WATCH OUT FOR “WHO”

• Jewish teachers were traveling around telling Gentile Christians that:
  – They needed to convert to .
  – To achieve salvation, men must be circumcised according to the Jewish law.
  – Everyone would need to adhere to the Jewish calendar.

• Galatians 1:6-7 I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News 7 but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.
• These Galatian Christians did not give up their faith, but they were being .
• Notice from Galatians 1:6, who they were turning away from. “from God, who called you to Himself through the loving mercy of Christ.”

•  Titus 3:5 (Orthodoxy) He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
• Galatians 5:1-4 (Heterodoxy) So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. 2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses. 4 For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
• People who drift away from the biblical path encounter a WHO that fosters and about God’s grace in Jesus.
• Galatians 5:7 You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?
• Numbers 25:1-3 While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women. 2 These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, so the Israelites feasted with them and worshiped the gods of Moab. 3 In this way, Israel joined in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the Lord’s anger to blaze against his people.
• 1 Kings 11:1-4 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. 2 The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway. 3 He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord. 4 In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.
• The threats from a WHO will not .

• Colossians 2:8 Don’t let anyone (WHO) capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

1. Never allow anyone to you from the truth of the Living God.

2. When it comes to living for God and His truth, doesn’t work.

“Truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.” CH Spurgeon

• Small compromises are ; they can lead to destruction and regret.

1. Is there a WHO in your life that’s weakening your faith and joy?
2. Is there a WHO questioning your faith and devotion?
3. Is there a WHO separating you from others who care for you?

Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner. I know that the penalty of my sin is physical, spiritual, and eternal death. I acknowledge that I can’t do anything about my situation. But I know that You came to pay the penalty for my sin. I trust in You alone as the One who died in my place. I repent of my sin and trust in You alone as the only One who can place me in an eternal relationship with the living God. I desire to be Your child. I desire to live as Your child. In Your name. Amen.

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