Master of Memory: Accelerated learning, education, memorization - MMem 0456: Memorize Galatians in one month

Episode Date: December 7, 2015

Shane wants to memorize the book of Galatians. I use the episode to present some mnemonics for memorizing key verses of Galatians. What do you want to learn? Leave your question at http://MasterOfMemory.com/. Music credit: Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet, 2nd movement, performed by the US Army Band.

Master of Memory 456. Relish it. Welcome to Master of Memory. I'm Timothy, and I'm here to answer your accelerated learning questions every day, and to inspire and empower you to learn anything you want to learn faster than ever. Shane sent an email about memorizing the Book of Galatians. So in this episode, I'll present an outline for how the Book of Galatians can be memorized in one month using priorities like key verses and topics. And this is kind of based on the assumption that you have memorized object pegs to help you remember numbers. So that'll help you memorize verse references and things like that. And you can read about that at masterofmemory.com.

Now, first of all, throughout this entire project, you want to listen to the Book of Galatians, some audio recording of your version of the Book of Galatians, once every day at least. And while you're doing that, actively focus on the parts that you know. So once you've learned key verses, for example, you'll be hearing verses that you know throughout the entire Book of Galatians. Listen for those, and try to say them along with the recording to make sure that you're reinforcing what you know, and also, incidentally, learning the verses in between just by the fact that you are actively listening to those key verses that you've learned. Now in the first week of your project, you're going to want to learn the first 15 verses that you want

to prioritize. So I've picked 15 key verses throughout the book of Galatians that you'll focus on for the first week of the project. First of all, we have the introduction to Galatians in the first chapter, and the key verse there is verse 1 of chapter 1. Verse 9 of chapter 1, I would say, emphasizes the second part of that chapter, where he's talking about false teachers teaching contrary gospels. Then verse 11 of chapter 1 talks about the authenticity of Paul's Gospel. In chapter 2, Paul talks about being accepted by the other apostles, the fact that he rebuked Peter for basically teaching legalism, and then he talks about new life by faith. Now the key verses of those respective parts are 9, 11, and 20 of chapter 2. In chapter 3, he talks about Abraham's legacy of faith, kind of picking up or continuing on the theme that he talked about in the previous

chapter, and the verse there is 3.8. And then the promise of Abraham being fulfilled through Christ, so that's chapter 3, verse 29, I would say sums up what's happening there. In chapter 4, we have three subjects. He talks about how we're heirs. He talks about how he's concerned for the Galatians who are basically confusing him that they are straying so quickly. And then he gives an allegorical example of Sarah and Hagar. So the three key verses there, if you're taking notes, are chapter 4, verses 7, 11, and 23. Then in chapter 5, we have verses 13 and 25, the first of which emphasizes freedom in Christ, and then the second of which, verse 25, talks about life in the Spirit, and this is also where you read about the fruits of the Spirit. And then in the last chapter of Galatians, chapter 6, we have verse 2 about bearing one another's burdens, those verses along with their references. But if you just memorize the topics that I just mentioned just now,

you know the layout of the entire book of Galatians. So let's assume that you've actually followed through and memorized all 15 verses throughout Galatians. In the second week, I would say that you should learn the rest of the text from chapters four and five, which I think are the most practical. They're more instructive than the other chapters. They're less narrative and context specific for the Galatians themselves. So chapters four and five. And you'll just continue to follow the mnemonic method that you're using for memorizing the 15 key verses, which is, again, using those object pegs to remind you of what the verse is about. So you're not just thinking about abstract concepts like numbers of verses, but you're actually thinking about objects and relating them to the verses.

So that's easier to remember. Then, of course, in the third week, you'll memorize chapters 1 and 2. And in the fourth week, you'll memorize chapters 3 and 6. And the chapters of Galatians are not very long, so it's not a whole lot of verses to memorize each day or each week while you're going through this process. It's a six-chapter book, but it can be done in one month, and many people have already completed the James project of memorizing James in one month at masterofmemory.com slash James, so it's totally doable. Thanks for the question, Shane, and I'd be happy to collaborate with you on this by email

and maybe release some Galatians memorization materials for all the listeners. For everyone listening, make sure to check out, if you want to support the show, our Mandarin project at masterofmemory.com slash mandarin. And meanwhile, if you have anything that you want to learn, leave your learning request at masterofmemory.com slash question, and I'll talk to you again soon.