Bible Verse of the Day Saturday October 7th 2023

Galatians 1:18 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one, we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!

The Jews in Galatia, whom Paul referred to as Judaizers because they distorted the truth of the Gospel, attempting to convince believers in Christ that the Law and works were required to obtain salvation. The Judaizers in Galatia challenged Paul's authority, who misrepresented the truth of the Gospel by swaying the believers in Christ Jesus that works of the law was a requirement in the Gospel of Grace. So, he raised a sequence of defenses of his message, ministry, apostleship, and doctrine.

One by one, Paul listed the confirmations supportive of his apostolic authorization and described events following his conversion on the road to Damascus, when Jesus himself authorized Saul, who later became the Apostle Paul as Christ Jesus' apostle to the Gentiles. He did not consult with the other apostles in Jerusalem immediately but traveled to Arabia, where God Blessed him through a direct revelation from the Lord Jesus.

Paul's calling and ministry were very distinct from the apostles in Jerusalem. They had walked and talked with Jesus from the beginning. They had strolled with Him along the coastlines of the Sea of Galilee and listened to His astounding and extraordinary claims. They witnessed his mighty miracles and were spiritually bequeathed to cure the sick, bring the dead back to life, cast out evil spirits, and preach the Gospel of Christ Jesus of the kingdom to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

When Jesus called Peter to be a fisher of men, he cultivated a deep love for his Lord and Savior, confessing, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." On the other hand, Paul kept company with the proud Pharisees who wanted to take the life of Jesus and, following His crucifixion, took on himself the chief persecutor of Christ's followers. Peter writes in his second epistle that he deemed some of Paul's writing hard to understand (2 Peter 3:15-16) and Jesus challenged him when he slipped back into certain Jewish rituals. Meanwhile, Paul became progressively shunned and severely treated by many Jewish brethren who rejected the truth of God’s Word, that Gentiles and Jewish believers in Christ Jesus would unite one day as one Body in Christ Jesus.

The Apostle Paul went on three missionary journeys across three continents. and wrote thirteen of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament. He also went to Rome in chains near the end of his life that Paul himself considered a missionary journey.