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LIVE DISCUSSION: Foolish & Bewitched (Part 1 of 4)
Ever felt the tension between grace and works in your spiritual journey? You're not alone. The Galatian church struggled with this very issue, and Paul's response was fierce and uncompromising.
When Paul wrote "O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" he wasn't questioning their intelligence but their spiritual discernment. These believers had embraced the gospel of grace through faith alone, yet were being seduced by those insisting they needed to add Jewish ceremonial laws to truly be justified before God. Paul's passionate defense of grace-based salvation cuts through religious confusion with surgical precision.
The revolutionary truth at the heart of Galatians is found in chapter 2, verse 16: "Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ." This declaration ignited the Protestant Reformation centuries later and continues to challenge our natural tendency to earn what God freely gives. Paul confronts this mistake head-on, asking pointed questions: Did you receive the Spirit by keeping laws or by believing what you heard? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be perfected by human effort?
This struggle remains remarkably current. Many believers today intellectually acknowledge grace while functionally living under law—believing they must maintain certain standards to keep their salvation or adding religious rituals as requirements. The deceptive nature of this error makes it particularly dangerous; those "bewitched" rarely recognize they've strayed from gospel simplicity.
Join us as we explore how Paul's confrontation with the Galatians illuminates our own spiritual blind spots and rediscover the transformative freedom that comes when we embrace justification by faith alone. When we truly grasp that our standing before God rests entirely on Christ's finished work rather than our own efforts, everything changes.
Christians. Good evening. I'm continuing my series, which is an exposition, through the book of Galatians. Tonight I'm beginning chapter three of the book of Galatians. Of the book of Galatians, and, by way of review, I pointed out that in chapter 2, in verse 16, we have the heartbeat of the whole book of Galatians, the heartbeat of the whole book of Galatians. And not only is this verse the heartbeat of the whole book of Galatians, it is a heartbeat of the most essential element to the Christian faith, that which is of or speaks to the gospel. And this is found in Galatians, chapter 2, verse 16.
Speaker 1:And this verse is so important. It is the one that ignited the Reformation against the Catholic Church, and it is this verse that also brought about the introduction in terms of a from a denominational standpoint, the Protestant Church, hence the expression the Protestant Reformation, protestant church, hence the expression the Protestant Reformation. It all stems from this very important verse in the book of Galatians, chapter 2, verse 16, which says this Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law. And then Paul says for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. By the works of the law. What does he mean? He means the works of any law, whether civil, ceremonial or moral. No man can be justified by any works of the law.
Speaker 1:And Paul complained and brought this indictment against the galatians. The book of galatians is an indictment against those who would add to the gospel works of the law in order to obtain salvation or as part of the means whereby believers are saved. He brought Titus with him and Titus was a Greek and Paul wanted to make an example out of Titus to prove and demonstrate that no one should be compelled to keep any of the practices of the law, whether they be Jewish or otherwise, in order to frustrate, which would frustrate, the grace of God, that is, the salvation that we have in God, that comes by grace, through faith, that being a gift of God. And Paul says he makes the argument in chapter 2, in verse 18, he goes If I build again those things which I have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. In other words, if he lived according to the law.
Speaker 1:If he lived according to the law and found that there was no justification to be had by keeping the law, had by keeping the law and then, as a result, that law killed Paul, it made all of us who are believers dead to the law and then, by doing so, we were made and pointed to Christ and made alive in Christ. So when Paul says, if I build again that which I have destroyed, if I build again that which I've destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. So what he's saying is that to the Galatians why would you go back? Why would you go back to those things which did not and could not and would not save, particularly after having come to understand that salvation and justification with God comes by way of grace, and that grace by and through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior. Who is our Savior, who is our glory, who is our King. So here we have at the end of it, in verse 20 of chapter 2 in Galatians, still by way of review, paul says I am crucified with Christ. Paul is not just talking about himself, but he's talking about all of those who trust in Christ for their salvation. So he says that, having put away the law, having recognized that I have died to the law, I now know that I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live, but yet not I, but Christ who lives in me. And he says and the life which I now live, I live in the flesh. The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God. That is the life that I live still in this body. I now live by the faith of the son of God and not by any works of law. Faith of the son of God who loved me and gave himself, excuse me and gave himself for me. This is what Paul says, and he says that verse 21,.
