Day 326 of MY Bible Study Journey

[The Doctor]

Day 326, 22 November 2021

1)

Galatians 1 - 3

Galatians 1
Salutation

1 (Ac 9:6; 22:10) Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man,
but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),
2 (1Co 16:1; Php 4:21)and all the brothers who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
3 (1Co 1:3) Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 (Php 4:20; Mt 20:28) who gave Himself for our sins,
that He might deliver us from this present evil age,
according to the will of our God and Father,
5 (Ro 11:36)to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

There Is No Other Gospel

6 (2Co 11:4) I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him
who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel,
7 (Ac 15:24; Gal 5:10; 5:12) which is not a gospel.
But there are some who trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 (Ro 9:3; 1Co 16:22) Although if we or an angel from heaven preach
any other gospel to you than the one we have preached to you,
let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so I say now again: If anyone preaches
any other gospel to you than the one you have received,
let him be accursed.
10 (1Th 2:4; Ro 1:1; 1Co 10:33) For am I now seeking the approval of men
or of God? Or am I trying to please men? For if I were still trying
to please men, I would not be the servant of Christ.

How Paul Became an Apostle

11 But I reveal to you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached
by me is not according to man.
12 For I neither received it from man, neither was I taught it,
except by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 (Ac 8:3; 9:21) For you have heard of my former life in Judaism,
how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it,
14 (Ac 22:3; Col 2:8) and progressed in Judaism above many of my equals
in my own heritage, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions
of my fathers.
15 (Isa 49:1; 49:5) But when it pleased God, who set me apart
since I was in my mother's womb and called me by His grace,
16 (Mt 16:17; Ac 9:15) to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him
among the nations, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me.
But I went into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
18 After three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter
and stayed with him for fifteen days.
19 (Mt 13:55; 12:46) I saw none of the other apostles except James,
the Lord's brother.
20 (Ro 9:1; 2Co 11:31) In what I am writing to you, before God,
I do not lie!
21 (Ac 6:9; 9:30) Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia
22 (1Th 2:14; Ro 16:7) and was unknown by face to the churches of Judea
which were in Christ.
23 They had heard only, "He who persecuted us in times past now preaches
the faith which he once destroyed."
24 And they glorified God because of me.

Galatians 2

Paul Accepted by the Other Apostles

1 (Gal 2:3; 2:13) Then after fourteen years I went up again
to Jerusalem with Barnabas and also took Titus with me.
2 (Gal 2:9; Php 2:16) I went up in response to a revelation
and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles.
But privately I communicated to those who were of reputation,
in case I might be running, or had run, in vain.
3 (Ac 16:3) But even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek,
was not compelled to be circumcised.
4 (2Co 11:26; Gal 5:1) This happened because false brothers
were secretly brought in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty,
which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.
5 (Gal 2:14; 4:16) We did not yield to subjection to them,
not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6 (2Co 12:11; Gal 6:3; Ac 10:34) But of these who seemed to be something-
whatever they were, it makes no difference to me;
God shows no partiality to anyone-for those who seemed
to be something added nothing to me.
7 (1Th 2:4; Gal 1:16) On the contrary, they saw that I was entrusted
with the gospel to the uncircumcised, as the gospel to the circumcised
was to Peter.
8 For He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship
to the circumcised worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles.
9 (Ro 12:3; Rev 3:12) When James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
understood the grace that was given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me
the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles
and they to the circumcised.
10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,
which I also was eager to do.

Paul Rebukes Peter in Antioch

11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him face to face,
because he stood condemned.
12 (Lk 15:2; Ac 10:28) Before certain men came from James,
he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he withdrew
and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
13 And the other Jews, likewise, joined together in hypocrisy with him,
so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.
14 (Gal 2:5; Ac 10:28) But when I saw that they were not straightforward
about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all,
"If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew,
why do you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
Some interpreters hold that the quotation extends
into the following paragraph.

Jews, Like Gentiles, Are Saved by Faith

15 (Eph 2:3) We are Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,
16 (Ps 143:2; Php 3:9) yet we know that a man is not justified
by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ.
Even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified
by faith in Christ, rather than by the works of the law.
For by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17 (Gal 2:15_ If, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves
also are found to be sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin?
God forbid!
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed,
I make myself a transgressor.
19 (Ro 7:4; 6:2) For through the law I am dead to the law,
that I might live for God.
20 (Ro 8:37; Gal 1:4) I have been crucified with Christ.
It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God,
Or by the faith of the Son of God. who loved me and gave Himself for me.
21 (Gal 3:21; Heb 7:11) I do not nullify the grace of God.
For if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain.

