1. Paul scolds the Galatians for allowing themselves to be bewitched and abandoning the true gospel they had received, which was demonstrated through supernatural experiences like receiving the Holy Spirit and miracles. 2. He questions whether their initial conversion came through obeying religious laws or through faith, reminding them it was the latter. 3. Paul worries they are trying to complete their salvation through works instead of the Spirit, and that their past sufferings for the gospel may have been for nothing if they abandon faith for law.

3. GALATIANS 3:1-5
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has put you under a spell?
All of you saw Jesus Christ being nailed to the
cross[when the Holy Spirit worked miracles among
you.] 2 I would like you to answer these questions. Did
you experience the Holy Spirit coming upon you
because you obeyed a religious regulation or because
you believed the message you were hearing? 3 Are you
foolish enough to believe that you can start following
Christ by the power of the Spirit but be completed by
adopting a set of religious regulations? 4 Did you suffer
so much persecution for nothing? Hopefully it wasn’t
for nothing. 5 Does the God who gives you the Spirit
and works miracles among you do so as a reward for
keeping religious rules or because you believe what
you heard?

4. NOTICING EVERY WORD
that God has spoken
1. Identifying every new piece of stand alone
information by placing a forward slash at the
end.
e.g. “O foolish Galatians. / Who has put you
under a spell? /

5. NOTICING EVERY WORD
that God has spoken
2. Circling the moderating word or words in
each piece of information
e.g. “O foolish Galatians. / Who has put you
under a spell? /

6. NOTICING EVERY WORD
that God has spoken
1. Identifying every new piece of stand alone
information by placing a forward slash at the
end.
2. Circling the moderating word or words in
each piece of information
3. Making summary statements for each piece
of information.

7. NOTICING EVERY WORD STEP 3
that God has spoken
SUMMARY STATEMENTS
1. The way the Galatians had allowed the real
gospel to be substituted was because they
had been FOOLISH.
2. The process was like allowing a magician to
come and put them under a spell.
3. All this had happened despite the fact that
they had SEEN JESUS being nailed to the
cross.

8. NOTICING EVERY WORD STEP 3
that God has spoken
SUMMARY STATEMENTS
4. Paul asked them some questions to try and
show why their experience was so foolish.
5. They had experienced the power of the Holy
Spirit by believing what they had heard not by
keeping a set of religious rules.
6. They had begun to follow Christ because of the
experience of Holy Spirit power and now they
were acting as if the completion of that journey
would be accomplished by adopting a whole
range of cultural religious rituals.

9. NOTICING EVERY WORD STEP 3
that God has spoken
SUMMARY STATEMENTS
7. They had experienced supernatural suffering
(where there was no human explanation as to
why they were persecuted) because of what
God had done by the Spirit.
8. Paul was worried that they may well have
suffered this way without having the
opportunity of reaping kingdom of God rewards.
9. The received the Spirit and experienced miracles
by believing what they heard, not by adopting
culturally derived religious rules

10. NOTICING EVERY WORD STEP 4
that God has spoken
QUESTIONS AND INFO
1. What does Paul mean when he says that the
Galatian believers had seen Jesus Christ
publicly portrayed as crucified?
2. Why was their experience of persecution a
testimony to the original gospel being
genuine?
3. What is he appealing to in all of these
questions?

11. QUESTION #1:
JESUS PUBLICLY PORTRAYED AS CRUCIFIED
OPTIONS:
• Make a guess or take a vote
• Use other references in Scripture to shed light
on the meaning.
• Allow the immediate context to testify to the
meaning.

12. QUESTION #2:
SUFFERING AS TESTIMONY?
Here is the line up:
• The experience of receiving the Spirit
• The experience of coming to faith in Christ
• ……………suffering………………?????
• Miracles worked by the power of the Spirit

13. QUESTION #2:
The first experiences of preaching in Galatia Acts 13-14
In Cyprus a false prophet
opposed Paul and tried
to persuade the
governor to reject what
Paul was saying.

14. QUESTION #2:
The first experiences of preaching in Galatia Acts 13-14
In Perga John Mark left
the group possibly
because of fear.

15. QUESTION #2:
The first experiences of preaching in Galatia Acts 13-14
In Antioch the Jews
incited city leaders to
expell Paul and
Barnabas.

16. QUESTION #2:
The first experiences of preaching in Galatia Acts 13-14
In Iconium the Jews who
refused to believe
stirred up the Gentiles
and poisoned the minds
against Paul and the
believers.

17. QUESTION #2:
The first experiences of preaching in Galatia Acts 13-14
In Lystra Jews from
Antioch and Iconium
won the crowd over
and had Paul stoned
and left for dead

18. QUESTION #2:
The first experiences of preaching in Galatia Acts 13-14
On the way back Paul’s message: staying true to the
faith - we must go through many hardships to enter
the kingdom of God.” (14:24)

19. QUESTION #2:
SUFFERING AS TESTIMONY?
The experience of
suffering was the result
of the kingdom
represented by the
gospel challenging the
incumbent ruling power
and resulted in violent
opposition in the form
of irrational persecution
and suffering for the
believers.

20. QUESTION #2:
SUFFERING AS TESTIMONY?
The experience of
suffering was the result
of the kingdom
represented by the
gospel challenging the
incumbent ruling power
and resulted in violent
opposition in the form
of irrational persecution
and suffering for the
believers.

21. QUESTION #2:
SUFFERING AS TESTIMONY?
Here is the line up:
• Supernatural experience [baptism/Spirit]
• Supernatural experience [born again]
• Supernatural suffering – the power of the
gospel challenging the power of the
incumbent rule.

22. NOTICING EVERY WORD STEP 4
that God has spoken
QUESTIONS AND INFO
1. What does Paul mean when he says that the
Galatian believers had seen Jesus Christ
publicly portrayed as crucified?
2. Why was their experience of persecution a
testimony to the original gospel being
genuine?
3. What is he appealing to in all of these
questions?

23. QUESTION #3:
THE POINT OF THE FOUR QUESTIONS
1. The genuine gospel must be established through
a supernatural experience of the Holy Spirit.
2. The genuine gospel must be based on a
supernatural experience of being born again.
3. The genuine gospel will inevitably challenge the
ruling powers in your sphere (family, work etc)
4. The genuine gospel will open the door to signs,
wonders and miracles by the Spirit

24. QUESTION #3:
THE POINT OF THE FOUR QUESTIONS
• The genuine gospel must be established through a supernatural experience of the
Holy Spirit.
• The genuine gospel must be based on a supernatural experience of being born
again.
• The genuine gospel will inevitably challenge the ruling powers in your sphere
(family, work etc)
• The genuine gospel will open the door to signs, wonders and miracles by the Spirit
THE FAKE GOSPEL
WILL NEITHER DEPEND ON
NOR PRESUME
ANY OF THESE EXPERIENCES

25. EMBRACING WHAT GOD IS SAYING
 Supernatural experience of being born
again?
 Supernatural experience of receiving the
Spirit?
 Supernatural hardships and opposition?
 Supernatural miracles

26. WHAT KIND OF GOSPEL ARE WE
PROCLAIMING?
 Human reason or Holy Spirit ?
 Genuine challenge or watery cultural
compromise?
 Challenging incumbent authority or trying to
avoid confrontation?
 Producing miracle changes or cultural
transitions