The apostle Paul’s letter to the churches in Galatia is often used in proof texts to argue specific doctrines that have been accepted by cultural “Christianity”, which is not within the historical or contextual of Paul’s teachings. The letter to the Galatians must be considered with the events of Acts 15, as well as the understanding that the sect of Pharisees causing such problems considered the Law to be inclusive of Rabbinical Judaism (inclusive of the oral traditions and placing those oral traditions in primacy to the written law). Jesus Christ expressed His opposition to the teachings of the Pharisees, and their primacy of the oral traditions (captured in the Mishna, Talmud and Gemara) being placed ahead of the written law, in His ministry. This Bible Study seeks to study the letter to the churches in Galatia, in the proper contextual and historical viewpoint.
Part 1 of the Group Bible Study may be viewed using this link: Letter to the Galatians Group Bible Study Part 1.
