Paul makes the incredibly bold statement at the beginning of this book that if you do not accept his version of the gospel, “may you be condemned to hell.” And, he would later go on to say that those who distort the gospel by suggesting that we get right with God by keeping the law should “go all the way and castrate themselves.” Would this not suggest that it is critically important that we each come to a strong opinion on what the gospel really is? And, since Paul would say that we are not put right with God by keeping the law, he then asks the obvious questions, “What then was the purpose of the law?” His answer to this question is so important!
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