Class #30: Before the Galatians knew the one true God, they served, or rather were enslaved by idols. They feared, loved, and trusted in something which wasn’t God. Through St. Paul’s preaching of the Word and the efficacious work of the Holy Spirit, these pagans came to be saved through faith in the work of Christ, and not by obedience to any weak and miserable principles(laws).
In Galatians 4:8ff, St. Paul is shocked that the Galatians are leaving the freedom of the Gospel in order to be enslaved again. This time they are beginning to trust in their obedience to the Mosaic law.