Why were the people Paul wrote to reproved?
They were reproved because they had lost sight of what God had instructed, having been blinded by a lack of faith. Their faith grew weak, causing them to leave Paul's doctrine of faith plus nothing and return to legalism. This pattern appears in Paul's writings, including the Ephesian letters.
Les explains that the people Paul wrote to were reproved because they had lost sight of what God had instructed; they had been blinded by a lack of faith. Their faith grew weak, so they left Paul's doctrine of faith plus nothing and went back into legalism. The same issue appears in the Ephesian letters, where comprehending that we are already seated in the heavenlies comes by faith. Les illustrates this by sitting on a tractor in 110-degree heat while reflecting by faith that he is in the heavenlies. He also notes that we are all baptized into one body, not separate Jewish and Gentile bodies.