Paul can boldly admonish his sisters and brothers in Christ: “O foolish Galatians! Who has BEWITCHED you?” in (Galatians 3:1) because he has GREAT confidence in the power of the antidote he has just given them in the previous two verses: 
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” (Galatians 2:20-21)

Beloved, the crucified life is STILL the pure, and much needed antidote to the witchcraft that’s beguiling so many of our American evangelical family members in our day.

The crucified life isn’t about learning a trick to navigate our world. It’s about being clothed with a Man; His heart, His Spirit, and His death (2 Corinthians 4:10) so that His resurrection power and His Kingdom can be released through us “as far as the curse is found”.

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JSB • August, 2023