An Apostle Through Christ

The theme of this book of Galatians is that believing in the gospel of Christ makes you free. Free from the curse of the law, and free from the yoke of bondage; of thinking that you can by the works of the Law merit God's favor. The main thrust of Paul's thought, flowing from this theme, is that the saving and sanctifying truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ are all to be received because they are from God, not from men. Therefore we, the church of Jesus Christ must not allow the false doctrines of legalism to displace the truth of the gospel of grace in our thinking as believers. This evening we want to see that Paul felt very strongly that he needed to convince the Galatians of 3 foundational truths; truths which would prove that he was their true messenger of the true gospel; not these false teachers who had come in contradicting the things that he was saying when he preached to them. First, Paul would assert to them the truth that his Apostolic commission was from God through the risen Christ. 2nd – That a true apostle always will have a sincere desire that grace and peace might come to all the believers that he writes to. And the 3rd truth we will look at in our next study; that the Lord Jesus gave Himself for our sins in order to deliver us from this present evil age.