Galatians 5:6b faith which worketh by love.

Let us revisit this verse from yesterday. Yesterday our focus was on the amplified verse and all that goes with that deeper understanding. At the end I alluded to you that faith is more than mere belief. That is true and could lead to another meaningful study, but not today.

There are seven words in the Greek which can be translated as love. Here it is the word agape. There is no amplified expression given. The AMPC writers could have said God’s perfect love which would have been an expression which meant something to readers who are not possessed by agape.

Allow me for a moment to offer yet another translation of this verse, which is not an authorized version.

Galatians 5:6b faith which responds to agape.

I have faith in my brakes but my brakes are not God. I could give you a whole list of issues like this to demonstrate why faith and belief are changed in the presence and motivation of God Himself. The essence of God is His glory, reputation, represented in this church age by His Son Jesus Christ and witnessed by the Holy Spirit who moves in power to exact His will. It is a coordinated effort of which we are the final expression of agapē who has set us in motion in the first place.

We walk by faith but it is agapē that tells us when to move, what pace to set, which direction to go, when to stop, and sets the agenda for that appointment He made for us at that time.

Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.