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Lesson OneEpistles (First Few Verses Of Each Pauline Epistle)25 Activities
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Lesson TwoOverview of Galatians19 Activities
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Lesson ThreeWorks-Righteousness as Slavery19 Activities2 Assessments
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Lesson FourFaith, Life, and the Spirit13 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveAuthor and Audience17 Activities2 Assessments
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Participants 5
In | Workbook: True and False Gospels
Grab your Workbook Journal!
[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
In the first chapter of Galatians, Paul expresses shock and frustration that many have deserted his message:
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
Galatians 1:6-9 (NIV)
This distinction between a “false” gospel that Paul condemns and the “true” gospel that Paul “received by revelation from Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:11) continues throughout the letter.
- In your workbook identify each of the marks of true and false gospels in the table below by writing “True” or “False” on each row.
| Passage | True Gospel or False Gospel? |
| Treats Christ’s death as meaningless. (2:21) | |
| Explains that all believers have the Holy Spirit through faith. (3:14) | |
| Tries to find favor with God by observing certain rituals. (4:10) | |
| Counts on keeping laws to erase sin. (5:4) | |
| Teaches that the source of the Gospel is God. (2:20) | |
| Says people must obey the law in order to be saved. (3:12) | |
| Declares that we cannot be saved by keeping laws. (3:21-22) | |
| Says that all believers are one in Christ. (3:26-28) |
List of marks quoted from: Bruce B. Barton, Linda K. Taylor, David R. Veerman, and Neil Wilson, Life Application Bible Commentary: Galatians, edited by Grant Osborne and Philip Comfort, 1994, p. 19.
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Passage |
True Gospel or False Gospel? |
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Treats Christ’s death as meaningless. (2:21) |
FALSE |
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Explains that all believers have the Holy Spirit through faith. (3:14) |
TRUE |
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Tries to find favor with God by observing certain rituals. (4:10) |
FALSE |
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Counts on keeping laws to erase sin. (5:4) |
FALSE |
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Teaches that the source of the gospel is God. (2:20) |
TRUE |
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Says people must obey the law in order to be saved. (3:12) |
FALSE |
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Declares that we cannot be saved by keeping laws. (3:21-22) |
TRUE |
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Says that all believers are one in Christ. (3:26-28) |
TRUE |