“You were running a good race,” Paul writes in Galatians 5:7. And why were they running so well? Because, verse 16, they were trusting the Spirit to replace their sinful nature with Christ’s nature (see parts 4 and 5). But then Paul writes in verse 8, “Who cut in on you and kept you from [...]
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When we hear the right gospel and believe it, the Spirit begins to work miracles in us. What miracles? Galatians 5:3, “by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.” And what is this righteousness we eagerly await and hope for? Verse 6, “The only thing that counts [...]
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When the Galatians began slipping back to “trying to attain your goal by human effort (Galatians 3:3),” Paul asked them in verse 5, “Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?”
Answer? It was ever since they [...]
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In part 2, Christ died to remove the curse of us depending on our own strength. And when a person believes that, something remarkable happens. It’s in Galatians 3:14. ”He (Christ) redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we [...]
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Paul asks an amazing question in Galatians 3:5, amazing for two reasons: first, because he’s talking about real, live miracles happening to people, and secondly, because the people he’s talking to know these miracles are happening.
And the question was this: When God gives you the Spirit and works miracles among [...]
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Paul watched the Galatian Christians revert back to thinking their spiritual growth depended on their own human efforts, just like people today think self-improvement and becoming a better person can be done by willpower, self-help books and making New Year’s resolutions. It’s the same with Christians today too, who think they can better [...]
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