In Galatians 1:10-24, Paul has to defend the gospel he preached in Galatia because false-teachers were trying to discredit him, and, therefore, lead the Galatians to believe a false-gospel. So this question is before us: Why can we trust Paul's message of Jesus + Nothing = Everything? We can trust him for at least four reasons: he is not a people pleaser (1:10), he received the gospel message directly from Jesus (1:11-12), his life did a 180 (1:13-17), and his message was confirmed by the Apostles in Jerusalem (1:18-24). Furthermore, in this passage we see what it looks like to be a Christian. A Christian has been set apart by grace, called by grace, received Jesus by grace, and sent on mission by grace.

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