Galatians Argument Paper

In his book, Studies in Galatians, Tom Wacaster addresses a very vital need: to provide common-level, sound commentaries of the Bible. Books such as this are very beneficial, as they assist an “average” member of the church to expand their understanding of God’s word. This, as Wacaster stated himself, was his goal in writing this very commentary. “If [Studies in Galatians] serves to give just one precious soul a better understanding of this wonderful letter…then it will have been worth the time spent in preparing and publishing” (3, 4). Wacaster has surely accomplished this worthy objective and more with this valuable book.

In this epistle Paul is making the point that God’s desire is that Jews and Gentiles are united in position and privilege in Him. Paul is shedding light on the fact that God wants to establish a new unity where racial and national distinctions disappear in Christ. Christ has broken down the middle wall of hate and division. The dividing wall of racial enmity has been destroyed once and for all. The old enmity of personal and national prejudice, and exclusiveness between Jews and Gentiles was slain at Calvary. God’s purpose is one new people (Christian), Christ’s body the church. It is one new man made up of new men (2Cor 5:17-18).

Paul tells the Galatians that circumcision is no longer necessary and that anyone who continues to perform them is only doing so because

Amenably, in Galatians 5, 6, Paul explicates the outcome of justification by grace through faith is spiritual freedom. Paul appealed to the Galatians to persevere in their freedom, and not become ensnared in the slavery of Mosaic Law. Christian independence is not a justification to appease one’s lower nature, rather a prospect to love one another. Such freedom does not isolate one from life’s struggles. In actuality, it may strengthen the battle concerning the Spirit and the flesh. Nonetheless, the flesh remains crucified with Christ, consequently the Spirit bears His fruit as in love, joy, and peace in the natural life of the believer.

The Jewish community rejected the lax attitude concerning Mosaic Law. The Galatians, who were brought up in an area of the world dominated by a polytheistic, law-based religion, sought comfort in the more disciplined Jewish approach. “Paul: Appealing or Appalling?” is the surprising title of the first chapter in a book about the differing opinions, written by Christian scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan. Their account of Paul’s controversial stance on a variety of “major issues” like gender roles and slavery helps to understand the historical significance of Paul’s evangelism. Jews were easier to reach than Gentiles, because of their sacred education, therefore the issue of circumcision was definitely an issue among the first converts to Christianity. The question on everyone’s mind was, “Do you have to be a Jew to be a Christian?” Judeans were taught that salvation would only come to those circumcised according to the custom. Once in Jerusalem, Paul went to the elders to announce God’s grace in the lives of the Gentiles. They rejoiced in his message, but took notice of his advice against Jewish law,

Traveling from the church in Antioch to Jerusalem, Barnabas, Paul and Mark set out to spread the Gospel. "Both Acts 15 and Galatians 2:1-10 detail a meeting in Jerusalem. Although they are not identical, the overwhelming similarities suggest that both passages are indeed descriptions of the same event."

Is thought that the recipient of the letter were people from a province in central Asia Minor and Paul preached them during his first mission. The authors of the letter to the Galatians was Paul and Jesus Spirit. One of the main purpose of the letter or theme was to address the relationship from the Gentile Christians towards Judaism. The main points of the letter are to be truthful to God and commit to Him, in order to gain the Kingdom of heaven. In verse Gal 1:7 Paul clarifies that there is no other Gospel than the one that Jesus proclaimed. Paul explains that there is people that try to confuse Christians and pervert the gospel of Christ but he is warning us not to fall into that. It repeats over and over to not follow the law of the world but the teachings of Jesus Christ. We all are the church. The ones who believe on God are the church. To be the church in this letter means to believe in Jesus Christ and only worship God because He gave us freedom from sin and He is the only one that can lead us to the Kingdom of God. It also means to live by the fruit of the Spirit which is in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal 5:22-23). It means to die to the sin, to reject the sin of, fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing (Gal 5:19-21), and anything that looks like

Galatians 6:12 (HCSB) 13 For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.” This verse is very interesting. It shows how we are all sinners, and we are constantly trying to perfect other people. When we should leave it to God, and continue to show our love to the

If Frederick did not file suit against his professor, he would let them take his idea and take credit before Frederick would have sued them. Everyone at least get exited about new ideas and tell people what they are going to do with it. Every person whom goes to court have done something bad or getting things back for what they should not have done. When you said "Frederick should learn from his mistake, and be more cautious in sharing his ideas and business plans," he should have thought whats going to happen before he say something because everyone can not trust everyone in the world. Galatians 6:6 tells us that "One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches" (Creative Commons Attribution License, 2017). Going

The first specific insight I read was that Paul provides a clear prescription for Christian living in his Epistle, which addresses worship, the use of gifts, acts of service and hospitality, the role of government, loving one’s neighbor, living in the day and pursuing peace. Romans were about the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Paul became an advocate for the inclusion of the Gentiles among the ‘true’ followers of Christianity. Until this moment in history, Jewish Christians believed that non-Jews had to convert to Judaism and follow the law like them, which included many dietary restrictions and circumcision. Gentiles who worship in the synagogue but did not convert were only

converts, were confusing the pagan converts with the thought that they had to be Jewish

Gal. 2:9 “when James and Cephas and John, vwho seemed to be apillars, perceived the bgrace that was given to me, they cgave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised”.

In some ways, Paul’s letter to the Galatians is seen as the most Pauline of the Pauline writings. In this letter, we see immense amounts of anger coming from Paul; this in fact forces Paul to reveal his honest opinion (Brown, 467). In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he preaches the Word of God through seven distinct arguments and discusses many important points and ideas that God wishes to make known to all of his followers. The Galatians, to whom Paul’s letter is addressed, were Paul’s converts. They were thought to have been descendants of the Celts and Gauls who invaded Asia Minor in 279 BCE. Galatia was a province in what is known today as Turkey. In 25 BCE, when the last Galatian king died, the province was incorporated into the Roman Empire (O’Hare, 1).

Paul addresses these issues in Galatians 5:13-26 by showing us what Life by the Spirit truly means. Paul wrote this Epistle to defend himself and his ministry since many false teachers were telling the Galatians otherwise and as a wake up call for the people of Galatia. Many took his message and applied it to their lives, but continued to live in sin with one another. Paul wrote this book out of frustration because he was disappointed in the Galatians for turning away from his teachings so quickly. Paul wanted to let the Galatians know that they are no longer under Jewish law and should not have to be circumcised to follow the Lord; they are free in Christ.