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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We come now to the study of God's precious Word and the second chapter of Galatians, Galatians

chapter 2.

We're working our way through this letter to the region of Galatia where Paul had planted

a number of churches by preaching the gospel.

This is the first of 13 letters that Paul wrote that are included in the New Testament.

And the purpose of this letter is to make crystal clear what the gospel really is.

Satan always tries to counterfeit everything.

He appears disguised as an angel of light, his ministers are disguised as angels of light.

They masquerade within the people of God and among the people of God and in the church,

subtly proclaiming error.

And any deviation of the gospel is a cursed thing.

Back in chapter 1 verses 8 and 9, Paul says, if anybody preaches another gospel then the

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