Verse By Verse Through Galatians (3:4)

4 Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? -Galatians 3:4 BSB

The Galatian church, just like every other true church, went through difficulties and challenges as followers of Jesus Christ. Paul was concerned that some of them got confused with very convincing arguments about going back to the Law and keeping it for righteousness. According to Galatians 4:17, there were false believers, Judaizers, who had deep desires to have the Galatian church follow them and abandon Paul and his companions.

Paul was hoping that they didn’t run the race in vain, thus this letter of correction to get them back to sound doctrine.

A person can claim to follow Jesus and start on the right track, but then encounter a stumbling block down the line that will take them down the wrong path through deception.

What Does It Take To Have Great Faith?

How important is faith? Without it, you cannot do anything for the Lord. Faith is required to walk with God and have fellowship with Him. Many claim to have it but when the time of testing arrives, some will fall away because they never truly had it, How does one have great faith? The video will show you through the Scriptures how its acquired.

Verse By Verse Through Galatians (3:3)

3 Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? -Galatians 3:3 BSB

The Greek word for “foolish” is anoétos (Strong’s #453) which means without thinking or understanding. Some false brothers were deceiving the church members of Galatia (Galatians 1:6-7) by convincing them to go back to the law of Moses to achieve their own righteousness.

Paul is reminding them that if their salvation came through faith alone in Jesus Christ by which they received the Holy Spirit, and who is guiding them into all truth (John 16:13), then why go back to the law which will cause them to stop walking in the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16-18)?

The purpose of the law was to show us that God’s standards was way too high for anyone to keep. You see this in Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:6-13, and Acts 15:5-11. Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior kept the law for us so that when we place our faith in Him, we get credited with His righteousness, as if we kept the whole law.