WHAT WAS THE HERETICAL DOCTRINE OF THE JUDAIZERS?
THE JUDAIZERS TAUGHT THAT FAITH AND WORKS SAVED A PERSON. FAITH + CIRCUMCISION (THE LAW OF MOSES) = SALVATION THEY BASED THEIR ARGUMENT ON THE DECLARATION THAT CHRIST KEPT THE LAW AND SO SHOULD ALL BELIEVERS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOME TRUTH IN A HERETICAL DOCTRINE. WHY WAS PAUL SO CONCERNED? IF THE NEW DOCTRINE BY THE JUDAIZERS SPREAD WITHOUT CORRECTION, CHRISTIANITY WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT TODAY. IT WOULD BE A SECT OF JUDAISM INSTEAD OF A SEPARATE RELIGION. IF THE GALATIAN PEOPLE WERE SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO ANY WIND OF DOCTRINE, THE DANGER TO CHRISTIANITY WAS VERY GREAT. EVEN IN PAUL S DAY, THIS DOCTRINE WAS BEGINNING TO DIVIDE THE CHURCH. THEREFORE, A GENERAL RELIGIOUS COUNCIL WAS HELD IN JERUSALEM TO SETTLE THE MATTER ONCE AND FOR ALL. READ ACT 15:1-14, 19-25 (ABOUT 50 AD) v WHY DID THE AUTHOR WRITE THE BOOK? PAUL WROTE THE BOOK OF GALATIANS TO COUNTERACT THE DIFFERENT GOSPEL PREACHED BY THE JUDAIZERS . HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW CHURCHES TAUGHT ONLY THE TRUE GOSPEL
