In response to false teachers that have infiltrated the churches in Galatia, Paul rejects any teaching, any gospel that is not the true gospel. The true gospel is based on the facts that we are too sinful to contribute to our salvation, we need a complete rescue, and we are saved by trusting in the work […]
Live Free
Galatians 6: Week 12
The Apostle Paul is writing to brand new, newish Christians in a region of modern-day Turkey. In the last two chapters of his letter to the Galatians, Paul explains what living free looks like. It’s a life completely under the influence of the Holy Spirit, a life that is all about loving and serving the […]
Galatians 5: Week 10
Galatians 4.8-31, 5.1-6: Week 9
These Galatians were pagans, worshipping their different Greek and Roman pagan gods, when Paul entered their city, preached the gospel message of salvation to them, and they got saved. They turned from their sin and they believed that Jesus was the Son of God who became a man, that he lived a perfect death and […]
Galatians 3.15-29, 4.1-7
As followers of Christ, we must let go of our perfectionism. How many of us are pursuing that elusive goal of perfection, good enough for others, good enough for ourselves, good enough for God and his heaven? God’s laws demand that we live a perfect life, obeying the laws of God perfectly if we are […]
Galatians 3.1-14: Week 7
The big issue Paul is confronting in his letter to the Galatians is salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Followers of Jesus are not saved by the good they do, nor are they condemned by the wrong they do, but they are saved, we are saved by trusting in the good Jesus has […]
Galatians 2.15-21: Week 6
If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you are one of the living dead. At least that’s the way the Apostle Paul sees it in his NT letter to the churches in Galatia. In chapter 2 of the book of Galatians, Paul is explaining the gospel message of salvation in Jesus when he writes: […]
Galatians 2.1-14: Week 5
In Galatians chapter 2, the Apostle Paul tells the Galatians about a visit he made to Jerusalem to meet with the leaders of the Christian church in that city, wanting to make sure that everyone was on the same page when it comes to the message of salvation in Jesus. And while Paul is there, […]