Paul’s tone has been pointed this far in the Book of Galatians, but it becomes more personal here. Paul refers to them as “foolish Galatians”. They are not just betraying the gospel that they once knew, but they are acting foolishly by believing the Judaizers. They are hurting themselves and their community. They are acting so foolishly Paul rhetorically asks them who has bewitched them! Paul is concerned for them. Today in this text we see that his focus is on their eyes. He says that it was before their eyes that Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. This may seem odd because here they are in modern-day Turkey and they were not in Jerusalem to see Jesus actually crucified. So what is Paul saying? He is saying that he came and preached to them and through his words they saw Jesus crucified. Our eyes have the power to see the true gospel, but our eyes are also the gate of many temptations. Think about back in the Garden of Eden. What is described as Eve decides to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Eve, “saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes”. What we choose to look at and focus on has the power to lead us to life or death. Our eyes have the power to lead us into foolishness and temptation. Paul tries to get them to refix their gaze on the true gospel. The gospel that they once saw they need to see again. 

This is one of the beautiful parts about the church and living life amongst other Christians. Once a week we gather together for exactly this purpose. Throughout a week of temptation and losing focus on Jesus crucified we choose to gather to refix our eyes on the true gospel. To catch a vision of what Jesus has done for us. We get the privilege of doing that together. So all that to say, “See you Sunday!”