Galatians 3:3-5
Amplifed….
Are you so foolish and senseless? Having begun (your new life by faith) with the Spirit, are you now being perfected and reaching spiritual maturity by flesh (that is, by your own works and effort to keep the law)?
Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing—-if indeed it was all for norhing?
So then, does he who supplies you with his
(marvelous Holy) Spirit and works miracles among you, do it as result of the works of the
Law (which you perform), or because you
(believe confidently in the message which you heard with faith?
*** YOU CAN ONLY BE SAVED BY FAITH IN WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU. ***
*** SO EVERYONE STARTS THIS THING OUT RIGHT BELIEVING, TRUSTING, RELYING, ON WHAT GOD DID THROUGH THE SACRIFICE THAT JESUS MADE. ***
*** THE DANGER IS….OVER TIME YOU CAN BEGIN TO RELY ON YOUR WORKS OF COMMING TO CHURCH OR WHAT YOU DO IN SERVICE TO GOD. ***
*** SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS CREEPS IN AND OVER TIME YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE SAVED BY YOUR WORKS AND HOW GOOD OF A CHRISTIAN YOU ARE. ***
*** YOU MAY BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE YOU GIVE 10% OF YOUR INCOME IN THE OFFERING ON SUNDAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS YOU FINANCIALLY. ***
*** I KNOW THIS IS TAUGHT IN MOST CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND THEY ALSO TEACH THAT YOU WILL BE CURSED WITH A CURSE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE 10%. ***
*** I THINK THIS IS THE DOOR OF SELF-RIGHTEOUS SERVICE TO GOD AND A STUMBLING POINT TO FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. ***
*** JESUS SAID….”SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU ALSO.”
*** IN THE KINGDOM HE HAS PROVIDED FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED. HE DIED ON THE CROSS TO REACH EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE. ***
*** IT ALL COMES THROUGH FAITH AND NOT THE LAW OF MOSES. ***
*** THE LAW CAME THROUGH MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. ***
*** IF YOU GET THIS RIGHT YOU WILL SEE MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE INDWELLING OF HIS MARVELOUS HOLY SPIRIT. ***
*** I AM TALKING ABOUT A BIG CHANGE FOR GOOD IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU REALLY WALK IN THE SPIRIT. ***
"THE place for you to grow in grace."