Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? (Galatians 3:3)
... Between the Jews of Paul's day and the Galatians we have the two mistakes that modern men make. First, the Jews sought to find a way to justify themselves before God, seeking a righteousness that would commend them to the God of all men. A foolish pursuit to say the least. Then, concerning the Galatians, they sought that same "legal" means of justification to commend them to God after their salvation. It was likewise no less of a foolish pursuit as Paul unhesitatingly says to them here in Galatians chapter 3.
It seems that men have, hardwired into our beings, the desire, nay, the compulsion, to be righteous in and of ourselves. It is this compulsion that believers must strictly guard against, for it is this compulsion that is, perhaps, one of the most dangerous things in our lives.
It is this drive that stands ready to cause us to cause Our precious Father and our dear Lord great grief.
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