Ch. 4
Works of the Flesh Destroyed
Paul said, "0 foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth... Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? (Gal. 3:1, 3). .This is how people walk under the judgment of the law and works of the law, by trying to be perfected in love through the works of the flesh. This brings the curse of the law: "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse..." (Gal. 3:10).
We see again the curse of the law is on all those who try to fulfill the law in any other way than being led by the Spirit of God. It is only through being led by the Spirit that we can be perfected in the love that fulfills the law: "So then they which be of faith (led and controlled by the Spirit of God) are the children of Abraham" (Gal. 3:9).
This helps explain the blessings and curses of God's law. We will see a clearer explanation as we continue. This is why the hedge is down on a harlot church today. She is trying to be perfected in love after the strength and works of the flesh. This is how Babylon, the harlot church, becomes a dwelling place of demons (Rev. 18:2). "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil:... Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin... In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER" (1 John 3:7-10).
When we continue to practice sin, we are not being controlled by the Spirit of God. We are being controlled by the flesh and sin. We are still choosing to walk in the image of Satan rather than the image of God: "If ye know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him" (1 John 2:29).