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When Paul asked the Galatians “Who has bewitched you?,” he used a word not used any other time in Scripture.

The word he used tells us so much about why we so easily set aside the grace of God.

Gal 3:1 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?

The word Paul chose under inspiration of the Holy Spirit was baskaino. The primary meaning of this Greek word is not bewitch but to malign or to speak ill of one.

STRONG’S: to malign, that is, (by extension) to fascinate (by false representations): – bewitch. THAYER: 1) to speak ill of one, to slander, traduce him 2) to bring evil on one by feigning praise or an evil eye 3) to charm, to bewitch Part of Speech: verb

Paul clearly portrayed Jesus Christ among you as crucified

The Apostle who received his gospel from Jesus directly in the spirit always preached Christ crucified.

And he asks the question of the Galatians “who has maligned you? Who has slandered you? Who has spoken ill of you? Who has misrepresented you?”

Someone had been whispering slander in their minds changing their inner view of themselves CONTRARY to what Paul had been teaching them was their true condition in Christ.

They had had ‘Christ crucified’ preached to them so that what happened to Christ in his death, burial and resurrection was before their eyes..their inner seeing.

They had seen how when Jesus died, they died…

when Jesus was buried they were buried…

when Jesus rose from death they too arose in Him!!

It was before their eyes.

They had been given a good view of themselves in the risen Jesus.

But now something has caused them to have an evil eye towards themselves.

They had been shown by Paul that there was no darkness in them now that they are new creations…but through some ill words they now see darkness in themselves and are moved to do something extra than mere trust in Christ.

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