Galatians 3:1-9; NKJV
1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have you suffered so many things in vain — if indeed it was in vain?
5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? —
6 just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."
9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
Question: Does one receive the Spirit by the works of the law?
Answer: No.
Question: Does one receive the Spirit by the hearing of faith?
Answer: Yes.
Hear the conclusion of Galatians 3:1-9!
Don't turn away from the true gospel to another gospel. When we hear and obey the gospel of Christ we receive the Spirit. The Spirit is supplied to those who live by faith.
