'Ga 3:1-5

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Ga 3:1-4:31 LAW-KEEPING HAS NO PLACE IN THE GOSPEL

Experience of the Galatians (Ga 3:1-5)

When the Galatians first heard the gospel from Paul, they understood clearly that salvation was based solely on Christ’s death, and they gladly received it by faith. Now, because they have fallen under the power of the Judaisers, they have turned from this gospel and are trying to live according to the law (Ga 3:1-2).

If the almighty power of God’s Spirit was necessary to save them from the penalty of sin, how do they expect to triumph over sin in their lives by their own efforts to keep the law (Ga 3:3)?

Surely they must know that the miracles they experienced among them came as a result of faith, not because of law-keeping. If they forsake Christ for the law, all those experiences have done them no good at all (Ga 3:4-5; cf. Acts 14:3).