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192 LIFE OF PAUL . The apostleurgedupon theGalatians,as their only safe course, to leave the falseguidesby whom they had been misled, and to returnto the faith which they had received from the Source of truth and wisdom . Those false teacherswere hypocritical,unregeneratemen ; unholy in heart, and corruptin life. Their religion consistedin a round of ceremonies,by the performanceof which theyexpectedto receivethe favorof God . They had no relishfora doctrine which taught, " Except a man be born again,he cannotsee the kingdom of God ." Such a religion requiredtoogreata sacrifice. Hence they clung totheirerrors, deceivingthemselves, and deceivingothers. To substitutethe externalforms of religion forholinessof heartand life,isstillas pleasing to the unrenewed natureas in the days of the apostles. For thisreason,falseteachersabound, and the peoplelisteneagerlyto theirdelusive doctrines . It is Satan's studied effort to divert theminds of men from theoneway of salvation, -faith in Christ, and obedience to the law of God . In everyage the arch-enemy adaptshis temptationstothe prejudicesor inclinationsof thepeople. In apostolictimeshe ledthe Jews to exaltthe ceremoniallaw, and rejectChrist; at the presentday he inducesmany professed Christians,underthepretenseofhonoringChrist, tocastcontemptupon the moral law, and teach that itspreceptsmay be transgressedwith impunity. Itistheduty of everyfaithfulservant of God ,tofirmlyand decidedlywithstandthese pervertersof the faith,and to fearlesslyexpose theirerrorsby theword of truth. Paul continuestovindicatehispositionas the