Series 8 study 1 Importance of Paul's letter to Galatians
@Livingwater Study 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER (Scripture Portion: Galatians 1: 1-5) Paul’s letter to the churches at Galatia was written in AD 57. He made two missionary journeys to Galatia, and it was during one of these that he founded the churches there. When he preached the gospel, the Holy Spirit blessed the spoken word, souls were saved and churches were formed. Men and women who had been living in idolatry were brought to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and were born again by the Holy Spirit. But Paul was a pioneer missionary; he was always on the move, preaching in new places and planting new churches. Consequently he did not have time to stay very long with those who professed conversion under his ministry. After he had laboured in Galatia for a comparatively short while he moved on into other fields of service. It was probably while he was in Macedonia (Acts 20:1-3) that some very sad news reached him. False teachers had entered the churches in Galatia and