A Devotional Thought From Galatians

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?     Galatians 3:1

          To Paul the apparent retrenchment of the Galatian Christians from the cross, and Jesus Christ crucified on the behalf of sinners, was tantamount to being bewitched: hypnotized, entranced, pulled down, deceived, befogged, befuddled, confused, tricked instead of treated, put into a spell if such a thing could happen.
          Who has done this to you? Why would you stop trusting yourself to the crucified One for salvation, forgiveness, and a right relationship with God to, instead, go back to go back to trying to earn your own salvation by keeping the Old Testament law, a law that humanity has never been able to keep perfectly? And, since they were not capable of keeping it perfectly they were turning from freely given salvation to the impossibility of earning salvation. It was a bad deal, a dumb deal. Why would anyone willingly be so bewitched? What’s the matter with you Galatian Christians, or anyone who would turn away from the crucified savior?