12/28/2023: Galatians 2:3-4 – As Christians, we are free from the bondage of ceremonial religion.

 

Galatians 2:3 (NASB)

³ But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Thought for today – As Christians, we are free from the bondage of ceremonial religion.

In verses 1 and 2, Paul detailed how he had come to see the leaders of the church in Jerusalem on a mission from the churches in Antioch of Syria to get a clear, unambiguous statement of the requirements of the Mosaic law relating to the lives of the Gentile believers.  Verses 3 states that Paul brought Titus, a Greek Christian, with him to Jerusalem to show the elders there that he was indeed a true believer, a man filled with the Holy Spirit, and a faithful servant of Jesus Christ.  For Paul, Titus was “exhibit A” for his evidence that a Gentile could be a Spirit-filled believer without submitting to the ceremonial law of the Old Testament as proof of our freedom in Christ Jesus.

That’s what the Book says!