BNTC - Galatians
BNTC - Galatians
by Harold S. Martin. 144 pp., clothbound.
The basic human problem is this: How can sinful men and women become rightly related to a holy God? What is involved in the plan of salvation in the New Testament age? The answer is this: Each person must accept the salvation which God's grace makes available through Christ's death and resurrection. Human beings are too weak by nature to save themselves through their own achievements.
A group of Jewish Christians known as Judaizers insisted that faith in Christ is not complete without observing the Old Testament rite of circumcision. In Galatians, Paul countered this claim by preaching salvation by God's grace alone. The purpose of the law was not to save, but to show men and women their need of a Savior (3:11,24). God's plan is that both Jews and Gentiles should be saved by faith alone. Anyone who mixes in the practice of good deeds as a basis for salvation—is preaching another gospel.