Derek Thomas

James, the Lord's brother, John, the one whom Jesus loved, and Peter, and he spends 15 days with Peter.

I wish there were tape recorders.

I wish there were microphones.

I would love to know how that went.

Cephas and Paul, two huge personalities.

And Paul's point is that this gospel that he preaches, it's actually not Peter's gospel.

It's not John's gospel.

It's not of man, is the point that he wants to make.

It's not of man.

It doesn't get the approval of man.

It's not man's gospel.

Verse 11, I would have you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.

It's a gospel that is revealed by the Holy Spirit and given to this individual, Saul of Tarsus, now the apostle Paul.

It's from God, and that's why you should believe it.

Belief that certain styles and certain rules, man-made rules, rules of a certain religious tradition, and unless these are kept and kept rigorously and kept to the full, there cannot be an assurance of salvation.

Well, hello.

We're going to take a tour of what I think is one of the most exciting letters in the New Testament by the Apostle Paul, and that's Galatians.

It's a short letter, six chapters.

We're going to cover it in 14 sessions.

This is Paul, the young man, rather than Paul in the pastoral epistles as a