‘It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.’ - Galatians 5:1

This term we dive into the book of Galatians, into the churches that Paul and Barnabas had founded in the Galatian region on their first missionary journey (AD 46-48). However, even though they had grown in number and stature, there were many issues within the churches. So Paul sat down and penned this letter to these churches to straighten out what the gospel meant, specifically with reference to the issue of the inclusion of Gentile believers in the kingdom of God.

The central theological argument in Galatians is that “Christians” are their own category. As salvation has come through Christ alone – not through the Law – Christians do not need to be Jewish. Gentiles need not convert, nor keep Jewish Law, and Jews are freed from slavish obedience to the Law. Christ has freed us all! The epistle also describes the inheritance Gentiles have been adopted into and will now receive, the use and purpose of the Spirit in the life of the Christian, and the ways that Christians should now live as those saved for something greater. 

Galatians lays out who has been saved, what they have been saved from, what they have been saved to, and what they should do now that they have been saved.

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