Boast of the Gospel - Its Glory (Galatians 6:14-15)

(Class Notes)

• The Glory of the Cross (Galatians 6:14)
  • Paul's BOAST was in "the CROSS of ... Christ" ALONE (Galatians 6:14):
    • Paul was "NOT ASHAMED" of "the GOSPEL of Christ: for it is the POWER of God unto SALVATION" - "to every one that BELIEVETH" (Romans 1:16), i.e "unto them which are CALLED" (I Corinthians 1:24)
    • For "therein is the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God REVEALED" (Romans 1:17), i.e. "the RIGHTEOUSNESS of FAITH" (Romans 4:13) - APART FROM the WORKS of the Law (Romans 3:19-21), which EXCLUDES the BOASTING of WORKS (Romans 3:27 cf. Romans 4:4-5)
    • To "the JEWS" who "REQUIRE a SIGN" (I Corinthians 1:22), i.e. a DEMONSTRATION of "POWER from ON HIGH" (Luke 24:49) - "CHRIST CRUCIFIED" is a "STUMBLING BLOCK" (I Corinthians 1:23)
    • To "the GREEKS" who "SEEK after WISDOM" (I Corinthians 1:22), i.e "ENTICING WORDS of MAN'S WISDOM" (I Corinthians 2:4) - "CHRIST CRUCIFIED" is "FOOLISHNESS" (I Corinthians 1:23)
    • However, "unto THEM which are CALLED" of "both JEWS and GREEKS" - "CHRIST CRUCIFIED" is both "the POWER of GOD, and the WISDOM of GOD" (I Corinthians 1:23-24)
    • Thus, the BELIEVER is to ONLY "GLORY in the LORD" (I Corinthians 1:31 cf. Jeremiah 9:23-24) - for it is ONLY "in CHRIST JESUS" that the BELIEVER has "WISDOM and RIGHTEOUSNESS and SANCTIFICATION and REDEMPTION" (I Corinthians 1:30 cf. Romans 3:24-26)
  • For Paul, the CROSS FOCUSED BELIEVER - he declares that "the WORLD is CRUCIFIED UNTO ME, and I UNTO the WORLD (Galatians 6:14):
    • For it is "the SAINTS in LIGHT" (Colossians 1:12) who have been "DELIVERED ... FROM the POWER of DARKNESS ... INTO the KINGDOM of the SON of HIS LOVE" (Colossians 1:13 cf. Acts 26:18)

• The New Creation (Galatians 6:15)
  • To be "IN CHRIST JESUS" is to be a "NEW CREATION" (Galatians 6:15):
    • "HENCEFORTH, KNOW we NO MAN AFTER the FLESH" (II Corinthians 5:16 cf. Ephesians 2:11-13)
    • The "OLD THINGS" of "THE LAW" (Ephesians 2:15) are "PASSED AWAY" (II Corinthians 5:17), i.e. they have been "BROKEN DOWN ... BY THE CROSS" (Ephesians 2:14,16)
    • Therefore, "BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ... BECOME NEW" (II Corinthians 5:17), i.e. via the FORMATION of the "ONE NEW MAN ... ONE BODY" (Ephesians 2:15-16) in which "... there is NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK" (Galatians 3:27-28 cf. I Corinthians 12:13)

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