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Introduction to Galatians

March 2nd 2009

Paul's epistle to the Galatians was written to combat the legalism of Jewish 'Christians' of the sect of the Pharisees who undercut the true Gospel which proclaimed salvation by God's grace through faith alone in Christ alone. It was in studying Galatians that a medieval Roman Catholic monk came to understand the Gospel of grace and that epiphany led Martin Luther on a journey that would bring about the Protestant Reformation.

Legalism is the notion that salvation or justification with God is achieved in whole or in part by human works. In the case of the 'Judaizers', as ...

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