Book Of Galatians
Galatians, more than any other single book, became the manifesto of freedom and revival of Biblical truth of the Reformation era: “the Magna Carta of spiritual emancipation.” Few books have had a more profound influence on the history of mankind than has this small tract, for such it should be called. Christianity might have been just one more Jewish sect, and the thought of the Western world might have been entirely pagan had it never been written. Galatians embodies the germinal teaching on Christian freedom which separated Christianity from Judaism, and which launched it upon a career of missionary conquest. It was the cornerstone of the Protestant Reformation, because its teaching of salvation by grace alone became the dominant theme of the preaching of the Reformers. — Merrill Tenney
Galatians, more than any other single book, became the manifesto of freedom and revival of Biblical truth of the Reformation era: “the Magna Carta of spiritual emancipation.”
Few books have had a more profound influence on the history of mankind than has this small tract, for such it should be called. Christianity might have been just one more Jewish sect, and the thought of the Western world might have been entirely pagan had it never been written. Galatians embodies the germinal teaching on Christian freedom which separated Christianity from Judaism, and which launched it upon a career of missionary conquest. It was the cornerstone of the Protestant Reformation, because its teaching of salvation by grace alone became the dominant theme of the preaching of
the Reformers.
— Merrill Tenney
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17] Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I
went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18] Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him
fifteen days.
· If Paul had felt uncertain about his message, a journey to one of these centers would
have been natural and necessary.
· But he was an apostle as truly as were the Twelve, fully in possession of the truth of the
Gospel from the Lord himself. The Apostles brought the message of the Kingdom, Paul,
the message of Grace.
26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples:
but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas
took him, and brought [him] to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen
the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly
at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 28 And he was with them coming in and going
out at Jerusalem. 29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed
against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. Acts 9:26-29
· His visit of two weeks with Peter came after Barnabas endorsed Paul to the suspicious
disciples in Jerusalem while he was preaching in the city. It was a delightful experience,
but Peter did not start Paul upon his apostleship. He visited him as an equal. Peter no
doubt had much to say to Paul.
19] But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
· “...James the Lord’s brother”: James (Yakov), the author of the Epistle of James, was the
Lord’s (half) brother. James, the son of Zebedee, was still living at that time. The rest of
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