Gálatas 5

Gálatas 5

Vincent adds "The sense is not passive, your being persuaded, but active, the persuasion which the Judaising teachers exert over you." E H Andrews an believing English physicist and engineer offered a practical grid we can all apply to persuasive teaching - Here is a most valuable test, which can be applied to all or any teaching purporting to be Christian. Any belief or 'persuasion' which does not testify to 'the grace of Christ', is not from God. Here are twin pillars of the truth, namely the person and work of Christ, and the grace of God in Christ. They support and underpin all truly Christian teaching. No matter how attractive or pious a doctrine may appear, it is not to be received as coming from God unless it passes this double test, namely: Does it make Christ central, and glorify him? Does it exalt the grace of God, over against the activity of man? Whether it be instruction in salvation, in worship, in service, or in living for God, its precepts are only to be received if they flow from the grace of Christ. Had the Galatians applied this test to the teachings of the Judaizers, they would soon have realized that they detracted from Christ's perfect, finished and sufficient work of atonement. (Free in Christ: The message of Galatians) Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. Phillips Paraphrase - Alas, it takes only a little leaven to affect the whole lump!