Faith in Jesus alone … forgiveness rescue children of God God’s blessing
You foolish Galatians. Who has bewitched you You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?
Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? Have you experienced so much in vain – if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
Being Robbed: it can happen
The Gospel: something to be understood and believed
God: someone to be experienced
For Paul receiving the Spirit is not some subsequent experience to faith in Christ but is the identifying characteristic of the Christian. Scott McKnight Scott McKnight: For Paul receiving the Spirit is not some subsequent experience to faith in Christ but is the identifying characteristic of the Christian.
God: someone to be experienced
we must not lose sight of the fact that knowing God is an emotional relationship, as well as an intellectual and volitional one … it could not be a deep relationship between persons if it were not so JI Packer Scott McKnight: For Paul receiving the Spirit is not some subsequent experience to faith in Christ but is the identifying characteristic of the Christian.