Galatians 1 - No Other Gospel, Paul Called by God

- There is no other gospel, but the gospel of 'salvation thru faith by grace is sufficient'.
- What Paul knows comes directly from God, not from other people. Paul drew similarity between his experience in knowing Christ with those of the Jerusalem apostles.

Galatians - Introduction

Author:
Paul.

Purpose:
To refute false teaching that salvation comes by adding human merit in addition to faith in Christ

Dates and Destination:
inconclusive, but there are some theories:
- 53-57 AD, addressed to curches in north-central Asia Minor, during Paul's 2nd journey
- 48-49 AD, addressed to Roman province of Galatia, after the 1st journey before the Jerusalem council
- 51-53 AD

In any case, Paul doesn't depend on the council decision regarding the salvation teaching.

Key teachings:
- Justification before God comes from faith alone
- Sanctification in daily life comes from faith through the power of the spirit
- Legalism turns us away from Christ to futility and judgment
- Freedom from legalism is freedom to life for Christ by the spirit