Galatians is so good!

In working Thessalonians lately, I got to thinking about it being the first epistle written by Paul. The second book written was Galatians in approximately 57 AD. Galatians is a correctional epistle for the doctrine of Romans. Romans was written later but since the authorship of all the epistles is divine and from God who is omnipotent, Galatians corrects some errors developing with the judaizers conflicting with the doctrine of Romans. We know that Paul had problems with the judaizers in Thessalonica also.

E.W. Bullinger says on page 1748 in the COMPANION BIBLE: “Galatians has been happily likened to a sketch for the finished picture, Romans. In both is maintained the fundamental truth that there is no difference between Judean and Gentile before God, There would be many Judeans among the churches of Galatia, for Paul ever went to the Judean first; yet the majority would be Gentiles, apparently too ready to yield to the persuasions of judaizers who taught the necessity of circumcision.”


The Doctrine of Romans makes it clear that we are saved by believing and it is by grace, not works. Circumcision or any other outward work doesn’t save anyone. One is made whole by believing in Jesus Christ and that God got him up from the dead. It is God’s justice that provided a way to His companionship and deliverance from any obstacle thrown in our face. Jesus Christ was the perfect substitution. It was perfect justice. By believing in the work of finished Jesus Christ we are a part of God’s eternal Facebook, we can contact him any time of the day or night.

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

We are really free because of this and we no longer have to fall in the suffocating traps of man-made religion. We have the Word and the spirit of God. “The eyes of our understanding” can be totally enlightened. What that means is we don’t have to walk around stumbling in the dark bumping into this or that, groping through life in confusion.

I love to read Galatians and see the walk in the spirit and how important it is. Then compare it to Romans 8, the ‘Magna Carta’ of Christianity! It is the confidence and assurance that the whole world is trying to find! Life is not always nice but we NEVER have to be overwhelmed because God has a Biblical solution ALWAYS. So life may not always be nice but it is exceedingly abundant. Ephesians 3:20!