DIRECT FROM CHRIST

Lectionary passage: Galatians 1:11-12 (NRSV) -  For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Paul wanted his Galatian readers all to understand
that what he preached he had received from Christ, not second hand.
Nor was the gospel he proclaimed taught him by anyone,
but it had been revealed to him by Jesus Christ, God’s Son.
No wonder Paul could dare to speak with such authority.
Would that our words could also have such authenticity.