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208 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES known of the true God, began to comprehend the greatness of the Father's love. Thus the Galatians were tanght the fundamental truths concerning ''God the Father," and "our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.'' ''By the hearing of faith," they received the Spirit of God, and became "the children of God by faith in Christ. "° Paul's manner of life while among the Galatians was such that he could afterward say, "I beseech you, be as I am."' His lips had been touched with a live coal from off the altar, and he was enabled to rise above bodil}^ infirmities, and to present Jesus as the sinner's only hope. Those who heard him knew that he had been with Jesus. Endued with power from on high, he was able to compare spiritual things with spiritual, and to tear down the strongholds of Satan. Hearts were broken by his presentation of the love of God, as revealed in the sacrifice of His only begotten Son, and mam" were led to inquire. What must I do to be saved? This method of presenting the gospel characterized the labors of the apostle throughout his ministry among the Gentiles. Always he kept before them the cross of Calvary. "We preach not ourselves," he declared in the later years of his experience, "but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, « Gal. 1 : 3, 4; 3:2, 26. ' Gal. 4 : 12.