Galatians 3

Law or Faith

1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey
the truth? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you
as crucified.
2 (Ac 15:8; Gal 3:14) I want to learn only this from you: Did you receive
the Spirit through the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being
perfected by the flesh?
4 (2Jn 1:8) Have you endured so many things for nothing, if indeed it was
for nothing?
5 (1Co 12:10; Gal 3:2) Does God give you the Spirit and work miracles
among you by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
6 (Ge 15:6; Ro 4:21-22) Even Abraham "believed God, and it was credited
to him as righteousness."(Ge 15:6.)
7 (Gal 3:9) Therefore know that those who are of faith are the sons
of Abraham.
8 (Ge 12:3) And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify
the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel in advance to Abraham,
saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."(Ge 12:3; 18:18; 22:18.)
9 (Ro 4:16) So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 (Dt 27:26; Jer 11:3) For all who rely on the works of the law
are under the curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone
who does not continue in all things which are written
in the Book of the Law, to do them." (Dt 27:26.)
11 (Hab 2:4; Ro 1:17) Now it is evident that no man is justified
by the law in the sight of God, for "The just shall live by faith." (Hab 2:4.)
12 (Lev 18:5; Ro 10:5-6) But the law is not of faith, for "The man who does
them shall live by them." (Lev 18:5.)
13 (Dt 21:23; Gal 4:5) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
by being made a curse for us-as it is written, "Cursed is everyone
who hangs on a tree"(Dt 21:23.)-
14 (Ac 2:33; Gal 3:2) so that the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Law and the Promise

15 (Heb 9:17) Brothers, I am speaking in human terms: Though it is only
a man's covenant, yet if it is ratified, no one annuls or adds to it.
16 (Ge 12:7; Lk 1:55) Now the promises were made to Abraham and his Seed.
He does not say, "and to seeds," meaning many, but "and to your Seed,"
(Ge 12:7; 13:15; 24:7.) meaning one, who is Christ.
17 (Ge 15:13; Ac 7:6) And this I say, that the law, which came
four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul the covenant
that was ratified by God in Christ, so as to nullify the promise.
18 For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from
the promise. But God gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19 (Ac 7:53; Gal 3:16; Dt 5:5) What purpose then does the law serve?
It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come
to whom the promise was made. And it was ordained through angels
by the hand of a mediator.
20 (1Ti 2:5; Dt 6:4) Now a mediator is not a mediator
for only one party, but God is one.

Slaves and Sons

21 (Gal 2:21; 2:17) Is the law then contrary to the promises of God?
God forbid! For if there had been a law given which could have given life,
righteousness would indeed come through the law.
22 (Ro 11:32) But the Scripture has confined all things under sin,
that the promise through faith in Jesus Christ
(Or through the faith of Jesus Christ.) might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came, we were imprisoned under the law,
kept for the faith which was later to be revealed.
24 (Gal 2:16; Ro 10:4) So the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 (Gal 4:5-6) You are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 (Ro 13:14; Ac 2:38) For as many of you as have been baptised
into Christ have put on Christ.
28 (Col 3:11; Gal 5:6) There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, and there is neither male nor female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 (Ro 8:17; 9:7-8) If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.

2) Our Daily Bread for 22 November 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/11/22/true-worshipers
entitled True Worshipers

John 4:19-26

19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
25 (Jn 4:29) The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming"
(who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

She finally had the chance to visit the church. Inside, in the deepest part
of the basement, she reached the small cave or grotto. Candles filled
the narrow space and hanging lamps illuminated a corner of the floor.
There it was-a fourteen-pointed silver star, covering a raised
bit of the marble floor. She was in Bethlehem's Grotto of the Nativity-the
place marking the spot where according to tradition Christ was born.
Yet the writer, Annie Dillard, felt less than impressed,
realising God was much bigger than that spot.

