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Of course, in chapter 1, Paul marvels that they have been removed from him that called them into the grace of Christ unto another gospel. And he says there are some that would pervert the gospel of Christ. They're preaching another gospel. And of course, that's the gospel of salvation by works. Look at Galatians chapter 2 verse 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. He's saying, look, we have believed in Jesus Christ, which makes us justified by the faith of Christ, not by the deeds of the law. And then in verse 21, he says, I do not frustrate the grace of God, for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. Right? So our salvation is based on the finished work of Jesus Christ, his death, burial, and resurrection, not by works of righteousness, which we have done. Of course, that's all over the book of John. It's all over Romans. It's all over the Bible. Okay. So I'm not going to focus on that. Now, when we come off of that argument at the end of chapter 2, they're talking about how we're saved by faith, not by works. If we roll right into chapter 3 verse 1, he says, Oh, foolish Galatians who had bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth before it was eyes. Jesus Christ had evidently been set forth crucified among you. This only would I learn of you received you the spirit by the works of the law or by the fearing of faith. Now stop and think about this. When you get saved, you receive the Holy spirit. How did you get the Holy spirit? He's saying, did you get that by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? When you got saved, was it because you did the works of the law or was it because you heard the word of God and faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God and you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believed in your heart that God raised him from the dead and you're saved. Did that happen through the works of the law or did it happen by the hearing of faith? And the obvious answer is it had nothing to do with the works of the law. It was the hearing of faith. So here's the key statement here. Are you so foolish having begun in the spirit? Are you now made perfect in the flesh? So if you got saved by the spirit, if everything started with the spirit, if your life in Christ began with the spirit, if salvation was by the spirit and it was not by the works of the law, how are the works of the law going to perfect you or make you sanctified or bring maturity and Christian growth to you? It doesn't make any sense. In fact, Paul is saying it's stupid. You're foolish if you think that. If you think that following the rules of the Bible, following the law of God, following the commandments is going to perfect you, then it's foolish because if you didn't even start with that, you're not going to end with that, right? If you've begun in the spirit, are you going to be made perfect by the flesh, by just physical actions that you do, actions that you take in the flesh? The answer is no.