Sabbath School: Galatians 3:21-25 | E. J. Waggoner
PRISONERS OF HOPE.
November 3, I900.
(Gal. 3:18-26, R. V.)
November 3, I900.
(Gal. 3:18-26, R. V.)
(Gal. 2:17-21.)
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Paul says, "I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of mine own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers." It is easy to see that "the Jews' religion" was not the religion of God and Jesus Christ, but was human tradition. People make a great mistake in considering "Judaism" as the religion of the Old Testament. The Old Testament no more teaches Judaism than the New Testament teaches Roman Catholicism.
Galatians 2:1-10
Before beginning the study of the second chapter of Galatians, read the first chapter again carefully. One must necessarily understand and have in mind the contents of chapter 1 in order to understand chapter 2, since the second is but a continuation of the first. There is no break in the narrative in passing from the first to the second chapter. We may summarize the first chapter thus:—
The salutation, in which the whole Gospel is included.
Galatians 1:13-24