Who has bewitched you?

Galatians 3:1-4
1. You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified ?
2. This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith ?
3. Are you so foolish ? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh ?
4. Did you suffer so many things in vain -if indeed it was in vain ?

How many of us would dare to stand and say, "It was through a work I worked that brought me to salvation."? Hopefully none of us.

Yet how many of us fall into the trap of thinking we can be perfected by the flesh? Do we think that by looking a certain way, talking a certain way, or praying a certain way that we can be perfected by that? Do we lose sight of the glorious grace of Christ that drug us out of the filth of sin and instead begin trusting again in the works of our flesh?

Paul used extremely strong language in confronting the Galatians about this problem. Have you confronted your heart about this?

Our receiving of the Spirit to salvation is completely a work of Christ and our sanctification toward perfection is also completely a work of Christ. Let us, today, fall before him in Worshipful gratitude for bestowing on us, and working in us, a gift we do not deserve.

Ephesians 2:8-10
8. For by grace you have been saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God ;
9. not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.