Paul now continues his defense against false teachers by showing from his own personal history that the apostles in Jerusalem confirmed his apostleship and the gospel he preached as both coming from Christ. The main points from our text are: (1) The Gospel Paul Preached Was Confirmed by Apostolic Word (Galatians 2:1-2); (2) The Gospel Paul Preached Was Confirmed by Apostolic Deed (Galatians 2:3-5). The reason Paul argues at such length is not because he was just too sensitive or was so defensive—it is not about him—it's about Christ and the gospel. The very gospel of salvation through faith alone in Christ alone is at stake. For if Jesus did not call him by supernatural revelation to be an apostle and if Jesus did not teach him the gospel he preached, then the false teachers were right that his gospel was not of divine origin but of human origin (and therefore a false gospel). Everything hinges upon his call by Christ to be an apostle and upon Christ having taught him the gospel he preached.

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