Help Me Teach The Bible J. V. Fesko on Galatians
Nov 9, 2017
J. V. Fesko, academic dean and Reformed theologian at Westminster Seminary California, offers verse-by-verse attention to Galatians. He highlights Paul’s fierce defense of the gospel and the contrast between law and promise. Listens focus on union with Christ, the hinge of chapters 3–4, and how freedom in Christ fuels love and Spirit-led life.
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Opening With Righteous Anger
- Paul opens Galatians with righteous anger because churches he planted abandoned the gospel.
- His double anathema emphasizes how grave he viewed any alteration of the gospel message.
Check Claims Against Scripture
- Teach people to test teachings against Scripture like the Bereans instead of accepting personal revelations uncritically.
- Encourage students to verify alleged revelations by Scripture, not merely by authority claims.
Crucified With Christ Explained
- 'Crucified with Christ' means Christ bore the law's curse as our representative so we are freed from it.
- Fesko warns against mystical readings and affirms union with Christ grounded in what Christ accomplished.
