Faith That Works By Love

This summary passage in Galatians is without a doubt the most profound, the most important summary that has ever been expressed in writing. It is well worth your effort to unpack it and clinch it. To this end we use Numbers chapter 20 which tells of Moses' lapse that deprived him from going over with Israel to the promised land. Moses'love for God and Israel lapsed because his faith lapsed: "because you believed me not...." If we ask the question what happened to Moses' love, the answer is Moses' love shrunk when his faith was weakened. May I put the question to you? What happened to the love you once had for God and man? If it has diminished and you are now trying to offer the water of life to people without love, you can'r
t be surprized that takers are few. Faith (your faith) works (produces fruit of the Spirit) through or in love (the love of God). Low views of God are fatal to meaningful results. The reason we tend to think God's penalty on Moses was disproportionate to the offense is because we tend to embrace low unworthy views of God.