{"id":124,"date":"2007-08-01T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T20:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/08\/01\/galatians-116-illuminated-direction\/"},"modified":"2007-08-01T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T20:43:21","slug":"galatians-116-illuminated-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/galatians-116-illuminated-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Galatians 1:16 – Illuminated Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ministry<\/p>\n

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Galatians 1:16<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

God has a plan for each person in the body of Christ and He will reveal that plan to us, if we are willing to listen to Him.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The word translated \u201cconfer<\/span>\u201d is prosanatith\u0113mi<\/span><\/em>, which is made up of pros<\/span>, meaning \u201cbeside\u201d or \u201cin addition to\u201d and anatith\u0113mi<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto lay-up\u201d (as thoughts are laid-up between people.) Hence, this word means \u201cto have a conversation or an exchange of ideas with someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to understand this verse we have to include the first part of the previous verse, which applies to what is being said here. Taking out the parenthetical expression, \u201cwho separated me from my mother\u2019s womb and called me through His grace\u201d we get, \u201cBut when it pleased God to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,\u201d<\/span> <\/o:p><\/span><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is some confusion about the expression \u201cto reveal His Son in me<\/span>.\u201d The words translated \u201cin me<\/span>\u201d are the Greek words en emoi<\/span><\/em> which can literally be translated as \u201cin me.<\/span>\u201d But these same two words are used elsewhere in the scriptures to mean \u201cto me.<\/em><\/span>\u201d An example is 1 Corinthians 14:11<\/span><\/strong> which says:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be<\/span> a foreigner to me<\/strong>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, it is possible that Paul\u2019s meaning is: God the Father, at His own good pleasure, revealed His Son to Paul as an act of grace, not as a result of his seeking Him (for clearly Paul was not seeking God at the time).<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

As more evidence that this is what Paul intended, look at:<\/span><\/p>\n

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give<\/span> the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. <\/span>(2 Corinthians 4:6<\/span><\/strong>)<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

It is God\u2019s shining in our hearts that gives us the knowledge and faith to believe. And Paul, immediately upon having had Christ revealed to him, while still in the presence of the Lord on the road to Damascus, asked the Lord what he should do.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

So I said, \u201cWhat shall I do, Lord?\u201d And the Lord said to me,<\/span> \u201cArise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.\u201d<\/span> (Acts 22:10<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Apparently it was while he was in Damascus and later in Arabia that Paul learned the difference between the legalistic, tradition based religion that he had been previously pursuing and true Christianity.<\/p>\n

Notice that Paul did not know what to do after he was saved so he asked God for guidance and upon receiving it, he followed it as zealously as he had persecuted the faith previously.<\/p>\n

Application <\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you know what God wants you to do? If not, have you asked him?<\/p>\n

And, are you willing to do whatever it is that He wants you to do?<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2007 <\/span>Will <\/span>Krause. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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