02 - Assurance Instead of Doubt

When Paul declared: ‘The Son of God... loved me and gave himself for me' (Gal. 2:20), he was speaking with resounding confidence, telling us that he had a solid assurance that he was Christ's, and that Christ was his. But was he speaking as an apostle, as one specially favoured to be able to make such a declaration, or was he speaking as a typical believer? Can we, as believers, be as sure as Paul? Or was he simply telling the Galatians a wonderful fact about himself, but one which they could hardly hope to share, even after years of struggle?