The Importance Of Grace And Peace In The Bible

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The bible is full of truth, but it can also be full of irresistible desires. The Bible can be interpreted through multiple different perspectives. Some can see the truth of salvation in the savior Jesus Christ and forgiveness of God the Father, while others can see desirable temptations from satan himself. In Galatia they saw God’s words from both perspective. When preaching to Galatia, Paul showed the Galatians the errors of false teachings and opened their eyes to verbal inspiration and salvation through the savior Jesus Christ. When preaching to the people of Galatia Paul did not preach to only one church he traveled around and preached to many congregations in the region of Galatia. The goal of Paul’s preaching was to demonstrate that faith in …show more content…

Grace and peace are the two main words that explain and summarize all of Christianity to Galatia. Grace is the forgiveness of sins creating a quiet conscience. God loves us even though we do not deserve his love. The second term peace does not have a meaning unless sin has first been forgiven. The law will continue to accuse and terrify the conscience for sin. There is no way to wash sin away except through the grace of God’s undeserved love. As luther says the more work and sweat to extricate ourselves from sin, the worse off we are. The people of Galatia were deceived and thought that they could do good works to cancel out their sin. In chapter one of Galatians Paul portrays this for the Galatians by being gentle with them and not harsh even after all they have been through. Paul does not attack them, but he is patient with them and shows them affection. He is gentle yet firm and scolds them appropriately relating to the situation that had just happened. However, in contrast he is very harsh toward the Judaizers who had betrayed him, God and

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