The Judaizers mentioned in Galatians were never kicked out of the church.
Their teachings were refuted by sound doctrine. Even the Corinthians had
some teaching that the resurrection was past already, and they were not
excommunicated either. People are not excommunicated for teaching wrong.
They are excommunicated for sin. This is something the Inquisition never
understood, and this is something that Glenn Tabor does not understand.
Kicking people out of church for poor and erroneous teaching is wrong.
The book of Galatians most certainly is written because of two things. Converts of Paul's who were defecting and Judaistic teachers who were adulterating Paul's gospel. That is NT 101!!! Paul had a couple of reasons for writing it. One was to defend his teachings and to teach the doctrine of justification by faith apart from the Law and the other was the principle of Christians living in freedom in Christ. I learned that a LONG time ago. What is your problem??? Laura
