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[666.46 --> 670.58] These people are going into the churches in Galatia, and they're saying to the people there,
[670.58 --> 672.44] this Paul guy.
[673.44 --> 677.74] He's got lots of big ideas about Jesus and the gospel and what it means to follow him,
[677.84 --> 678.90] but he's a bit confused.
[679.04 --> 681.28] He's a bit muddled on what it's all about.
[681.60 --> 684.50] What you now need to do, you've taken on Jesus, you follow Jesus.
[684.62 --> 691.02] Now you need to take that final step of embracing the Old Testament law, its ceremonial practices,
[691.38 --> 692.90] and all the things that we do.
[692.90 --> 695.00] That's the big next step for you.
[696.70 --> 700.74] And that includes, you should know, the word law has lots of layers to it.
[700.78 --> 704.26] There's like the teachings, like Old Testament commandments, and then there's the ceremonial
[704.26 --> 706.02] practices, and then there's a lifestyle.
[706.40 --> 711.18] The three specific things that show up a lot that Paul's referencing in Galatians are they
[711.18 --> 716.20] have to observe the food laws, certain kosher foods you can eat and other things you can't,
[716.92 --> 720.54] the Sabbath laws, like what you can do and what you cannot do on the Sabbath.
[721.02 --> 725.28] And the third one, perhaps the most involved, is circumcision for the men.
[726.14 --> 730.38] And I mean, I wasn't around at the time, but I imagine the Gentile Christians who are new
[730.38 --> 734.16] to the Christian faith, like, all right, there's food, things, there's things we can't do on
[734.16 --> 737.10] certain days, and do we have to be circumcised?
[737.10 --> 738.76] Like, can we talk about this one?
[740.14 --> 743.14] If you don't know what circumcision is, you can talk about it at home, you can Google it.
[743.22 --> 744.06] Maybe don't Google it.
[744.56 --> 745.46] Talk to somebody.
[746.06 --> 747.10] It's a terrible idea.
[749.16 --> 753.06] And maybe to you, you're like, wow, this doesn't sound that controversial, this is not that
[753.06 --> 756.16] big a deal, but for Paul, this is infuriating.
[756.68 --> 758.04] And we'll say why in just a moment.
[758.12 --> 760.56] He is so upset by this that he writes Galatians.
[761.68 --> 762.88] Here's another layer.
[762.98 --> 767.06] So you've got people telling the Christians who are new to the faith, you've got to go beyond
[767.06 --> 770.14] Jesus and take hold of the law, and that's the thing that sets us apart.
[770.22 --> 771.84] That's the most important thing.
[772.38 --> 774.90] But then there's this, and this is new to me, by the way.
[774.92 --> 776.78] I did not grow up hearing about this.
[777.36 --> 784.42] At this time, the Caesar of Rome is increasingly demanding that people worship him as a god,
[784.54 --> 784.74] right?
[784.76 --> 786.06] We talked about this at Christmas Eve.
[786.48 --> 788.20] The Caesar saw themselves as a deity.
[788.20 --> 790.90] They saw themselves as saviors who were bringing peace to the world.
[791.26 --> 795.64] And increasingly, they were implementing feasts and sacrifices and ways of people throughout
[795.64 --> 797.96] the city to honor them as a god and worship them.
[798.54 --> 801.80] But the Jewish people had a religious exemption.
[802.60 --> 805.26] They sort of claimed, hey, we're people who follow these laws.
[805.48 --> 808.50] We don't want to be part of these practices, these feasts, these celebrations.
[808.72 --> 809.88] And they got an exemption.
[810.68 --> 812.48] But here's where it got really complicated.
[813.60 --> 817.38] Gentile believers were now saying, hey, we're part of God's people too.
[817.50 --> 820.92] We want to be part of that exemption so we don't have to worship the Caesar.
[821.04 --> 822.66] We don't have to be part of these feasts in the city.