Speaker 1:Before we get to chapter three, I do not frustrate the grace of God. How do you suppose that he would frustrate the grace of God? It is simple by incorporating the law into the observance of salvation, which we obtain by grace. Frustrating the grace is to embrace any element, any number of elements of the law, whether it be by degree or whether it be in quality. All is to be excluded. And only salvation can exist and can be had by any believer when it is by grace, through faith alone, nothing more and nothing less. So he says if righteousness were to come by the law, if righteousness came by the law, then christ is dead in vain. If, if righteousness came by the law, if any part of the law, even if you add it to the existing gospel, if you add any part of any law at any time, the righteousness that you are expecting to obtain by observance of any laws, that would mean and imply that Christ is dead in vain. According to Paul, his death was useless. It was a useless death, a death having no value. There is nothing that man can add and there's nothing that the law can add to salvation by grace in order for anyone to be justified by faith. There's nothing that can be added to it. And this is where Paul is trying to make the Galatians understand. This is what he's trying to make them understand.
Speaker 1:So again, this letter is an indictment. It is an indictment against mixing the law with grace. It cannot be done. They don't mix and they cannot mix and they will never mix, no matter what other people say. And this is how we break. This is where we break in, at Galatians, chapter three, verse one.
Speaker 1:Today, my expression, my hopes and expectations will be to get through the first four to five verses of Galatians, chapter three. So, paul, as I said, he is combating this change that the Galatians are experiencing, not that they were discarding the gospel, but that they were adding to it, and this is a theme that he is dealing with over and over again. And so, even though they knew what grace was all about, having been preached by the apostles, the other apostles and himself, the other apostles and himself, they began to become infected by the disease created by these Judaizers who are saying you can have grace, but you cannot abandon the law. And if you would have grace, then you need the law too. In order to be saved, you need to be circumcised. You need to observe this. You need to observe that Even in our own day, there are those who are telling you that you can be saved, you're saved by grace, but there are still other things that must be done by you in order to be truly justified and finally saved.
Speaker 1:So look what Paul says. Starting at Galatians, chapter three, verse one, he says oh foolish Galatians, oh foolish Galatians, look what he says. Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you? Who has bewitched you to turn you away from the obedience to the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth and crucified among you? He says this only what I learned of you. Explain this to me. Is what he's saying. Explain this to me.
Speaker 1:Did you receive the spirit by the works of the law or did you receive it by the hearing of faith? Verse 2. This is what he's saying. This only what I learned of you. He's saying please, I want to understand where you're coming from. How did you come to this conclusion? Did you receive it by the spirit of the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? Verse three are you so foolish? Having begun in the spirit, are you now made perfect or complete by the flesh? Now notice, he calls adding legal aspects, legal elements, to grace. He calls it the flesh and he is saying can you be perfected? And he is saying can you be perfected, can you perfect the grace of God by doing things that come from the flesh? It's a rhetorical question. He is trying to get them in their minds to listen to their inner parts when they give this answer. And so in verse four, he goes on to ask another question have you suffered so many things in vain? If it yet be in vain, then Paul says he. Therefore. Verse five he therefore that ministers to you the spirit and works and works miracles among you. Does he do it by the works of the law or does he do it by the hearing of faith? This is what we are dealing with with the galatian church, and when you listen to it, when you see what we're talking about, when you see what paul and you understand what he is saying, it should be clear to us all that we are seeing these things going on to this very day, like sister lisa. These things going on to this very day, like Sister Lisa says, still going on today.
Speaker 1:So now I want to open up and get the initial responses, the initial opening comments from the people on the panel. Now let me start with my sister, candy, because I haven't heard from you in a long time. I've been wondering what's been happening with you, sister, so I'll start with you. What's your opening thoughts on Galatians 3, 1 through 5 and what I've been talking about and remarking on so far? Candy you there. All right, let me move on. I'll come back to you, if you can hear me, brother Jeffrey. Opening thoughts.
