2017 Q3
Na i Tukutuku Vinaka E Na i Vola Nei Paula Vei Ira Na Kai KALATIA
LESSON INDEX
01. Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles…… June 24-30
02. Paul’s Authority and Gospel….. July 1-7
The Protestant world is getting ready to celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, when Martin Luther— guided by the Holy Spirit—brought to millions crucial biblical truths that were long hidden under centuries of superstition and tradition. One could argue that out of the pages of Galatians (along with Romans) Protestantism itself was born half a millennium ago! It was while reading Galatians that Luther first was touched with the glorious good news of righteousness by faith, the great truth that spawned the Protestant Reformation, which in turn freed millions from centuries of theological and ecclesiastical error. What he read in this book changed Luther, and the world has never been the same again.
Seventh-day Adventists, many centuries after Luther, also are indebted to Galatians. Through the study of Galatians, E. J. Waggoner and A. T. Jones helped the Adventist Church in the 1880s and 1890s to rediscover the truth of righteousness by faith.
What is it about Galatians that has made it such a backbone of the Protestant Reformation? Why has it been able to touch the hearts of so many, such as Luther? In a manner unlike any other book in the Bible, Galatians addresses a number of themes crucial to the Christian soul. It is in Galatians that Paul tackles issues such as freedom, the role of the law in salvation, our condition in Christ, and the nature of the Spirit-led life, as well as the age-old question: How can sinful humans be made right before a holy and just God? It was this question, perhaps more than any other, that spurred Luther on the track he started and from which he never turned back. Of course, other books, such as Romans, address some of these same questions, but Galatians is different. Not only is it more succinct, but its rich themes are written in a powerfully personal and impassioned pastoral tone, that even today, can’t help but touch hearts open to the Spirit of God.
Although Paul’s letter speaks to us personally, our understanding can be strengthened if we are aware of the original historical situation that Paul, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, was addressing. Many scholars believe that Galatians may be the earliest of Paul’s letters, written in a.d. 49, after the famous Jerusalem Council (Acts 15). The book, therefore, may be the oldest Christian document known. As Acts and Galatians make clear, the early church found itself in a fierce battle over the nature of salvation, especially in the case of Gentiles.
According to a group of Jewish believers known as Judaizers, belief in Jesus alone was not good enough for Gentiles. Gentiles also must be circumcised and follow the laws of Moses (Acts 15:1). It is no surprise, then, that when Paul founded a church of Gentiles in Galatia, some of these Judaizers traveled there to “straighten things out.”
When word of this problem reached Paul, he reacted fervently. Recognizing that this false gospel of salvation by faith and works threatened to undermine the work of Christ, Paul wrote the Galatians an impassioned defense of the gospel. In the strongest of words, he identified this false teaching for what it really was—legalism, pure and simple.
This quarter’s Bible study guide invites us to journey with the apostle Paul as he pleads with the Galatians to remain true to Jesus. At the same time, it gives us a chance to reflect on our own understanding of the truths that opened the way for Luther’s inevitable break wih Rome and the restoration of the biblical gospel.
Carl Cosaert, PhD, is an associate professor of New Testament and early Christianity. He teaches at Walla Walla University, College Place, Washington.
1. PAULA: NA I APOSITOLO VEI IRA NA KAI MATANITU KI SAU
Wiligusu: “Ia ni ra sa rogoca na veika oqo, era sa galu ga, a ra sa vakarokorokotaka na Kalou, ka kaya, Sa dina sa qai solia na Kalou vei ira talega na veimatanitu tani na veivutuni me ra bula” (Cakacaka 11:18).
E sega ni dredre na noda siqema rawa na bula nei Saula na kai Tasisi (ka kilai levu e na yaca Paula, ni oti nona saumaki mai), kei na vuna e vakayacora kina na veika e a vakayacora. Ko koya e dua na Jiu yalodina ka vakavulici e na nona bula taucoko me baleta na bibi ni vunau kei na nodra na sereki ka tu galala vakapoli- tiki na Isireli; ia na vakasama ni o koya na Mesaia era waraka tu mai vakabalavu me mai mate vakalolovira ka beci me vaka e dua na dau basulawa, sa sega sara ga ni qai taqea rawa ko Saula.
