Ukuzindla kwanamuhla: ukuqonda ngomusa kaNkulunkulu
UMphostoli ubhalela abaseGalathiya ukuze baqonde ukuthi umusa ubasusile ekubuseni koMthetho. Ngenkathi ivangeli lishunyayelwa kubo, kwakukhona abanye ababevela ekusokeni okwathi noma bengamaKrestu, bebengakaqondi isipho sevangeli, ngakho-ke bafuna ukulandela imiyalelo yoMthetho iNkosi owawubekele labo abangasebenzeli ubulungiswa, kepha besona . Ngamanye amazwi, uNkulunkulu wayenikeze umthetho olungile kubantu abangalungile. Yayiqokomisa izono zabo, kodwa ayizange ibasule. Siyazi empeleni ukuthi ngumusa wokholo kuphela, osebenza ngothando, osusa izono. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abaguqukile abavela ebuJudeni bathi babeka abaseGalathiya ngaphansi kwesisindo soMthetho, ababesevele besembusweni womusa, futhi baqinisekisa ukuthi iVangeli ngeke libasize abaseGalathiya uma bengavumi ukusokwa futhi bengahambisi kuyo yonke imiyalo. isiko lenkambiso yamaJuda.
Ngalesi sigwebo base beqale ukuba nezinsolo ngompostoli uPaul, owayeshumayele ivangeli kwabaseGalathiya futhi emsola ngokunganamatheli kulayini wokuziphatha kwabanye abaphostoli, ngokusho kwabo, abenza amaqaba ukuthi aphile njengamaJuda. Ngisho nomphostoli uPetru wayeye wanqotshwa izingcindezi zabantu abanjalo futhi wanxenxwa ukuba aziphathe ngendlela eyaholela enkolelweni yokuthi ivangeli ngeke libenze lutho abahedeni uma bengazithobi kokufunwa nguMthetho. Kepha umphostoli uPawulu uqobo wamphazamisa kulezindlela ezimbili zokuziphatha, njengoba elandisa kule ncwadi. Inkinga efanayo nayo ibhekiswe encwadini eya kwabaseRoma. Kodwa-ke, kubonakala kunomehluko othile, ngenxa yokuthi kulokhu oNgcwele uPaulus uxazulula impikiswano futhi uxazulula ingxabano ebiqubuke phakathi kwalabo abavela kumaJuda nalabo abavela ebuhedeni. Encwadini eya kwabaseGalathiya, nokho, ukhuluma nalabo abase bephazanyisiwe isithunzi sabasekeli bamaJuda ababaphoqa ukuthi bagcine uMthetho. Babeqale ukubakholelwa, sengathi umphostoli uPawulu wayeshumayela amanga, ebamema ukuba bangasoki. Ngakho-ke kuqala kanjena: "Kuyangimangaza ukuthi udlula masinyane kangaka kulowo owakubiza ngomusa kaKristu uye kwelinye ivangeli" (Gal 1: 6).
Ngalesi sikhathi sokuqala wayefuna ukwenza ireferensi ngokuqonda ngempikiswano. Ngakho-ke ekubingeleleni okufanayo, ezibiza ngomphostoli, "hhayi okuvela kubantu, noma okuvela kumuntu" (Gal 1: 1), - ukuqaphela ukuthi isimemezelo esinjalo asitholakali kunoma iyiphi enye incwadi - kukhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi labo bamemezeli imibono yamanga ayivelanga kuNkulunkulu kodwa ivela kubantu. Kwakungafanele athathwe njengophansi kunabanye abaphostoli maqondana nobufakazi bevangeli. Wayazi ukuthi wayengumphostoli hhayi ovela kubantu, noma ngomuntu, kodwa ngoJesu Kristu noNkulunkulu uBaba (cf. Gal 1: 1).