Galatians 1:6 “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel.”

Having just reminded us that Christ gave Himself to rescue us, Paul now expresses astonishment.

The problem in Galatia wasn’t open rebellion. It was a subtle drift. They weren’t rejecting Christ outright. They were adding to Him. BUT TO ADD TO GRACE IS TO ABANDON IT.

Notice Paul’s wording carefully—they were deserting “the one who called you.” The issue is relational before it’s theological. To move away from grace is to move away from God Himself.

The gospel of Christ’s rescue (vv. 3–5) leaves no room for human contribution. If He gave Himself for our sins, what could we possibly add? If salvation was God’s will and Christ’s sacrifice, how can we supplement it? Yet the temptation is constant.

We begin in grace. Then we shift to performance. We measure our standing by our consistency. We quietly believe God is more pleased when we are doing well.

That is not growth. That is drift.

Galatians will call us back again and again to this truth: Grace is not the starting line of the Christian life—it’s the entire ground we stand on.

The lesson is searching:
Are we living in the freedom of rescue, or striving to secure what Christ has already accomplished? There is one gospel. It is grace from beginning to end.

Prayer:
Father, keep us from drifting away from the grace of Christ. Expose any subtle reliance on our own effort. Teach us to live daily in the freedom of the rescue You have accomplished. May we never desert the gospel by trying to improve upon it. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Have a great day. God bless and lots’a love,
Warren

Pastor Warren Retzlaff is the senior pastor for All Nations Aotearoa Church in Auckland New Zealand.

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