Galatians 3:5 – “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?”
The Galatians had a problem that afflicts current day Christianity. It is contained within the first five verses of Galatians 3. Each verse contains a question:
v.1 – “Who has bewitched you?”
v.2 – “Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”
v.3 – “Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?”
v.4 – “Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?”
And then of course the question in our text above. Verse 3 centers on the affliction. I have seen so many people start out their relationship with God purely by faith. After all, that’s where all relationships with God start. There is no track record of a Christian life to boast of. But somewhere along the journey we begin to think that the “good life” we are living is inherent within us and we are the ones producing the fruit. The flesh takes over and what was begun in the Spirit now is trying to be achieved in the flesh. Thus the question in our text. How do we receive the Holy Spirit and how do supernatural miracles happen? It’s all by faith. You and I aren’t good enough to produce such heavenly power. Remember the faith you started with and let it continue to mark your life. If it’s been awhile since you’ve experienced God’s miraculous power review the questions above to see if you’ve caught the Galatian’s bug.