Biblical Essay: Analysis of Paul's Letter To The Galatians
When Paul attended the Jerusalem Conference in 48 or 49, a decision
was made that gentiles would be allowed to become Christians without
becoming Jews first (ie. have a circumcision, and follow the Jewish Laws).
Paul, being the one that defended the gentile's right to be Christians,
became the apostle to the gentiles. Why would Paul, a Jew, want to be an
apostle to gentiles? According to him, Jesus appeared to him in AD 32 or
36, and told him to preach the good news to the gentiles (Gal 1:16).
Paul uses scripture to explain why gentiles should not be required to
be circumcised, or obey Jewish Law; however, there are no direct quotes in
scripture that say this. One would wonder why Paul, someone who grew-up
in a "good" Jewish family, would not follow in the footsteps of Jewish
Christian Missionaries, and require Christian converts to become Jews
first. He certainly had to fight to have his belief accepted! In my
opinion, Paul tried to follow the example of the original apostles (who
knew Jesus) by "converting the multitudes." I think Paul understood human
nature better than the other apostles preaching circumcision to the
gentiles. Perhaps he thought that gentiles would accept Christianity more
easily if it was natural to their lifestyle --I'm sure that the thought
of circumcision, and strict dietary laws scared gentiles from
Christianity! It seems that the "Judaziers" preached a God that was hard
to please.
Paul's major problem confronted in his letter to the Galatians is the
preachings of the Judaziers. Apparently, men who preach circumcision and
the Law had been trying to "pervert" the Galatians, and change their
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is full of rules/laws for the Galatians to live by. Of course, he
justifies that Christians live by these laws because they "Walk in the
Spirit of Christ." (Gal 5:16) If Christians are to "imitate" Jesus'
actions & morals, then why should they decide to follow some, and not
others? This is more evidence of Peter trying to create a "convenient"
religion.
The problem of acceptance of Jewish Law, I believe, is the fundamental
split in Christianity. It can still be seen today: Catholicism represents
Paul's view of Christianity, while Seventh Day Adventist Christians keep
Jewish Law. However, if Paul had preached the Law, I don't believe that
Christianity would even be present today (especially among the gentiles).
He did much to advance Christianity; however, Gentile Christianity became
a religion of Paul, rather than a religion of Jesus.
I have always seen scripture as the Apostle Paul stated in his letter to Timothy, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16 ESV). I see this statement of the Apostle Paul’s directed more to the OT, because the OT would have been readily available to most NT churches of that time period. The churches would have still been receiving portions of the NT scripture well after the Apostle Paul 's statement in 2 Timothy 3:16. For a person to truly understand the scripture we must be careful that our presuppositions do not hinder or distort the scripture and its original meaning. When studying scripture I always look to challenge my own personal
E: Because they will love their neighbor and because they know that if they know if they take too much from one person, then another person might do the same to them (Galatians 5:14-16). In my understanding of the Pauline letter to the Galatians, as Christians, we should not follow the Jewish law because Jesus has replaced the teachings. And, whoever wants to be in the right standing before God should measure themselves through the teachings of Jesus, and not the Jewish Law.
Aquinas, St. Thomas. COMMENTARY on SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE to the GALATIANS. Trans. F. R. Larcher. Albany: Magi Books, 1996.
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gain respect but the process of just trying to stay alive hindered them from doing so.
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