I Trust It Is Not In Vain

Galatians 3:4

"Have ye suffered so many things in

vain? if it be yet in vain."

        Have ye suffered so many things in vain? Paul reminds them of what they had, because of their attachment to Christianity. He assures them, that if the opinions on that which they had suffered were false, then their sufferings had been in vain. They were of no use to them. For what advantage was it to suffer for a false opinion? The opinions for which they had suffered, had not been these which they now embraced. They were not those connected with the observance of the Jewish rites. They had suffered because of having embraced the gospel, the system of justification by a crucified Redeemer; and now, if those sentiments were wrong, why, their sufferings had been wholly in vain.  This argument is pursued at much greater length in (1 Co 15:18-19), (1 Co 15:29-32).

        If it be yet in vain. That is, "I trust it is not in vain."  I hope you have not abandoned the gospel, because the sufferings in its behalf have been of no avail. I believe the Gospel to be true, and if you are sincere Christians, if in vain you have suffered, and may have gone astray. I trust, that although your principles have been shaken, yet they have not been wholly overthrown, that you will continue to believe in the truth, and that truth is "The Gospel Of Jesus Christ."

        Amen!!

Reading: ( Gal. 3:1-18)

May God Bless You

And Your Families  

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry