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Galatians 3: 26-29 Quotes

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Hello everybody, I’m Father Dean Baker and this homily will focus on the passage of Galatians 3: 26-29 which is a part of the epistle of Paul to the Galatians. This text conveys a gospel message of followers continuing and living their life through the grace of god while expressing the importance of equality. Today I will be explaining and outlining the three worlds of the text evident in this passage. We start with the world behind the text. The geographical location of Galatia was a Roman region in Asia Minor, which is near modern day Turkey. The community of whom wrote the text were immigrant Celts around the time of 250 BCE who had established it and the area is distinctive of the Celtic culture in Apostle Paul’s day. The reasoning of …show more content…

It also tells us that everyone is equal, regardless of his or her race, gender or class. Though Galatians 3:26-29, God has said that he abolishes the distinctions of race, mentioned because whatever our gender and whatever our race, we are all children of God. From modern egalitarian interpretations to exegetical interpretations or even different cultures, they all interpret the same key messages from this passage. This text can be used in prayer all across the world. For thousands of years, many Jewish men have prayed using the passage, expressing the person’s identity and ‘blessing of identity’. I believe this prayer should be used in all churches to be a constant reminder that we are all children of god and we are all equal. This text can be used to relate to the modern day crisis in Syria or the ISIS issue. One of Syrias key problems is gender inequality while ISIS believes in global inequality and kills innocent people due to their race. Another obvious example is racism in every community. These are just a few examples in the contemporary society, which do not follow this passage. Furthermore, as social media is further disregarding this view, the best way to understand the text is to live life, meeting new people and travel to counties of different cultures. This text should be used in the life of believers today by being a constant reminder that everyone one is equal and everyone is

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