Read Galatians 4:8–18
Today’s Scripture: Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them. Galatians 4:17

One of the marks of a false teacher is that he tries to attract other people’s converts to himself and not simply to the truth of the Word or to the person of Jesus Christ. It was not the Judaizers who originally came to Galatia and led them to Christ; it was Paul. Like the cultists today, these false teachers were not winning lost sinners to Christ but were stealing converts from those who were truly serving the Lord.

Paul had proved to be their loving friend. Now they were turning away
from Paul and following false shepherds. Paul told them the truth, but the
Judaizers told them lies. Paul sought to glorify Christ, but the Judaizers
glorified themselves and their converts. “Those people are zealous to win
you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so
that you may be zealous for them” (Gal. 4:17).

A true servant of God does not “use people” to build up himself or his
work; he ministers in love to help people know Christ better and glorify
Him.

Something to Ponder
Have you ever used people to build up yourself or your work? What
prompted that? How might Paul have responded to your actions?