Speaker 2:Brother Jeffrey, opening thoughts. Well, I think it's somewhat ironic and I mean not ironic but sad and tragic how quickly the Galatian church turned from the grace that they had been given and overflowed with, really, and turned their minds and thoughts back to the law, and that justification and sanctification was coming through the keeping of their own traditions, where Paul had clearly taught them, had clearly shown them, had clearly identified to them that the law only broke them, but it could not heal them, it could not fix them. The only thing, dear brother Jonathan, that could fix them is the grace that you have been talking about, the grace that comes freely, fully, completely and totally through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. I'm sorry I got my pulpit here tonight. I'm not trying to preach, I'm just trying to. I'm excited for what you're doing, brother. So that's my opening statement, okay, so I'll be quiet and let somebody else go. Love you guys. I appreciate it, brother.
Speaker 1:I appreciate it, brother Angie. Your thoughts, your opening thoughts.
Speaker 5:Hello brother, I just I love this part because it really does set the bar where you know he's really getting on the Galatians. And in my translation, I mean, even though it says the same thing you do, I just love how he says it. It's just like so powerful because in my first verse it says you, stupid galatians. Like he just comes exclamation mark and I and I taught this in class and it says you know, can I read my translation just to share it with everyone, because it's absolutely beautiful to me? Is that okay, okay. So it says you stupid galatatians, who has put you under a spell Before your very eyes? Yeshua Messiah was clearly portrayed as having been put to death as a criminal. I want you to know from you. I want to know from you just this one thing Did you receive this spirit by legalistic observances of the Torah commands or by trusting in what you heard and being faithful to it?
Speaker 5:Three, it says are you stupid? I just love how he says that, Having begun with the Spirit's power, do you think that you can reach the goal under your own power? Have you suffered so much for nothing? If that is the way you think, your suffering certainly will have been done for nothing. What about God, who supplies you with the spirit that works miracles among you? Or does he do it because of your legalistic observances of the Torah commands? Or because you trust in what you've heard and are faithful to it? I just love how it's just written out in this book, where it's like slap to the ground.
Speaker 1:Paul does not pull any punches at all.
Speaker 5:I love this part because it's just the way he just bam, here you go. He just really tells them people look, what did you get bewitched by Right? What are you buying into?
Speaker 1:Exactly Brother, Greg, your thoughts. Opening comments.
Speaker 6:So far, so good. You said you wanted to get through what the first four verses or something.
Speaker 1:Four or five, yeah, if I can do it, yeah.
Speaker 6:Not, if not, if we can help it.
Speaker 1:I know that's for sure, sister Lisa, your opening thoughts.
Speaker 7:Hey everybody, my opening thoughts are just did these people actually have the actual saving faith in Christ? You know, many that we talk about today know about the crucifixion but are not spirit-filled. They're still under the law and I feel like this is what we're dealing with here. They kind of had a head knowledge and maybe wanted to believe, but were still hanging on to you know some of the rules, or maybe someone had spoken to them the rules, because these are Gentile believers, so it seems like they should have just opened up. But obviously there's a problem in this church here or this Galatia.
Speaker 7:There's definitely a problem.
Speaker 1:There's definitely a problem, and this problem believe it or not? Well, I'm sure I don't have to prove this to anybody, but this problem persists to this very day. To this very day, god's Word, your opening thoughts.
Speaker 8:I totally agree with what he's saying there. Essentially, he's telling them and he's going to remind them later on in that chapter about how Abraham was justified by faith, not by hearing the word. He's reminding them of that. But he heard God's voice and he believed God, and that's you know. You've got to put your trust in what God's telling you. God, and that's you know. You got to put your trust in what God's telling you, and that's what he's trying to remind them. By hearing the word you come to receive the spirit. Not by hearing the law. The law doesn't do anything for you. What he's telling them there, so that's, I mean, it's pretty clear. But and that's the same problem we have in the church today, as you're saying, today a lot of people are like, oh, we've got to do this, we got to do that. No, it's hearing the word. It's not obey, like I said last night, it's not drinking coffee or any of that stuff. It's hearing the word. Hearing the word, that's right brother super bowl.
Speaker 1:Welcome again, brother, glad to have you.
Speaker 4:Your opening thoughts uh well, I I kind of read on a little bit ahead and I just have a question about it real quick. Um, in verse eight it says in the scripture for seeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preach the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying in you shall all nations be blessed. So is it? Is it that the Galatians heard the, heard the gospel and believed it, but are now putting works on top of that and trying to make the Gentiles observe Jewish? You know the Jewish?
Speaker 8:traditions. That's exactly what's going on. That's exactly what's happening.
Speaker 4:Okay.
