Jonathan Christman of Heritage Baptist church expounds the testimony of Apostle Paul in Galatians 1:13-17, to show how the gospel is exclusively dependent on Jesus alone. He notes how the gospel is against the religion of “I” and how salvation is entirely a sheer gift of grace. Christman asserts how the gospel is not religion, by showing how Paul was very moralistic prior to his conversion, yet not pleasing to God and was very zealous in his traditions even persecuting the church, yet was not outside the reach of God’s grace. Paul’s conversion thus teaches us that the gospel not only saves people from irreligion but also from religion. Christman thus exalts the power of God’s grace in the gospel that overcomes the evil unbelieving hearts of sinners.
Christman makes some very valuable observations, sheds light on important insights and makes key applications to us, all pointing to the amazing, gracious, Christ-centered, eternal love of God revealed in the gospel.
