Do miracles come by the works of the Law or by faith?

Les explains that the question posed in Galatians is whether the one who ministers the Spirit and works miracles does so by the works of the Law or by the hearing of faith. The answer is faith, not Law. Those under the working of the Law could not perform any miracles; it was impossible. But when the Holy Spirit activated the hearts and minds of the pagan Galatians and others throughout the Roman Empire, the result was a miraculous transformation from paganism, idolatry, and immorality into a whole new lifestyle—a miracle in itself. There were no doubt other manifestations of the miraculous in the early church, though Paul does not explicitly delineate them. The same question remains: if you have witnessed a miracle, was it through keeping the Law or through the manifestation of the Spirit activated by faith? Les emphasizes that we are not under Law but under grace, and we come under grace and out from under the Law by faith plus nothing. This is the theme of Galatians: don't be suckered into a works religion, but maintain that we are saved by grace through faith, plus nothing.