“Galatians derives its title from (pros Galatas) from the region of Asia Minor (modern Turkey)…” (MSB48) That is where the churches Paul was addressing were located in the book of Galatians. Galatia was taken over by the Romans and became a Roman province around 189 B.C. “Paul wrote Galatians to counter Judaizing false teachers” (MSB48) The teachers had dangerous teachings and Paul wanted to warn them about the bad consequences if they continued to teach false teachings and forgot about justification threw faith and other doctrines. Paul did visit southern Galatia and he had a trip to the Jewish council. According to some scholars, there are two theories regarding where it was written to the North Galatia and south Galatia theory and the date of which the letter was written. “The view is generally expressed as a date around 48, 49 or 56 A.D. …” (Herrick) In chapter 1 of Galatians Paul discusses his post- Christian visit to Jerusalem and his rebuke of Peter at Antioch.
12) Outline
I. Do you use the spirt? A. How did you receive the spirt? By works or Faith? B. Have you abandoned the spirt? C. Are you trying the finish by the means of the