set free
In the 1st century the apostle Paul founded several churches in the Roman province of Galatia. Soon after Paul moved on to proclaim the gospel elsewhere, other Christians came to the Galatian church and said that true Christ-followers adhere to Jewish laws and rituals. Paul—who was a Jew—willingly accommodated Jewish sensibilities. But he vehemently opposed requiring Christians to conform with Jewish culture.
The New Testament book of Galatians is the apostle Paul's defiant assertion that salvation via Christ is a free gift from our loving heavenly Father.
Paul's passion for Christ and the gospel are on display via the apostle's expression of anger and surprise at the Galatians acceptance of false teaching. Many Bible scholars opine that Galatians may be a kind of rough draft of the carefully developed and calmly presented theology of justification by faith Paul composed in his subsequent letter to the Romans.
Christ sets His followers free from both culture and materialism. Paul writes, "You are called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature. Rather, serve one another in love. The law of Moses is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself."
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