God Justifies the Ungodly - This Sunday, we turn to Galatians 2:1–21, which many theologians recognize as the heart of Paul’s argument. Using his experience with Peter in Antioch as the foil, Paul explains that righteousness before God does not come through law-keeping, but through God’s own work in Christ. God’s faithfulness to his people is the ground for our righteous status. When we misunderstand that and substitute anything that we are or that we do for what God has done in Christ, our hope and confidence in the gospel is shattered. Join us this Sunday as we consider the monumental news: God has justified the ungodly! Galatians 2:1–21.
Free in Christ is our summer sermon series on the Book of Galatians. This letter is probably the first that Paul wrote, and is among the earliest books of the New Testament. It foreshadows the conflict in Acts 15 at the Jerusalem Council. It also shows a range of emotions for the Apostle Paul, who is incredulous at heretical developments in the churches he planted in what is now south-central Turkey.
