The Epistle to the Galatians
The first Scriptural letter that Paul wrote was his Letter to the Galatians. Not only is it his first letter, it is his only circular letter, it was intended to be read in many places; in the churches throughout the region of Galatia. Unsurprisingly, it deals with the most basic kind of error; the Galatians had departed from the gospel. A group of false teachers had convinced the Galatians that salvation required faith in Christ and conversion to Judaism (represented in the requirement of circumcision). But faith + anything = nothing. Salvation is by daith alone in Christ alone.
This is an eminently applicable letter. While no one today adds
circumcision as a requirement to the gospel, all kinds of false teachers add all manner of restrictions to the gospel today. Baptism, good works, using the right English translation of the Bible, and all manner of behavioral dos and don'ts are routinely added to the gospel by those who hate the freedom all believers have in Christ.
Join us on Sunday mornings as we walk verse by verse through Paul's letter to the Galatians, so that we might be transformed by God's truth.