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The Proof Of A Believer’s Experience
Study 1: Galatians 3:1-5 —Teacher’s Outline and Study Bible
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CHAPTER 3
III. THE PROOF THAT A MAN IS
JUSTIFIED
BY
FAITH
ALONE & NOT BY WORKS,
3:1–4:7
A. The Proof of a Believer’s Expe-
rience, 3:1-5
O foolish Galatians, who hath be-
witched you, that ye should not obey
the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ hath been evidently set forth,
crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you, Re-
ceived ye the Spirit by the works of the
law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in
the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by
the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in
vain? if it be yet in vain.
5 He therefore that ministereth to you
the Spirit, and worketh miracles among
you, doeth he it by the works of the
law, or by the hearing of faith?
Section III
THE PROOF THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY
FAITH ALONE AND NOT BY WORKS
Galatians 3:1–4:7
Study 1: THE PROOF OF A BELIEVER’S EXPERIENCE
Text: Galatians 3:1-5
Aim:
To make absolutely sure that your spiritual experience is based
on faith alone.
Memory Verse:
“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye
now made perfect by the flesh?” (Ga.3:3).
SECTION OVERVIEW:
This passage begins the major teaching of the book of
Galatians
, that a
man is justified by faith alone and not by good works nor by law. Of
course, a man should be as good as he can be and do as much good as
he can. A man should live a moral and just life like the law says. But
this is not the point; this is not what Scripture is saying. Scripture is
saying that a person is
not justified
before God by doing good and
keeping the law. No man can do enough good nor keep enough laws to
become perfect and acceptable before God. God is perfect, and no mat-
ter how much good we do and how much law we keep, we do not be-
come perfect. We still fall short: we still fail, sin, age, and die. Good
works and law do not perfect us; they do not make us acceptable to
God nor impart to us eternal life. Only God Himself can perfect us,
accept us, and give us eternal life. Any thinking and honest person
knows that there is nothing on earth—absolutely nothing—that can
keep us from coming short and dying. There is absolutely nothing on
earth that can give us eternal life in a perfect world where there is
nothing but love, joy, and peace. If we are ever to inherit eternal life,
then God has to give it to us.
The point is this: How do we know that God will justify us? How do
1. A believer corrects error
a. Because ignoring the
error makes him foolish
& deceives him
b. Because he has seen
Christ so clearly
2. A believer receives the
Spirit by faith, not by
observing the law
3. A believer grows by faith
4. A believer suffers because
of his faith
5. A believer experiences
God’s miraculous work
by faith, not by observing
the law