If you have 5 minutes!
Read Acts
14:26-28
26 From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed
to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. 27 On arriving there,
they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through
them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they stayed
there a long time with the disciples.
Shortly after this trip, Paul probably wrote the book of Galatians to
the churches he had just visited.[1]
He wrote in response to the infiltration of a group of Jewish Christians who
were trying to persuade the new Gentile Christians to become circumcised and
adhere to the Law (well their particular interpretation of it anyway!).
If you have a lot longer!
This
would therefore be a great time to read Galatians and, as you do so, think
about the following questions:
- What were the problems Paul was addressing?
- How does he address them?
- How do his comments on the Law here fit with references elsewhere (e.g. 1 Cor. 9:9; 1 Tim. 5:8; Acts 16:3)?
[1] E.g. see John Dran,
“Introducing the New Testament,” pg. 300.
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