However, bondage tried to creep into the churches in Galatia. Even though the apostle Paul at that time was able to put things straight, new generations of Christians have experienced that same bondage attempting to influence them. I myself was pulled into the same flow of thoughts and traditional views both in the traditional evangelical denomination that I used to belong to, in the Pentecostal-Charismatic traditions, and finally in the traditions of the so-called Faith movement. I want you to understand that I am thankful for many things I learned through these movements, and I am thankful to ministers there. The grief in my heart that I am sharing with you is the grief of the yoke that has been creeping in on us, the yoke of man-made rules and traditions.
Hata hivyo, utumwa ulijaribu kuingia katika makanisa ya Galatia. Ingawa mtume Paulo wakati huo aliweza kusawazisha mambo, vizazi vipya vya Wakristo vimepitia utumwa huo huo wakijaribu kuwavuta. Mimi mwenyewe nilivutwa katika mtiririko uleule wa mawazo na mitazamo ya kimapokeo katika madhehebu ya kimapokeo ya kiinjilisti niliyokuwa nayo, katika mapokeo ya Kipentekoste-Karismatiki, na hatimaye katika mapokeo ya kile kinachoitwa vuguvugu la Imani. Nataka uelewe kwamba ninashukuru kwa mambo mengi niliyojifunza kupitia harakati hizi, na ninawashukuru watumishi wa huko. Huzuni iliyo moyoni mwangu ninayoshiriki nawe ni huzuni ya nira ambayo imekuwa ikitambaa juu yetu, nira ya kanuni na mila zilizotungwa na wanadamu.