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St Paul on his first missionary trip to Asia Minor planted the churches in in southern Galatia were planted (Ac.13:13-14:23) and he went through northern Galatia on his second(Ac.16:6) and third (Ac.18:23) missionary journeys.
We find in this epistle, his vigorous condemnation of the heresies that were brought in by Judaizers -those who sought to make living under the Mosaic Law a requirement of the Christian faith and had gained an influence in the Galatian churches. Paul wrote the book a few months before his attendance at the Jerusalem Council in AD 49, a meeting where the apostles would take up this very topic (Ac.15:1-30). Where Christ was the fulfilment of the Law (Ro.10:4) 'to everyone that believeth' these false brethren insisted on observance which was according to carnal wisdom. Taking line of least resistance, as the early church would in the post-Constantine period adopt the cultural and ecclesiastical rites of the pagan world, it was indeed a deception played upon the unsuspecting congregation.
Epistle to the Galatians holds much more relevance now in hindsight, the benefit of comparing the theological position the church holds now,- a far cry from the great stir that Judaizers in the time of Paul set off, against errors of human wisdom confusing the word of God. Ecumenism of recent times does not address the perfection of the word of God and in the midst of gloom and doom our certainty is that the foundation of God nevertheless stands sure and God knows who are his.
As usual he closes the epistle by writing at the end of the letter himself in large letters (Gal.6:11).
This epistle has always been among those Pauline epistles least challenged on the issue of authorship.
This wasn't written to a single church in a single city. For example, 1 Thessalonians is addressed to the specific church (1 Thess.1:1) this was addressed to the churches of Galatia. This was a region where a number of churches were doing the ministry of God
St Paul on his first missionary trip to Asia Minor planted the churches in in southern Galatia were planted (Ac.13:13-14:23) and he went through northern Galatia on his second(Ac.16:6) and third (Ac.18:23) missionary journeys.
We find in this epistle, his vigorous condemnation of the heresies that were brought in by Judaizers -those who sought to make living under the Mosaic Law a requirement of the Christian faith and had gained an influence in the Galatian churches. Paul wrote the book a few months before his attendance at the Jerusalem Council in AD 49, a meeting where the apostles would take up this very topic (Ac.15:1-30). Where Christ was the fulfilment of the Law (Ro.10:4) 'to everyone that believeth' these false brethren insisted on observance which was according to carnal wisdom. Taking line of least resistance, as the early church would in the post-Constantine period adopt the cultural and ecclesiastical rites of the pagan world, it was indeed a deception played upon the unsuspecting congregation.
Epistle to the Galatians holds much more relevance now in hindsight, the benefit of comparing the theological position the church holds now,- a far cry from the great stir that Judaizers in the time of Paul set off, against errors of human wisdom confusing the word of God. Ecumenism of recent times does not address the perfection of the word of God and in the midst of gloom and doom our certainty is that the foundation of God nevertheless stands sure and God knows who are his.
As usual he closes the epistle by writing at the end of the letter himself in large letters (Gal.6:11).
This epistle has always been among those Pauline epistles least challenged on the issue of authorship.
This wasn't written to a single church in a single city. For example, 1 Thessalonians is addressed to the specific church (1 Thess.1:1) this was addressed to the churches of Galatia. This was a region where a number of churches were doing the ministry of God
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