Where did the persuasion to go back under legalism come from according to Galatians 5:8?
According to Galatians 5:8, the persuasion to return to legalism did not come from the One who calls you—the Holy Spirit who brought them out of paganism. Instead, it came from the same evil spirit that had held them in paganism until the Gospel freed them.
Les explains that Galatians 5:8 says, “this persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.” The persuasion to go back under legalism did not come from the Holy Spirit who brought them out of paganism. It came from the same evil spirit that held them in paganism until the Gospel freed them. Satan never gives up, and he does not care what he uses as long as he can keep people from the truth. He will even use good things, and it can still be the evil spirit rather than the Holy Spirit speaking. Paul says the spirit taking believers back into a false gospel is not the same spirit that brought them out; it is the opposite. For every believer there is a constant warfare between the new nature, which is Holy Spirit driven, and the old nature, which still has roots in the Satanic powers of the curse.
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.