The Gospel message is about grace and peace but be wary of distortions

The letter to the churches in Galatia (now Turkey) was written by the apostle Paul. He had been commissioned by Jesus through an encounter on the road to Damascus … the last of the 12 apostles. This letter, along with another written to the church in Rome, played a pivotal role in the Reformation of the church. Martin Luther even described himself as being ‘married’ to the letter to the Galatian churches because of the vital importance of its teaching.

The letter is a warning about tampering with the Gospel … the wonderful message of what Jesus has accomplished through the cross to save people from their sins.  Galatians has been described as the letter dedicated to explaining what the Gospel is NOT. Subtle additions of human works were being made to the message of grace alone. These additions were wrongly teaching that faith in Christ alone is insufficient for our salvation. Paul had been given authority from Jesus Christ, with the office of an apostle, to preach and teach the truth of the Gospel in the early church.