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Welcome back to The Daily Blade. As you know, in my time on the Daily Blade, I'm just walking

through the book of Galatians right now. We have made it to Galatians. Chapter 3, today

we're going to walk through Galatians 3 versus 1 through 6. Paul says, oh, foolish Galatians,

exclamation point. This is the way the Bible lets us know that he's really, really, really angry, more than just mad.

I mean, he is very, like fighting mad because of what the Galatians are doing.

Because again, in case you missed the previous two weeks, the church in Galatia was founded on the

gospel and now they have allowed some Judaizers to come in and add to or distort the gospel.

And so Paul is addressing them very, very directly.

Oh, foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?

It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

Let me ask you only this. Did you receive the spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Did you suffer so many things in vain if indeed it was in vain?

Does he who supplies the spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law

or by hearing with faith?

Just as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as

righteousness. Well, Paul is saying, he's asking these rhetorical questions, but the obvious answer is

we got saved, we received the spirit, we have been made righteous by our faith in Christ.

And so he says, who has bewitched you?

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