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Introduction

We are going to take the next few months and work our way through this letter Paul has written to the believers scattered through the region of Galatia.

We are going to encounter themes that will become familiar as they are repeated and further expanded as the letter unfolds.

If we are willing to look into our own hearts, we will see the areas that God desires to apply these truths and to change us further into the image of his Son.

Questions we will answer in our introduction:

Who wrote the Book? - Paul

When did he write the book ?

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Where was he in his journey when he did the writing and what significance does this play in his tone and approach?

Who was he writing to?

How did Paul know them and why was he so zealous for them?

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What problem was unfolding in the region that Paul needed to address?

7. What significance did the Jerusalem counsel meetings have on this particular challenge Paul is dealing with ?

8. Who are the main characters in the narrative and what unique characteristics help us define them?

Other Questions that will be helpful to understand

What is the Gospel?

Just a way to heaven?

How does it touch every facet of our lives

What is Justification?

What is Sanctification?

How are the two related and how are the different?

Note From Ironside -

The epistle to the Galatians links very intimately with that to the Romans.

There seem to be good reasons for believing that both of these letters were written at about the same time, probably from Corinth while Paul was ministering in that great City.

enrollments we have the fullest, the most complete opening up of the Gospel of the grace of God that we get anywhere in the New Testament.

In the letter to the Galatians we have that glorious gospel message defended against those who were seeking to substitute legality for Grace.

There are many expressions in the two letters that are very similar.

But, as also the epistle to the Hebrews, are based upon one Old Testament text found in Chapter 2 of the book of Habakkuk: "the just shall live by faith."

may I repeat what I have mentioned in my lectures on Romans and also my notes on Hebrews?and the epistle to the Romans the emphasis is put upon the first two words.we

answer this question how should a man be just with God?

The answer is, "the just shall live by faith."

but if one has been justified by faith how is he maintained in that place before God?

The answer is given in the epistle to the Galatians, and here the emphasis is upon the next two words, "the just shall live by faith."

but what is that power by which men are made just and by which they live?

The epistle to the Hebrews answers that by putting the emphasis upon the last two words of the same text, "the just shall live by faith."

so we may see that these three letters really constitute a very remarkable Trio, and in spite of all that many scholars have written to the contrary, personally I am absolutely convinced that the three are from the same human hand, that of the Apostle Paul.