Intro to Galatians
Information retrieved from Ryrie's Study Bible by Moody, pg 1863
Author: Paul
Date: Either 49 or 55 A.D.
Galatia: Both a geographical location in north-central Asia Minor as well as a political Roman province founded in 25 B.C.
Problem Addressed: "How can men (sinful by nature) come to God (holy by nature)?...Forget about merit-salvation through obedience to the law of Moses. Man is too weak by nature to accomplish self-salvation or self-sanctification. Certain Jewish Christians (Judaizers) were teaching that such works are necessary, that Paul's gospel was not correct, and that he was not a genuine apostle. Paul's answer was to proclaim the doctrine of justification by faith plus nothing, and of sanctification by the Holy Spirit, not the Mosaic Law." (emphasis added)
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