[822.66 --> 828.40] And the Jewish people were thinking, oh man, if these Gentiles come in and they're not living
[828.40 --> 833.74] like we do and they're claiming the same exemption, we could lose the exemption and as a result
[833.74 --> 835.02] be persecuted.
[836.10 --> 840.16] And so part of why they were wanting all these Old Testament laws and imposing them on these
[840.16 --> 844.76] new believers is because they were worried if we get like outed for what we believe or
[844.76 --> 847.04] if we lose our exemption, we could be persecuted.
[847.04 --> 852.14] We're going to come back to this in this series, but let me just read for you a very poignant
[852.14 --> 855.50] passage in Galatians 6 on this very topic.
[855.88 --> 857.28] This is Galatians 6 verse 12.
[858.18 --> 864.44] Paul writes, those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel them
[864.44 --> 865.56] to be circumcised.
[866.02 --> 866.66] Listen to this.
[867.04 --> 873.94] The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
[873.94 --> 880.18] Now, to put it a different way, some Jews were probably very zealous for the law.
[880.32 --> 882.34] Some Jewish Christians were very zealous for the law.
[882.52 --> 886.62] But there is a very pragmatic sense of like, hey people, if you get on board with the law,
[886.70 --> 889.68] there's not two groups of us, then you won't be persecuted.
[890.12 --> 895.68] But the problem is people are going under the law and they're not even speaking about Jesus
[895.68 --> 896.44] Christ as Lord.
[897.08 --> 900.30] And Paul says to them actually in Galatians 5, he says, you know why you're not being persecuted
[900.30 --> 901.96] and why I am being persecuted?
[902.40 --> 907.14] Because I'm speaking about Jesus Christ as Lord over and against Caesar and you're saying
[907.14 --> 908.90] let's hide under the safety of the law.
[909.80 --> 914.20] And Paul says, if you want to follow Jesus, you declare him as Jesus Christ as Lord and
[914.20 --> 916.30] Caesar is not and see what happens.
[917.46 --> 920.06] I told you already that Galatians is a challenging book.
[920.14 --> 921.24] I hope you're starting to feel that.
[921.24 --> 929.18] Now I want to move specifically through three ways that Paul is upset or three things that
[929.18 --> 931.70] is upsetting Paul that drives the writing of this letter.
[932.72 --> 938.18] First is this, Paul is upset because the gospel of Jesus Christ is at stake.
[938.88 --> 941.46] So much is at stake in what's going on in Galatians.
[941.58 --> 946.44] I want to read for us what he says in the passage that Jerry read for us in verse 6 and then verse
[946.44 --> 946.78] 9.
[947.62 --> 952.66] Paul says to them, I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called
[952.66 --> 956.50] you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel.
[957.38 --> 962.60] So this emphasis of going beyond Jesus to the Old Testament law for Paul is a different gospel,
[963.02 --> 964.76] which is really no gospel at all.
[965.14 --> 970.60] And then down to verse 9, he says, as we have already said, so I now say again, if anybody
[970.60 --> 977.38] is preaching to you a gospel other than what you have accepted, let that person be under
[977.38 --> 978.38] God's curse.
[980.20 --> 981.78] Just take that in for a minute.
[982.96 --> 987.38] Paul is saying to those who preach something other than Jesus Christ, death and resurrection,
[987.64 --> 991.90] ruling over the world, if there's something else being preached, let the person preaching
[991.90 --> 994.44] it and accepting it be cursed.
[994.44 --> 994.52] Christ.
[995.32 --> 998.34] This is strong language.
[1000.44 --> 1001.48] And here's why.
[1002.32 --> 1005.62] Paul knows at the core of his being, the guy grew up Jewish.
[1005.90 --> 1007.40] He was a very zealous Jew himself.
[1007.72 --> 1009.00] He knew the function of the law.
[1009.12 --> 1010.30] He knew how important it was.