Speaker 1:That's exactly what's happening. And you see, this problem that Paul has in his engagement with Peter, who was sitting with the Gentiles and hanging out with them and eating with them, or whatever. And then when he saw James or some of the people from some of the disciples of James came over, peter immediately got up from the table, you know, and scattered away from them as if what they were doing was evil, when yet, before they came, he sat with them right there and it says, paul confronted him to his face about it. But this is what's happening, and they were trying to compel Gentiles to become circumcised. And so Paul came over to Jerusalem to confront the apostles and say, hey, look, we need to compare notes, because there's a lot of Judaizing going on.
Speaker 1:There's a lot of people of the, of the, of the, of the Jewish group, who may be believers, but they are telling people that they need to add circumcision to their faith in order for justification. And Paul is arguing in his book about. That is not true, and you can see his frustration in the way, in what he writes, because, like, just like what sister Angie talked about, when you look at foolishness, the foolish Galatians, the word is actually accused of stupid. It really is, and he's going what is wrong with you people? This is what he's doing, this is what he's saying.
Speaker 1:I mean, people would think he was out of line today, and many people today do think Paul was out of line in a lot of different ways, and they say that Christ and Paul weren't preaching the same message. But they would be sadly mistaken and I would certainly believe Paul before I believe what any man has to say. And so there's a reason why Christ put Paul in that post to do what he was doing, to make sure that people understood the simplicity that is in Christ. But, brother, you're right, that is what was. That is exactly what is happening, and this is what Paul is fighting against and this is what he's resisting with ferocity, and so he's being really harsh with them because what they're doing is polluting the gospel and Paul's not standing for it.
Speaker 8:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know. So, yeah, you're right, sister Mariah, oh go ahead. Sorry, Super Bowl Go ahead. What were you going to?
Speaker 4:say no, it's fine. It's just that, um, in a in our study that we have at church, um, we were discussing that the Jews had a problem with adoption and that the reason that they want them to observe all of the Torah or the, the traditions of the Jewish religion, is because they had a problem with adoption. And, ok, well, if you're going to be a part of this, you're going to have to be a part of what we believe, right, what we had observed before. If you're going to be a part of that, and paul is saying no, because you're not even a part of the salvation through your law, right?
Speaker 1:that's exactly right. Exactly right, not a thing wrong. What you just said, just totally, totally, what's going on. So, wherever you're going, you guys are talking the true things, because this is what paul is dealing with right now. This is real, this true, mariah, your opening words, sister.
Speaker 3:I just want to Hello everyone, hello as well. I did want to point out that a lot of people today will base like obey on a certain type of work. You have to obey and then therefore, it is a work. Right, I said this before, but maybe it's good to say it again.
Speaker 3:This word means to be persuaded to have trust and confidence in what was said or what was done. And so when he's asking them, should you have not been persuaded, should you have not been have confidence, seeing that he was crucified? And I also think that it's very interesting that when Jesus was alive, he went to a certain town and he said that he didn't do or could not do any miracles because of not because he couldn't, because he was not God, but because of their unbelief.
Speaker 8:Their unbelief yeah absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 1:Did I miss anybody? Candy Girl, you there. Sister, before I go on, because I don't know if you can hear me or not, I can hear you, I'm just doing what you're doing.
Speaker 9:You've been on hiatus for about three weeks or so, so I've not been really in the flesh really at all. But no, the only good in us is Christ. So the flesh is stupid, because the things that we people do in the flesh is stupid.
Speaker 1:It's hard to hear you. There's a lot of feedback in the background.
Speaker 9:Yeah, I see. But yeah, Christ is in us as we are in him. So there is no us, even though we are here in the flesh, but it's Christ, who is in us in the flesh, that keeps us good. The only works that we can do. Good is what God Christ does in us and through us. Amen, nothing we can do. Good is what God does in us and through us Amen Nothing we can do justifies anything.
Speaker 2:Right, absolutely right.
