Galatians 3, One Big
Family
In the first century, the
church was pressured to change, they wanted to add stringent rules to Christ’s
message of grace. This disturbing development explains the apostle Paul’s
letter to the church at Galatia, written about A.D. 49. Soon after their
conversion during Paul’s first missionary journey, the Galatians were deceived
by false teachers who insisted on the necessity of following the Jewish law to
be accepted by God. In the strongest possible terms, Paul renounces that
message, proclaiming that salvation comes by faith alone in Christ alone. In Christ,
believers are free from having to meet the impossible demands of the Jewish law
and can live joyfully in God’s unconditional acceptance.
Galatians also reminds us
that every believer is a valued member of the household of faith with equal
standing before God. Christ breaks down all barriers. There should be no place
for one member of the body of believers to have prejudice against another
member because of race, social status, gender, background, or any other
superficial barriers human beings create. All believers have personal
identities, which provide rich variety in the church. But all have also been
made “one in Christ Jesus.” This one provides deep unity. As part of a huge,
diverse family, we should not allow anything to separate us from other
believers.
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