Did the persuasion to return to legalism come from the Holy Spirit?
No. The persuasion to return to legalism did not come from the Holy Spirit who brought them out of paganism. It came from the same evil spirit that had held them in paganism until the Gospel freed them. Scripture says this persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Les explains that the persuasion to go back under legalism did not come from the Holy Spirit who brought them out of paganism, but from the same evil spirit that held them in paganism until the Gospel freed them. He notes Satan never gives up, and he will use good things while still being the evil spirit rather than the Holy Spirit speaking. This connects to the constant warfare between the two natures—the new nature driven by the Holy Spirit and the old nature rooted in the Satanic powers of the curse—and between the believer community and the world. Paul says the spirit taking them back into a false gospel is not the same spirit that brought them out; it is the opposite.
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
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Where does the persuasion to come away from Paul's gospel of grace come from?
The 'persuasion' Paul speaks of — coming away from Paul's Gospel of Grace — does not come from the One who called the Galatians.