The churches in Galatia were buying into a gospel that was no gospel at all, specifically believing that what the Spirit of God begins in the life of Christian is to be completed by the works of the flesh. Paul calls them fools and reminds them that in the same way they were saved was to be the same way they lived. 

In this passage, Paul talks about how we are justified by faith rather than by works of the law. We explore what going "back to the law" looks like in a modern context.

The coming of God’s Spirit upon ‘impure’ Gentiles, just as at Pentecost, was arguably the most challenging moment in apostolic history. No wonder it required the direct involvement of Peter—always listed first among the Twelve. However, it had such staggering implications for the new identity of God’s people that even Peter began to have second thoughts.

This week in Galatians we’ll look at the extraordinary confrontation between Paul—the former Pharisee and one of the foremost Torah scholars of his day—and Peter. Its outcome determined the future of the church, with seismic implications for the place of the Mosaic Law.

Paul has been put on the defense, people are doubting his call and his message. In today's text he defends both but reminding the churches in Galatia who called him, what he called him to, and what he called him for.

There is great power in stories and in this week's text Paul tells his story in response to the errors in the thinking of the Galatians. In his story he emphasizes two things primarily - how he was saved and the gospel that saved him.

In this passage, Paul expresses his astonishment at how quickly the churches in Galatia were deserting the one who had called them in grace. This message considers what the gospel is, who is the gospel is, and why there is no other.