Speaker 1:So now we're looking at Galatians 1 or Galatians 3, verse 1. And so you get Paul at the opening of this chapter referring to the Galatians as foolish, and then he asks about who has bewitched them. Now, when he talks about them being foolish or them being stupid and they're being what really Paul is addressing here is that they are being irrational in their thinking. He's not telling them, he's not saying that you guys are low IQ individuals this is not what he's saying but he is saying that you are lacking discernment when it comes to these spiritual matters, when it comes to those things which you were taught about salvation. How is it? What did you miss? What was clearly set forth among you was believed and understood and accepted by you, but somehow you have allowed yourself to become duped, deluded. So there's a lack of discernment. And here's the funny thing. It should not. If the truth had already been embraced and understood, that's where it should have ended. So the lack of discernment comes with deviating from that by allowing anything new to be added to it. And so this is what what so many christians, even today, still wrestle with. They can't understand the simplicity that there is in being justified by faith alone. They can't do it. And this whole idea, for example, the whole idea that so many unbelieving Christians preach to people and believe in that when they say that a person, that a Christian, a true Christian, can lose their salvation, the reason why that belief is held is because they don't understand what Paul is teaching in the book of Galatians. If they understood what Paul was teaching here in this book, they would know that there is no such thing as losing your salvation. The reason they believe that they can lose their salvation is because they believe that maintaining their salvation has to do with some form of law. Keeping Some form it doesn't matter how minute, doesn't matter how grand Anything you add to the gospel frustrates the gospel of grace period and it is no longer the gospel anymore. So Paul is saying we taught you these things. How did you become so foolish in these matters after having believed and accepted the truth as has been laid out by us? And so then he goes on to say who has bewitched you?
Speaker 1:Paul clearly understands that somebody or some group of people or some body of people has negatively influenced their judgment as it pertains to justification. To be bewitched means to be seduced, it means to be charmed, it means to be deluded. It means to be deluded and more often than not, this comes from something else. This comes from someone or some group of people outside of themselves, and so he talks about their. He talks about how they were bewitched.
Speaker 1:And see, this is the scary part, because I will tell you this much there is no believer, no person who claims to be believer, no person who claims to be a believer, no person who claims to be a Christian is ever going to admit to being bewitched. And the reason why is because they can't admit what they don't understand is happening. So when people believe error and those of us who know better try to tell them something, and we try to tell them or communicate to them that they are being bewitched, deluded, charmed, fooled they can never see it. Deception does not come to you and introduce itself to you as deception. Otherwise it would not be deception. It's only deception if you don't know you're being deceived. Nobody is going to say I'm being deceived.
Speaker 2:No one.
Speaker 1:Sister Lisa go ahead.
Speaker 7:So wouldn't the question be I mean, you're speaking of discernment Wouldn't the question be those who are Holy Spirit filled would be given that discernment to say, whoa, wait a minute here Now I worry about this. You know, I remember my walk as a new believer and, first coming on this app and seeing all these things, I came to you a few times, going Jonathan I'm seeing all this because I was in such a but at least there was some red flag that I could come to you. So that's why I'm thinking these people who were actually falling away here were probably not Holy Spirit filled.
Speaker 1:Right, is that fair to say.
Speaker 1:It's fair to say. But the problem is I wouldn't group everybody in there together. Certainly there were probably some who were Holy Spirit filled and perhaps there were some who weren't. Like we've been saying over the last few days discussing this matter is that sometimes people are learning at different stages and I'm sure that there are some people who who who heard this message and who read, who had this letter read to them in their churches, probably came to their senses. We don't know.
Speaker 1:It doesn't talk about that, but what paul is doing, he's emphasizing the theology of it all, and so he's. He's telling them's telling them you've been seduced, and what he's saying is who puts you under this spell? You're under a spell and see, and here's how you know, some of us might not understand it, but let me put it in some practical terms today that we can understand. And then I'm going to go to you, greg, I'll see the hand there. So how many of us have known a married couple where the man or the woman was just a terrible human being to the other spouse? I mean terrible, terrible, and no matter how many times you, as their best friend, try to communicate to them, or perhaps it's happened to you and you just don't see it. They don't see it. They were under a spell.
Speaker 1:Many people have experienced this, many people. You hear stories like this of a lot of women. You just do and it's like but I love him, but I love him. This is what he's talking about. They're under a spell. They don't realize that they are a spell, they don't realize that they have embraced something that is not true. That's why Paul says who has bewitched you? Who's done this to you? And this is why he says you're being foolish and you're lacking discernment. We laid out perfectly clear what it is that is up for us to be believed about, how we are saved and how we are justified before God. And so Paul is struck with astonishment about this issue. He, he says, he, I marvel that you are so soon removed, brother, go ahead.
