Yesterday, in Galatians chapter 1, we read about how Paul became an apostle directly by the Lord and not through men (Gal.1:1).
Paul explained that God had set him apart from his mother's womb (vs.15), but it was later in life when God revealed His Son Jesus to Paul. When Paul became a Christian and an apostle, he did not immediately consult with flesh and blood (vs.16), but he went away to Arabia and returned once more to Damascus (vs.17).
Three years later, he went up for the first time to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas (aka Peter). He stayed with him for 15 days. (vs.18.)
Now, in Chapter 2, we see another time phrase given. There has been an interval of 14 years since that time.
There is not a record of what he was doing during those years, but we will see from this point forward, he will be going out on his first missionary journey with Barnabas and Titus. (Acts 13:1-3)
1. Who went to Jerusalem this time with the apostle Paul? vs. 1
2. Why did Paul go to Jerusalem at this time? vs.2a
3. What did Paul submit privately to the leaders of the church in Jerusalem at that time? vs. 2
It appears that he would have felt it was in vain to go to the Gentiles with this knowledge if he did not have the approval of those who were apostles before him. (vs.2)
4. What were the false brethren trying to compel Titus to have done because he was a Greek and not a Jew? vs.3-5
5. Did Paul and Titus submit to their pressure to follow Jewish law? vs. 5
6. Who was Paul entrusted with to preach the Gospel to? vs. 7
7. Who was Cephas (aka Peter) entrusted to preach the Gospel to? vs. 7
8. Who effectually worked for both Paul and Peter in their sharing of the Gospel? vs. 8
9. What did the pillars of the Jerusalem church (James, Cephas (Peter), and John) recognize in Paul that convinced them to give him the right hand of fellowship and the right to minister to the Gentiles? vs. 9
10. What was the only thing they asked them to remember? vs. 10
11. What did Paul do when Cephas (aka Peter) came to Antioch? vs. 11
12. What did Cephas (aka Peter) do that Paul called hypocrisy and confronted him about it? vs. 12 -14
13. Paul knew that he and the others were Jews by nature and not Gentiles, but that did not make them justified before God. Works of the Law do not justify a man before God. How are we made just in God's eyes? vs.16
14. Will the works of the law ever justify a person? vs. 16
15. Paul said he had died to the law in order to live to God; if he tries to rebuild what he had destroyed (or died to), he would only prove himself to still be a transgressor (not justified). What had Paul done to cause his own death? vs. 20
16. What kind of life does Paul live in the flesh now that he has been crucified with Christ? vs. 20
17. Paul is determined not to nullify (cancel out) the 'grace' of God by trying to keep the law for justification. What does Paul say of Christ's death on the cross 'if' he must keep the law to be righteous? vs. 21
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