10/22/2023 – Adult Bible Study – Tim Brown -Here’s what happened. After Paul left Galatia, his converts came under the influence of certain individuals who discredited his apostleship, called into question the validity of his gospel, and insisted his converts needed to go all the way and get circumcised, if they were going to shore up their status of children of God.
These “Judaizers,” were apparently quite effective in persuading the Galatians of the necessity of circumcision. As a result, Paul’s once enthusiastic converts were now ambivalent at best. They’d developed misgivings about whether Paul had told them the whole story and whether his gospel could get them to where they needed to go spiritually.
He is saying, “You’ve really messed this up, but all’s not lost!”
He takes them back to where it all began – back to grace.
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