+II. Faith is of great use and acceptance in the kingdom of Christ.+--1. We must labour to conceive faith aright in our hearts, by the use of the right means--the Word, prayer, and sacraments, and in and by the exercises of spiritual invocation and repentance. 2. Faith in Christ must reign and bear sway in our hearts and have command over reason, will, affection, lust. 3. It is to be bewailed that the common faith of our day is but a ceremonial faith. +III. True faith works by love.+--Faith is the cause of love, and love is the fruit of faith.--_Perkins._ _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses_ 7-12. _Disturber of the Faith--_ +I. Checks the prosperous career of the most ardent Christian.+--"Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?" (ver. 7). The Galatians were charmed with the truth as it fell from the lips of the apostle; it was to them a new revelation; they eagerly embraced it, it changed their lives, and they strove to conform their conduct to its high moral teachings. The apostle was delighted with the result and commended their Christian enthusiasm. They were running finely. But the intrusion of false teaching changed all this. Their progress was arrested, their faith was disturbed, they wavered in their allegiance, and were in danger of losing all the advantages they had gained. The influence of false doctrine is always baneful, especially so to new beginners, in whom the principles of truth have not become firmly rooted. The loss of truth, like inability to believe, may be traced back to an unhealthy corruption of the mind. The great danger of unsound doctrine lies in this, that, like a cancer, it rankles because it finds in the diseased condition of the religious life ever fresh nourishment. +II. Is opposed to the Divine method of justification.+--"This persuasion cometh not of Him that calleth you" (ver. 8). The disturber of the Galatians taught a human method of salvation--a salvation by the works of the law. This was diametrically opposed to the Divine calling, which is an invitation to the whole race to seek salvation by faith. The persuasion to which the Galatians were yielding was certainly not of God. It was a surrender to the enemy. All error is a wild fighting against God, an attempt to undermine the foundations that God has fixed for man's safety and happiness.