Galatians

Those who had confused the Galatian believers and perverted the gospel were zealous Jewish Christians who believed that the Old Testament practices were required for salvation. Most of the Galatian believers were Greeks who were unfamiliar with Jewish laws and customs. The Judaizers and the Greeks both believed in Christ, but their lifestyles were considerably […]

Some people were preaching “a different gospel”. They were teaching that to be saved Gentile believers had to follow Jewish laws and customs, especially circumcision. They taught that faith in Christ was not enough. This message undermined the truth of the good news that salvation is a gift, not a reward for certain deeds. Jesus […]

Paul explained his apostleship in these words, not to separate himself from the original twelve but to show that his apostleship rested on the same basis as theirs. If the believers in Galatia questioned Paul’s apostleship, they should also question the apostleship of Peter, James, and John. All the apostles were called by Christ to preach […]

Paul and Barnabas had just completed their first missionary journey. They had visited Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe, cities in the Roman province of Galatia. Upon returning to Antioch, Paul was accused by some Jewish Christians of simplifying the gospel in order to appeal to the Gentiles. These Jewish Christians disagreed with Paul’s statements that Gentiles […]

I have officially ended our six month series on the book of 2 Corinthians. Paul taught us many crucial concepts and principles that we can implement in our daily Christian walk. We will be jumping to the next book in the Bible – the book of Galatians. The book of Galatians is a charter of […]