Ukucamngca kwanamhlanje: ukuqonda ubabalo lukaThixo
Umpostile ubhalela abaseGalati ukuze baqonde ukuba ubabalo lubasusile kulawulo loMthetho. Xa iindaba ezilungileyo zazishunyayelwa kubo, kwakukho abathile ababevela kulwaluko abathi, nangona babengamaKristu, babengekasiqondi isipho seendaba ezilungileyo, ke ngoko bafuna ukuthobela imigqaliselo yoMthetho owamiselwa yiNkosi kwabo bangakhonzanga bulungisa, kodwa besona . Ngamanye amagama, uThixo wayenike abantu abangalunganga umthetho olungileyo. Yayibalaselisa izono zabo, kodwa yayingabacimi. Siyazi ngenene ukuba kuphela lubabalo lokholo, olusebenza ngothando, olususa izono. Ngokuchaseneyo, abaguqukileyo ebuYudeni babebeka amaGalati phantsi kobunzima boMthetho, ababesele bekulawulo lobabalo, kwaye baqinisekisa ukuba iVangeli ayinakuba luncedo kumaGalati ukuba abavumi ukwaluka kwaye abayithobeli yonke imimiselo. isiko lesiko lamaJuda.
Ngenxa yesi sigwebo baqalisa ukumrhanela umpostile uPawulos, owayeshumayele igospile kumaGalati kwaye emtyhola ngokungabambeleli kumgaqo wokuziphatha wabanye abapostile abathi, ngokutsho kwabo, baphembelela abahedeni ukuba baphile njengama Yuda. Nkqu nompostile uPetros waye wanikezela kwingcinezelo yabantu abanjalo kwaye wahendelwa ukuba aziphathe ngendlela ekhokelela kwinkolelo yokuba igospile ayizukubenza nto abahedeni ukuba abathobeli imfuneko yoMthetho. Kodwa umpostile uPawulos wamphazamisa kule ndlela yokuziphatha, njengoko echaza kule leta. Kwale ngxaki ikwathethwa ngayo kwincwadi eya kwabaseRoma. Nangona kunjalo, kubonakala ngathi ukhona umahluko, ngenxa yokuba kule ndawo inguPaul Paul uzinzisa impikiswano kwaye uzinzisa ingxabano eyaqhambuka phakathi kwabo babevela kumaJuda kunye nabo babevela kubuhedeni. Kwileta eya kwabaseGalati, nangona kunjalo, uthetha nabo babesele bephazanyiswe ludumo lwamaJuda ababanyanzela ukuba bagcine umthetho. Babeqale ukubakholelwa, ngokungathi umpostile uPawulos wayeshumayela ubuxoki, ebamema ukuba bangaluki. Yiyo ke le nto iqala ngoluhlobo: "Ndimangalisiwe kukuba udlule ngokukhawuleza kulowo wanibizayo ngobabalo lukaKristu, niye kwenye ivangeli" (Gal 1: 6).
Ngale nto wayefuna ukwenza ireferensi enobulumko kwimpikiswano. Kungalo mbuliso mnye, evakalisa ukuba ungumpostile, "kungengamntu, kungengamntu" (Gal 1: 1), -ukuqaphela ukuba isibhengezo esinjalo asifumaneki nakwezinye iileta- kubonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba abo babhengezi iingcamango zobuxoki azivelanga kuThixo kodwa zivela ebantwini. Kwakungafanele aphathwe njengophantsi kunabanye abapostile ngokubhekiselele kubungqina bevangeli. Wayesazi ukuba wayengenguye umpostile owayengenguye owabantu, okanye owomntu, kodwa ngoYesu Krestu noThixo uYise (cf. Gal 1: 1)