Visual Theology – Galatians
The Visual Theology charts are designed to help you see the structure and movement of Scripture. They highlight patterns, contrasts, and developments that are often difficult to hold together when reading line by line.
These charts show the structure of the argument. The accompanying articles develop each part in full.
This approach follows a long tradition of visual teaching in the Church. The well-known charts of Clarence Larkin helped many grasp the broad outline of Scripture. In the same spirit, these charts aim to make visible what the Word of God is revealing.
Charts and teaching notes for the book of Galatians. Select a chart below to view the image and article.
About this chart set
Visual Theology – Galatians. These charts are about the Spirit versus the flesh, freedom from the law, and Christ as our life—not a hybrid of grace and legal obligation.
The Epistle to the Galatians functions as a tactical rescue mission for the soul, addressing a group of believers who have been "bewitched" by a subtle, religious perversion of the gospel. While they began their walk in the Spirit, they were persuaded to finish in the flesh, forgetting that the gospel Paul proclaimed is not "of men," but a vertical pillar of divine revelation. Because this message came directly from Jesus Christ, it is a fixed, heavenly reality; to add even a single human work to it is not an improvement, but an act of total destruction.
This book exposes two irreconcilable systems. The "present evil world" is identified here as a false religious system—a "Way of Cain" that uses the Law "unlawfully" to keep the soul in a state of constant, anxious striving. Under this heavy iron yoke, the believer is treated like a slave trying to pay an unpayable debt through dead works. Paul’s corrective is not a call to try harder, but a declaration of death: the person who attempted to earn righteousness through the law was crucified with Christ. This co-crucifixion is the only exit from the jurisdiction of the Law, moving the believer from the "I" to "Christ." We do not rebuild the system of works; we live by the faith of the Son of God, drawing from a "supply" of the Spirit that the flesh could never manufacture.
Furthermore, our current standing is rooted in the ancient promises made to Abraham, confirmed in Christ long before the Law arrived at Sinai. When we are "baptized into Christ," we are placed into the "Seed" to whom all the promises were made. We have graduated from the "schoolmaster" and been brought into the full standing of adult sons and heirs.
There is no middle ground between grace and works. You are either resting in the finished sacrifice of Christ or toiling in a system of leavened religion that leads back to the curse. The goal of studying these truths is to see the mechanics of grace so clearly that you "stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free." Understanding this changes the very ground upon which you stand before God.
These charts are based on the following book:
Galatians - Christ in Me As Life - the Spirit as the Blessing of the Gospel
A biblical commentary on Galatians, exploring how Christ is revealed throughout Scripture. Deep theological insights for serious students of the Word.
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Every chart in this library is free, and it's going to stay that way. But while these are hosted freely, they are not free to make. A chart series might start at $15–20 in production costs, but by the time I've curated the output, reworked the logic, regenerated images that didn't land, and rewritten the companion articles — sometimes multiple times — a single series can run $60–100 in API costs alone, plus weeks of full-time work. The pipeline I've built that allows me to do things like this at scale is amazing, expensive to run, and rarely gets it right on the first pass. Most of these charts have been through dozens of iterations to get the theology and the visuals to say the same thing.
There's a long list of topics I want to build next — the everlasting covenant, our death with Christ, Christ as our reward, the mystery of the one body — material that's hard to access and harder to visualize. The kind of thing people hear taught once and say "I wish I could see that laid out."
That's what this project does. And if you've been helped by what's here, you can be part of what comes next.