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Study 7A THE MARKS OF THE LORD JESUS
Key Verse: ““For I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.”” (Galatians 6:17)
The apostle Paul wore a badge that marked him out as being a true servant of our Lord Jesus Christ. He bore in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Is there anything about us that marks us out as belonging to Christ and identifies us with Him? The word “”I”” is emphatic in the Greek. Paul said, ““I bear in my body the marks of Jesus.”” Was he boasting? No, but in this letter Paul was vindicating his ministry. Many of the Jewish teachers had subverted these Galatian Christians into believing that he was not truly an apostle because he had not known the Lord Jesus in the days of His flesh. So Paul compared himself with these judaising teachers and he asked, ““Have they the marks of the Lord Jesus upon them? No –- but I have!”” What is the proof of our attachment to Christ? Is it the words we speak? No, not primarily. There should be some distinctive marks about our lives that identify us as Christians.
1 . THE LITERAL EXPLANATION OF THE APOSTLE’ ’ S STATEMENT
What did he mean when he said –- Galatians 6:17? He had in mind a common custom of those days, namely, that of branding certain people with a hot searing iron. For example, slaves were branded as a mark of ownership; they were also branded as a mark of shame, for if a man ran away and was recaptured his master would brand him as a mark of shame and ignominy; soldiers were branded as a mark of allegiance to their generals, just as, at one time, soldiers would have the crest of their favourite general tattooed upon their arm; and religious devotees would frequently be branded by the priests in some heathen temple as a mark of devotion and fidelity.
The brand-marks of the Lord Jesus upon the body of Paul consisted of each of these. They identified him as the slave of Christ (Philemon 1:1); they were the marks of shame and reproach in the eyes of the world (1 Corinthians 9:22); they were the brand-marks of the soldier (2 Timothy 4:7); and they were marks of devotion and fidelity (2 Corinthians 5:14).
But what were the actual marks? They were the bodily scars and blemishes which he had received as the result of the persecution he suffered because of his faithfulness to the Lord Jesus. Turn to 2 Corinthians 11:23-28 for a description of the fearful physical suffering he endured.what are your marks?think about this.see you in the concluding part.
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Study 7A THE MARKS OF THE LORD JESUS
Key Verse: ““For I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.”” (Galatians 6:17)
The apostle Paul wore a badge that marked him out as being a true servant of our Lord Jesus Christ. He bore in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Is there anything about us that marks us out as belonging to Christ and identifies us with Him? The word “”I”” is emphatic in the Greek. Paul said, ““I bear in my body the marks of Jesus.”” Was he boasting? No, but in this letter Paul was vindicating his ministry. Many of the Jewish teachers had subverted these Galatian Christians into believing that he was not truly an apostle because he had not known the Lord Jesus in the days of His flesh. So Paul compared himself with these judaising teachers and he asked, ““Have they the marks of the Lord Jesus upon them? No –- but I have!”” What is the proof of our attachment to Christ? Is it the words we speak? No, not primarily. There should be some distinctive marks about our lives that identify us as Christians.
1 . THE LITERAL EXPLANATION OF THE APOSTLE’ ’ S STATEMENT
What did he mean when he said –- Galatians 6:17? He had in mind a common custom of those days, namely, that of branding certain people with a hot searing iron. For example, slaves were branded as a mark of ownership; they were also branded as a mark of shame, for if a man ran away and was recaptured his master would brand him as a mark of shame and ignominy; soldiers were branded as a mark of allegiance to their generals, just as, at one time, soldiers would have the crest of their favourite general tattooed upon their arm; and religious devotees would frequently be branded by the priests in some heathen temple as a mark of devotion and fidelity.
The brand-marks of the Lord Jesus upon the body of Paul consisted of each of these. They identified him as the slave of Christ (Philemon 1:1); they were the marks of shame and reproach in the eyes of the world (1 Corinthians 9:22); they were the brand-marks of the soldier (2 Timothy 4:7); and they were marks of devotion and fidelity (2 Corinthians 5:14).
But what were the actual marks? They were the bodily scars and blemishes which he had received as the result of the persecution he suffered because of his faithfulness to the Lord Jesus. Turn to 2 Corinthians 11:23-28 for a description of the fearful physical suffering he endured.what are your marks?think about this.see you in the concluding part.
For more package,visit our blog:segoeevangelism1992.blogspot.com and also you can click on the link attached.
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