the Son "GAVE HIMSELF for our sins" (Galatians 1:4):
"The MAN Christ Jesus" is the "MEDIATOR"
between God and man (I Timothy 2:5) - He "GAVE HIMSELF a ransom for all" (I Timothy 2:6)
"THROUGH THIS MAN is preached unto you the FORGIVENESS
of sins" (Acts 13:38)
"BY HIM all that believe are JUSTIFIED from all things,
from which ye could NOT be JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW of Moses" (Acts 13:39)
"For what THE LAW could not do, in that it was WEAK
THOUGH THE FLESH, GOD sending HIS OWN SON in the LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH, CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH" (Romans 8:3)
- "Who HIS OWN SELF BARE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY on the tree" (I Peter 2:24)
The GIFT of GOD THE SON - SANCTIFICATION (Galatians 1:4):
It is "according to the WILL of GOD THE FATHER"
that THROUGH GOD THE SON - His people might EXPERIENCE DELIVERANCE "FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL AGE" (Galatians 1:4):
God has POSITIONALLY DELIVERED the believer "FROM
the POWER of DARKNESS into the KINGDOM of the SON of HIS LOVE" (Colossians 1:13 cf.Acts 26:18)
for "ye who WERE ... DARKNESS, BUT NOW are ye LIGHT IN THE LORD" (Ephesians 5:8)
ALL BELIEVERS "are ALL the CHILDREN of LIGHT, and
the CHILDREN of the DAY ... NOT of the NIGHT, nor of DARKNESS" (I Thessalonians 5:5)
ALL BELIEVERS may EXPERIENTIALLY be "MORE THAN CONQUERORS
THROUGH HIM that loved us" (Romans 8:37) - IF THEY:
"LOOK NOT AT the THINGS which are SEEN, BUT AT the
THINGS which are NOT SEEN" (II Corinthians 4:18)
"SEEK those THINGS which are ABOVE, where CHRIST
SITTETH at the RIGHT HAND of GOD" (Colossians 3:1) - HAVING BEEN "MADE ALIVE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST" (Ephesians 2:5)
and "RAISED ... UP TOGETHER, and MADE ... SIT TOGETHER in heavenly places WITH CHRIST JESUS" (Ephesians 2:6)
Glory for Ever and Ever - untoGod the Father(Galatians 1:5)
Paul CONCLUDES his SALUTATION "unto the churches
in Galatia" (Galatians 1:2) with ETERNAL PRAISE to God the FATHER, "to Whom be GLORY FOR
EVER AND EVER. AMEN." (Galatians 1:5):
It was "according to the WILL of God ... our FATHER"
(Galatians 1:4) that "our LORD Jesus Christ" (Galatians 1:3) "GAVE HIMSELF for our sins" (Galatians 1:4)
Paul CONCLUDES with ETERNAL PRAISE to God the FATHER,
"to Whom be GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN." (Romans 11:36):
This is Paul's RESPONSE to "the DEPTH and the RICHES
of BOTH the WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE of God!" (Romans 11:33)
This is in REFERENCE to GOD HAVING "CONCLUDED ...
ALL IN UNBELIEF, that He MIGHT HAVE MERCY UPON ALL" (Romans 11:32)
Paul CONCLUDES with ETERNAL PRAISE to God the FATHER,
"unto God ... our FATHER be GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN." (Philippians 4:20):
This is Paul's RESPONSE to the believer's SPIRITUAL NEED
which is SUPPLIED BY "His RICHES in GLORY by CHRIST JESUS" (Philippians 4:19)
This SPIRITUAL NEED for EACH BELIEVER (as defined in the
context) is the NEED to LEARN CONTENTMENT "in WHATSOEVER STATE I am" (Philippians 4:11):
For "I am INSTRUCTED to BOTH to BE FULL and to BE
HUNGRY" (Philippians 4:12)
For "I can DO ALL things THROUGH CHRIST which STRENGTHENETH
ME" (Philippians 4:13)
Paul CONCLUDES with ETERNAL PRAISE to God the FATHER,
"unto the KING ETERNAL ... INVISIBLE ... the ONLY WISE GOD, be HONOUR and GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN."
(I Timothy 1:17):
This is Paul's RESPONSE to "that in ME FIRST Jesus
Christ might show forth ALL LONGSUFFERING" (I Timothy 1:16):
It was ONLY BY His "GRACE ... EXCEEDING ABUNDANT"
(I Timothy 1:14) that Paul testified, God "CALLED ME ... TO REVEAL HIS SON IN
ME" (Galatians 1:15-16)
Paul's GRANDEST CONCLUSION of ETERNAL PRAISE to God the
FATHER, "unto Him be THE GLORY in the Church by Christ Jesus THROUGHOUT ALL AGES ... WITHOUT END. AMEN."
(Ephesians 3:21 cf.Ephesians 2:6-7):
This is in RESPONSE to "Him Who is ABLE to do EXCEEDING
ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL ... according to the POWER that WORKETH in us" (Ephesians 3:20):
This POWER and WORKING is in reference to being "STRENGTHENED
with MIGHT by His Spirit in the INNER MAN" (Ephesians 3:16), so that "ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE" (Ephesians 3:17)
- ye "may be FULLY ABLE to COMPREHEND with ALL the SAINTS ... the LOVE of CHRIST ... that ye might be FILLED
with ALL the FULLNESS of GOD" (Ephesians 3:18-19)
It is BY "the FATHER of our Lord Jesus Christ"
(Ephesians 3:14) that "EVERY FAMILY in EARTH and HEAVEN is NAMED" (Ephesians 3:15):
For "ALL things shall be SUBDUED UNTO HIM ... that
GOD may be ALL IN ALL" (I Corinthians 15:28)