Still, such places have always held great significance in our faith stories.
Another such place is mentioned in the conversation between Jesus
and the woman at the well-the mountain where her "ancestors worshiped"
(John 4:20), referring to Mount Gerizim (see Deuteronomy 11:29).
It was sacred to the Samaritans, who contrasted it to the Jewish
insistence that Jerusalem was where true worship occurred (v. 20).
However, Jesus declared the time had arrived when worship
was no longer specific to a place, but a Person:
"the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth"
(v. 23). The woman declared her faith in the Messiah,
but she didn't realise she was talking to Him.
"Jesus said to her, 'I who speak to you am He.'" (v. 26).

God isn't limited to any mountain or physical space. He's present
with us everywhere. The true pilgrimage we make each day is
to approach His throne as we boldly say, "Our Father,"
and He is there.

By: John Blase

Reflect & Pray

What difference does it make to you knowing that God is spirit,
always and ever present? What will you praise Him for in this moment?

Father, thank You for Your constant presence no matter where I am.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death

Romans 6:23

23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the
characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking
for anybody's bleeding charity."
"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding
Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."
Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.
We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think
we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what
we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".
We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.
We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.
Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is
what we deserve: death.
Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,
we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say
can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we
rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,
freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.
Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through
justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through
acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.
When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only
Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.

Application

a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?

b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise
that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Gen 14:22-23

22 (Ex 6:8; Da 12:7) But Abram said to the king of Sodom,
"I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High,
the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 (2Ki 5:16; Est 9:15-16) that I will take nothing that is yours,
not a thread or a sandal strap; lest you say, 'I have made Abram rich.'"

5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:

God's Unfailing Love

Lamen 3:19-24

19 (La 3:5; 3:15) Remember my affliction and my misery,
the wormwood and the gall.
20 (Ps 42:5-6; 42:11) Surely my soul remembers
and is humbled within me.
21 (Ps 130:7) But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;
His compassions do not fail.
23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.
24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,
"therefore I will hope in Him."

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."


6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)

Newfoundland & Labrador

Total population 527000
Muslim population (est.) 2065

As of Autumn 2014, St. John's does not have a local CNMM network. Pray with us
for God's people to come together in prayer
and cooperative efforts to reach Muslims with the Good News.

St. John's has one mosque and 2 more musallas , or prayer locations, which
may grow into mosques of their own. The mosque is called Masjid an Noor,
The Mosque of the Light, and mosque historical documents record a trip in 1986
to Saudi Arabia to raise funds for the land purchase and construction costs.
A small number of Muslim families had come prior to 1964, but moved on to
other places after a short time. After this date, a small community began
to remain and grow , reaching about 25 families in the 1980s. A number
of international students also join the community annually
ranging from 25 to 60.

In 2014 the mosque website reports the community is made up of some 200
families and many university students attending Memorial University. A
small number of native Newfoundlanders have also converted to the Islamic
faith, one saying of this religion in Newfoundland, "Islam is a growing face".
With the growth of the community, the current challenge is lack of space
in the mosque, which they are now looking at expanding.

Pray for

- The true Light of life, Jesus Christ, to be revealed to Muslims
in Newfoundland through the word, dreams, visions and answers to prayer.
- Christians to be as "wise as serpents and harmless as doves" regarding
Islam and reaching out in loving witness to Muslims in St. John's.
- for a dedicated, intentional witness to the growing number of Muslim
students on the university, college and trade school campuses.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

22 Day of the Month

a) Pray for the Province of Quebec

I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

b) Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve
every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge
of God.

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2 Cor 10: 3 - 5

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strongholds, 5 casting down imaginations and every
high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every
thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

)


Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to fully understand Christ's sacrifice in the cross.

Pray to the Lord "Father, thank You for Your constant presence
no matter where I am."

Pray to the Lord and thank Him that He is the only source of salvation.

Pray to the Lord and thank Him for He will make you prosperous in humility.

Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the new blessings every new day.

Pray for in Newfoundland and Labrador

- The true Light of life, Jesus Christ, to be revealed to Muslims
in Newfoundland through the word, dreams, visions and answers to prayer.
- Christians to be as "wise as serpents and harmless as doves" regarding
Islam and reaching out in loving witness to Muslims in St. John's.
- for a dedicated, intentional witness to the growing number of Muslim
students on the university, college and trade school campuses.

Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve
every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge
of God.

Pray for Christian events focused on the training
and encouragement of Tajik believers.

Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness

Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

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