Good morning. Back to Galatians. Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Christ set us free; so we do not need to come back under a set of rules and regulations made by man. It's good to have guidelines; but all too soon guidelines become Commandments (usually more than 10). Paul says that they were seeking to be justified by law, and that they had fallen from grace. That does not necessarily mean they were no longer saved. It means that they were no longer walking by the loftiness of grace but by their own power. If you have rules and regulations, then perhaps you can do it all on your own without the grace of God. For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you. Here is where he says a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. It only takes one who persuades another - who persuades another… so that a whole congregation becomes filled with error. In their case it was about circumcision. People were trying to get the Gentiles who became Christians to also become circumcised. But today it can be about some other topic such as the manner in which you were water baptized. If they did not use the "right" word formula when you were water baptized, then you need to be water baptized all over again. How are we to live the Christian life? But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. We don't need a big set of rules and regulations to follow – we simply need to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Of course it takes time for that to happen; and we want it right now! That makes it easy and hard at the same time to live the Christian life. We need to let go and let God. Father thank You that the reader walks by the Spirit. He/she walks daily in the grace of God. He/she is a great example to those around him/her.

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