What analogy does Les use to compare Galatians and Romans?
Galatians is compared to an artist's pencil drawing, the preliminary sketch showing what is on his mind, while Romans is like the final paint and oil on canvas. Galatians is introductory and does not go into the deep things of Romans, yet it has its divine purpose.
Les explains that Galatians should have been in front of Romans, because Galatians is like an artist's pencil drawing of what he has on his mind, while Romans is like the final paint and oil on canvas. He notes that Galatians is so introductory that it does not get down into the deep things of Romans, and yet it has its divine purpose for being exactly where it is, following the two letters to the Corinthians. He also points out that Paul's letters have always been in the New Testament order we have today, suggesting the Holy Spirit laid out that format.