to produce righteousness in our lives. Yet how many people are running around trying to impress God with all of their works, somehow trying to get up to a standard of righteousness where they feel they are accepted? One of the great maladies in the church today is created by men and women who are trying to do the Spirit’s work in the energy of the flesh. Paul asked the Galatians why if they came to Christ by the work of the Spirit they are so foolish to think they can please God in their own energy