Speaker 6:And you know, even a genuine believer. You know with the Holy Spirit, especially if they're brand new, they can get led astray really easy. You know They'll get brought back. I mean, jesus will see to it and everyone. At this time when Paul's writing, everyone is a brand new believer. It's a brand new church, right? And they didn't have the Galatians, didn't have the book of Galatians, until they have the book of Galatians, right? So you know we have a lot of benefits. You know that they didn't, but yeah, the point is any, any one of us can get led into error right well, except jonathan, maybe meg, I don't know, but yes, any, any any you know.
Speaker 6:Any believer can you know, get led into error real quick. And what, why and just one lot. One other thing you know you've mentioned before before about how it's kind of natural to want to refuse charity or grace. It's also natural to want to earn things.
Speaker 8:Yes.
Speaker 6:And so when people, when we look, when we read through the New Testament, we do see there are imperatives, there are commands that are given to believers, right, right, but that's the point, you know. So, even when we're saved, there are commands that we're supposed to do. But people then, you know, want to confuse that and say that you have to do those to stay saved, right, so they just confuse the you know, the indicatives with the imperatives, you know Right.
Speaker 1:And you know I'll tell you something else, greg, to add to that, and this is for all Christians. And, by the way, let me state this for example, greg and I were joking when we were talking about me never being wrong about something, in case anybody listening thinks I really believe that, because I don't. But what he is saying is 100 percent true. Any of us can fall into this whole thing. But this is why we do things like we're doing right now, having this fellowship. This is why we study on our own, this is why we seek God's face in prayer and this is why we make all these appeals in every possible way that we can, so that we can find ourselves to be biblically precise in how we understand things and how to apply ourselves in a practical sense. But one thing I like about what Paul's doing he taught these people and he has taken responsibility to address their errors. And here's why this is important, because it is very easy sometimes to fear losing these friendships or whatever, when you confront them about what they had been believing and people. Every one of us here has experienced it. If you were a street preacher before, you experienced it. If you ever led a church, you've experienced it. If you just have people that you love, especially people that are close to you, you will experience it. They will come to you and they will tell you that they have somehow. You will experience it. They will come to you and they will tell you, you know, that they have somehow the look.
Speaker 1:The wisest people in the Christian faith are usually the ones who were saved, you know, a little while ago. They know everything. You can't tell them anything. You know, I was like that. Most Christians that I know were like that when you, when you first. But it's that excitement that you have, that initial joy, that you think that you have an understanding that transcends all, just not everybody, but this happens to a lot of people, and in these churches were no doubt young, youthful churches in terms of understanding what the gospel is all about, what the gospel is all about. But, like somebody was just saying that when you, when you, when you, when you have the truth, you have the truth. It is, it is. There's this desire to still try to break with Santa. It was. You have the desire to still try to do something. There's something people need to feel they can do, because it's too easy to believe that all you have to do is believe Meg, go ahead.
Speaker 10:There's 50 people in this room and I'm going to be vulnerable for a second. When you were speaking about that. I've been married, like I said, for 22 years with my husband and because of my past or the things that I have went through, man, you want to talk about somebody who broke their husband, and that was me. I was that quarrelsome wife and I'm going to tell you, when you're in it, you don't even think about it, but what you you do get is you see the results. And once you see the results and it took one night that I was reading scripture it makes me cry because I I'm so guilty. Um, I was reading scripture and, man, I got convicted and I was laying in the bed crying for probably two and a half hours just realizing what everything, how everything unfolded, what I had done and I literally, you know, had to ask my husband to forgive me, and all that To that point, when you say bewitched, when somebody is in that state, there is a non-knowing of, just like when you're talking about when one is deceived.
Speaker 10:You don't know that you've been deceived till after, and that's what's dangerous about being deceived. And so you know, glory to God, that's passed. But, man, when you're in it because of your past, just like in scripture, like the who, who Paul was speaking to and what they were speaking about. They thought rightly there's just no way until somebody has to come and shake you. Meet the Holy Spirit my case. But in the, in their case, it was Paul that came in and had to shake them up and say let me slap you around a little bit and show you what's really going on. Y'all got to snap out of this. And it's true, brother Jonathan, you, just you know so. Uh, anybody else want to share their sins, or?