Who is Accursed in Gal 1:9 ?????

[dan p]

Hi to all and who is Paul talking about in Gal 1:9 .

1) And this is a literal translation ; " As we have said beforehand ( he means v 8 ) I say also just now again , Since someone is preaching the gospel to you contrary to what you received , let him be accursed .

2) The Greek veb for the words " we said before " is PROEREO , and means " formerly , to say before ".

3) This verb is in the Greek Perfect Tense . The Perfect Tense signifies a Past Action with the results Continuing on into the PRESENT .

4) " Formerly " refers to when Paul started these assemblies and warned them of a situation like this . Paul also warned the Ephesian assembly in Acts 20:29-31 .

5) The Perfect Tense makes this relevant to teh whole Dispensation of Grace . the Holy Spirit warns again and again by the inspired Word NOT to preach anything else but the Gospel of the Grace of God revealed to Paul .

6) This verse and verse 8 set forth a FINAL warning to the assemblies of the dangerous position they can get themselves into listening to Kingdom preachers .

7) The word " again " refers to verse 8 .

8) The Greek word for " if " is EI . This is used with the Greek Indicative Mood of Fact , and since Paul wrote about something that actually took place , EI can and should be translated " since " . Verse 8 represents something that COULD take place while verse 9 represents something that DID take place .

9) The Greek word for " received " is PARALAMBANO , and means " to receive something transmitted " , and is used 2 times in Galatians ( 1:9 ,12 ) See verse 12 .

10) This word shows that the Assemblies DID receive Paul's message of Grace and then turned their backs on it because of the Kingdom Preachers .

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[handy]

What Paul is writing to the Galatians about is not "Kingdom Preachers" but rather about Judaizers: Those who wanted all uncircumcised Gentile Christians to submit to the old Law and be circumcised.

The context of Galatians 1:9 would begin in verse 6. Here is the full text:

6I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; 7which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

As we can see from verse 7, Paul isn't saying that there is a different gospel, but that there were those who wanted to distort the gospel of Christ. The way they were distorting the Gospel was that they (certain Jewish Christians whom Paul calls "the party of the circumcision" in 2:12) were insisting that Gentile Christians be circumcised. This is the whole thrust of the entire letter to the Galatians, and Paul sums up his exhortation not to distort the gospel of Christ in 6:12-15: Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh. 14But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

 

[glorydaz]

Paul knew the gospel of grace and the gospel of the kingdom were the same. It took the other disciples longer to figure out that entering the kingdom was through grace by faith. They didn't realize for quite some time that Jesus would have to die and be resurrected. It wasn't a different gospel, but it wasn't fully understood because the disciples were preaching to the Jews, and Paul was preaching to the gentiles. The disciples preached the Messiah and the kingdom destination, and Paul preached the means of entering into the kingdom...not of works but by grace through faith. Christ was the serpent on the stick shown in the OT, but it was a mystery that unfolded to the Jews' understanding only after Christ had been resurrected. The same grace and the same gospel was shown in types and shadows before Christ even arrived on the scene.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

It wasn't the preachers of the gospel of the kingdom that Paul is referring to in Gal., but that the road to salvation is not by the works of the law. He was simply expounding on the same Gospel that had been given from the beginning.

 

[handy]

Paul knew the gospel of grace and the gospel of the kingdom were the same. It took the other disciples longer to figure out that entering the kingdom was through grace by faith. They didn't realize for quite some time that Jesus would have to die and be resurrected. It wasn't a different gospel, but it wasn't fully understood because the disciples were preaching to the Jews, and Paul was preaching to the gentiles. The disciples preached the Messiah and the kingdom destination, and Paul preached the means of entering into the kingdom...not of works but by grace through faith. Christ was the serpent on the stick shown in the OT, but it was a mystery that unfolded to the Jews' understanding only after Christ had been resurrected. The same grace and the same gospel was shown in types and shadows before Christ even arrived on the scene.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

It wasn't the preachers of the gospel of the kingdom that Paul is referring to in Gal., but that the road to salvation is not by the works of the law. He was simply expounding on the same Gospel that had been given from the beginning.

:nod :amen

 

[dan p]

Paul knew the gospel of grace and the gospel of the kingdom were the same. It took the other disciples longer to figure out that entering the kingdom was through grace by faith. They didn't realize for quite some time that Jesus would have to die and be resurrected. It wasn't a different gospel, but it wasn't fully understood because the disciples were preaching to the Jews, and Paul was preaching to the gentiles. The disciples preached the Messiah and the kingdom destination, and Paul preached the means of entering into the kingdom...not of works but by grace through faith. Christ was the serpent on the stick shown in the OT, but it was a mystery that unfolded to the Jews' understanding only after Christ had been resurrected. The same grace and the same gospel was shown in types and shadows before Christ even arrived on the scene.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

It wasn't the preachers of the gospel of the kingdom that Paul is referring to in Gal., but that the road to salvation is not by the works of the law. He was simply expounding on the same Gospel that had been given from the beginning.

:nod :amen

Hi Handy , then you know what Acts 15:11 is saying ??????

 

[XTruth]

ACTS 15:11

a [grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved] This is why salvation cannot be of works (Rom. 3:23-31; 4:2,6; 9:11; 11:6; Gal. 2:16; 3:2-14; Eph. 2:8-9; Tit. 3:5). This does not, however, mean that grace will remit sins without repentance and faith (Lk. 13:1-5; Eph. 2:8-9), or keep one automatically justified without walking and living in the Spirit (Rom. 6:14-23; 8:1-13; Gal. 5:16-26; Col. 1:6-7; 3:5-10; 1Jn. 1:7). Neither does this mean that Jews are saved by the law and Gentiles by grace (Acts 15:11; Rom. 10:9-17; 1Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:11).

 

[handy]

Hi Handy , then you know what Acts 15:11 is saying ??????

Yep.