Good News for All Nations

Paul anchored all that God has done for us in the resurrection of Jesus, which also inaugurated the Messianic Age - Galatians 1:1-5. The source of Paul’s apostleship was the same God who raised His Son from the dead to “ deliver us from this evil age .” In his Letter to the Galatians , the Apostle responded to certain “ men from Jerusalem ” who were working as if the old era of the Law was still in effect, insisting that Gentiles must be circumcised and keep the Jewish calendar. They also questioned Paul’s apostolic authority.

The Spirit of God imparts life, especially the everlasting life of which the Gift of the Spirit is the foretaste and guarantee . The Spirit of God is life-giving. “ God is Spirit ,” and where His Spirit is, there is life! By His Spirit God created all things, including the “ hosts of the Heavens .” In contrast, sin kills men, and it does so through the “ letter of the Law .” Death’s “ sting ” is sin, “ and the power of sin is the Law . ” However, God’s Spirit gives us life, and where His Spirit is, there is also “ liberty ” - (John 4:24, 6:63, 1 Corinthians 15:56, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 3:17).