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The book of Galatians was written for recovering Pharisees. By trying to base their standing with God on their spiritual performance, the Galatians were in danger of denying the Gospel. They needed to hear again the liberating message that we are justified not by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. The church today needs to embrace that same Gospel message. “We are legalists by...

offers a helpful paraphrase of these verses: “You are falling away from the gospel and I am writing to stop you.”2 The gospel—this is what the Galatians were giving up. To use the proper term for it, they were “apostatizing.” They were abandoning the good news about the cross and the empty tomb. The good news of God’s grace is his unmerited favor for undeserving sinners. The gospel proclaims that Jesus Christ died and rose again to save us from sin. When the Galatians turned away from this gracious
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