Sa rauta me vakauqeti ka vakadeitaka e lomana ni ko ira era muri Jisu era sa sega ni qai yalodina ki na Torah se i Vunau, ka ra sa vakalatilati tiko ki na i tu- vatuva ni Kalou me baleti Isireli. Sa vakabauta ka okata o Saula me vukitani na nodra i le na i lawalawa nei Jisu, ni o Koya era vakota e na kauveilatai, sa i Koya dina na nodra Mesaia ka s a tucake tale mai na mate. Sa sega ni dodonu me vo- soti na mataqali vakavuvuli lialia vakaoqo, wili kina ko ira era sega ni vinakata me ra biuta laivi na vakasama vakaoqo. Sa vakauqeti na yalo i Saula me sa Nona mata na Kalou, me vakagalalataki ka vakasavasavataki Isireli mai na vakabauta vakaoqo. Oqo na vuna e basika mai kina o Saula e na Veiyalayalati Vou me dua e dau veivakasaurarataki ka vakayacora na vei vakararawataki vei ira na kai nona ka ra Jiu, o ira era vakabauta ni ko Jisu na Mesaia.
Ia, na Kalou e duatani na Nona i naki kei na Nona i tuvatuva me baleti Saula, na i tuvatuva e sega sara ga ni bau cilava vakalailai na nona vakasama ni na vakaitavi kina: sega wale ga ni o koya na Jiu ia e na vunautaki Jisu ni o Koya dina na nodra Mesaia era waraka tu mai vakabalavu, e na vunau tale ga vei ira na kai Matanitu Tani!
Dauvakacacani Ira Na Lotu va-Karisito
E basika taumada 0 Saula na kai Tasisi e na i Vola ni Cakacaka me dua e vakaitavi e na nona vakaviriki o Sitiveni (Cakacaka 7:58) ni bera ni qai sema ki na cakacaka ni nodra vakasaqarai ka vakacacani na tamata lotu va-Karisito ka tekivutaki e Jerusalemi (Cakacaka 8:1-5). Ko iratou ko Pita, Sitiveni, Filipi kei Paula eratou lewe ni Vola ni Cakacaka baleta na nodratou vakaitavi e na cakacaka ni kau lotu ka vakavuna me tete yani na vakabauta vaka- Karisito ki na taudaku ni nodra vuravura na Jiu. 0 Sitiveni e kilai tani ka bibi na ka e vakayacora,baleta ni nona vunau kei na bole mate e na vuku ni nona vakabauta, e tara na bula nei Saula na kai Tasisi.
O Sitiveni e Jiu ka dua vei iratou na lewe vitu na tuirara (Cakacaka 6:3-6) ia e vosa vaka- Kiriki. Na i Vola ni Cakacaka e vakaraitaka ni dua na i kumukumu Jiu era vulagi mai ka mai vakaitikotiko e Jerusalemi (Cakacaka 6:9) era veisaqasaqa kei Sitiveni me baleta e so na ka e vunautaka me baleti Jisu. E nanumi ni rawa, ka vakabauti ni vaka kina, ni a vakaitavi tale ga e na veileti oqo o Saula na kai Tasisi
Wilika na Cakacaka 6:9-15. Na cala cava e beitaki kina o Sitiveni? Na cava e vakananuma vei iko na veibeitaki oqo? (Raica tale ga na Maciu 26:59-61.)
Na veisaqasaqa katakata e vakagolei vei Sitiveni me baleta na nona vunau, e vaka me basika mai e na vuku ni rua na ka. E na dua na yasana, era sega ni marau- taki Sitiveni baleta ni sega ni vakabibitaka na nodra lawa na Jiu kei na valen- isoro, ka sa yaco me nodra I sakisaki na Lotu vaka-Jiu ka nodra 1 vakatakilakila vakamareqeti ni nodra lotu kei na ka era kilai tani kina. Ia o Sitiveni e sega wale .ga ni vakamamadataka na bibi ni ka ruarua oqori; e kacivaka vakadomoilevu ni o Jisu, na usutu dina ni nodra vakabauta na Jiu, ni o Koya na Mesaia sa mai mate ka tucake tale.
Sa rauta me cudru vakalevu na Farisi o Saula (Filipai 3:3-6), ka kaukauwa ni nona vakacacani ira na Lotu va-Karisito taumada e vakaraitaka ni rairai lewe ni wasewase vaka mataivalu ni Farisi, ka tu vakarau me saqata na kedra meca. O Saula sa raica rawa ni vosa ni yalayala me baleta na kena tauyavutaki na matanitu ni Kalou e se bera na kena gauna (Taniela 2, Sakaraia 8:23, Aisea 40-55), ka rairai nanuma o koya ni sa nona i tavi me vukea na Kalou e na kena tauyavutaki— ka rawa ni vakayacori ni sa vakasavasavataki o Isireli mai na vakabauta vakalotu vakailasu, wili kina na vakasama ni o Jisu na Mesaia
O Saula, e na nona sa vakadonui koya vaka I koya ni dina, e sa bolea me vakamatei ira na tamata e okata o koya ni ra cala. Dina ga ni ga- drevi na noda tutaka ka loma dina e na ka eda vakabauta, e da vulica vakacava me da vakamalumutaka na noda loma katakata e na dina, ni so na gauna, e rawa ni cala na noda rai?
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