Galatians 1 - What is the message of the Gospel? 2020

Paul says that he is amazed that they are turning from Messiah in such a short amount of time. He apparently just left them and they are following some different Gospel than the one he taught them. He said it's not another gospel, but a perversion of the gospel of the kingdom spoken of by Messiah. It is likely that if one does not know what the message of the Gospel consists of, they will not know the meaning of the book of Galatians. What is the message of the Gospel? The "Gospel of the Kingdom" is "repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matt. 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matt 4:23 And Jesus was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

Yeshua said the Gospel of the Kingdom was originally preached by John the Baptist.

Luke 16:15-17 And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. 16“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

John first preached the Gospel.

Matt. 3:1-2 Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Originally, this message was not to go outside the borders of Israel.

Matt. 10:5-7 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them, saying, “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; 6but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7“And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Join us as we look at Paul's letter to the Galatians. This letter was the favorite of antinomians such as Martin Luther. Why is that? The letter seems to have references against following the Torah. But does it really?

Oftentimes when Sha'ul (Paul) would visit a city or an assembly, the Scribes and Pharisees would follow him and refute his words and testimony. Pauls letter to the Galatians is the result of those interactions between the assembly at Galatia the Pharisees. In this study of Galatians, I start each chapter by mimicking a fictional Pharisee (Moses Mul) and many of the words he apparently said to the assembly at Galatia back in that day.

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