Galatians 1:1-3

Galatians 1:1-3 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Paul wrote the book of Galatians to the church in Galatia in Asia, which is modern day Turkey in the Middle East.. He begins the book by reminding them that he was not in the ministry for himself. Paul was not in the ministry because good men in the church wanted him to be in the ministry. Paul was in the ministry because Jesus Christ had called him to be in the ministry. And that is a serious calling. Paul goes on to send greetings to the churches of Galatia from all of the men who were part of Paul’s evangelistic team. And there were several of them. Acts 20:4 lists them: Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, Aristarchus and Secundus, of Thessalonica; Gaius, of Derbe; Tychicus and Trophimus, of Asia. Paul’s young preacher boys Timothy and Titus were probably in the group as well. Wow! That’s a lot of people! Sometimes Paul was by himself, but usually, he had many helpers with him. And that is the way it is at your church. It takes many workers to keep the church going. Some of those men may have kept the kids quiet while Paul was preaching to their parents. Maybe it was Timothy. And Titus may have cleaned up after the service. He could have been the janitor. All of these helpers did what they could to help Paul teach others about Jesus. And I am sure that they all were excited when someone trusted in Christ as their Savior after the Sunday morning service. Or it might have been after the Saturday synagogue lesson. Paul and many of his helpers were Jews. They worshiped God on Saturday and then had church and worshiped Jesus on Sunday! But they used the Saturday meetings of the Jews to talk to their Jewish kinsmen about Jesus Christ. But most of us are not Jews. We worship Jesus Christ on what we call the Lord’s Day. And what day of the week is the Lord’s Day? That’s right, it’s Sunday. And are you a helper at church like Timothy and Titus was? You can be. What could you do at church to be a helper?