Stand firm in your faith in Jesus Christ, and don’t be tempted to return to the weak spiritual powers of this world. Galatians 4:1-20

Pause for thought

Through faith in Jesus Christ we have been adopted as sons into God’s family, because God has given us the Holy Spirit who enables us to cry out to God as ABBA Father 4:6.

Legalism is like going backwards into pagan worship. There is nothing the devil likes more than to see Christian’s taking part in Christian ritual and observing special days thinking that by doing so they are finding favour with God 4:8-11.

Paul didn’t bring some, superior Jewish teaching when he came to the Galatian churches. He didn’t teach them that to become Christians they had to keep the Law. He says he chose to identify as a Gentile like them. Now he urges them to continue living in the true freedom of the gospel of Christ that was preached to them and they first believed and received with joy 4:12-15 and 1 Corinthians 9:20-22.

The Gospel will bring joy to believers whatever they face, legalism has no power to lift the soul, because the one who seeks to get right with God this way (an impossibility) never knows when they’ve don’t enough. True Christians rest only in what Christ has done for them.

A verse to remember

Dear brothers and sisters I plead with you to live as I do in freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles were — Free from the Law. Galatians 4:12

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