GALATIANS 3
17 For the
law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1
https://youtu.be/hhA-O_mb3Y8 Galatians 3
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.Abrahamic covenant
.Fulfilled thru Christ
.Law [covenant] came later
.1st promise stands
.Law revealed sin
.Faith in Christ justifies
.Began in Spirit [faith] don’t go back to law [works]
.Christ took the curse of the law on the Cross [tree]
.Law was tutor- to bring us to truth
.Jesus is the Truth
.No more need for the tutor
.Father of many nations
.Legal and actual justification
.Luther- Trent [16th century]
.Legal fiction?
.Mercy seat
NOTE [new stuff below].
Today [1-9-17] I found out that a good friend of mine died.
His name was Huey Martin.
I saw Huey about 10 days ago- the first time in about 7
months.
As he pulled up to Timons
[mission] he beeped the horn- and waved for me to come over. I didn’t recognize
him- the car window was tinted. So- I sat there and ignored him.
I noticed he kept waving for me to come over- like he
thought ‘maybe John is mad- in one of his moods’.
Yes- the guys know me- and this has happened before.
As I walked away- I heard someone yell ‘John- John’.
I walked over to the car window- and realized it was Huey.
I could tell he felt bad- like I was ignoring him.
But I told him I
didn’t realize it was him- and I talked with him for around 15 minutes.
I could see he was
not doing well- I put my hand on his shoulder-
like a brother- and told him I would pray for him.
I see his older brother- David Martin- every week.
I just visit with David- fellowship- and pray with him.
All 3 brothers are like family to me- Andy- David and Huey.
I have had people ask me why I ‘hang out’ with some of the
guys- because of their lifestyles.
Over the years I had good talks with Huey- we laughed- he
spent 3 days at the house once when he broke a rib.
And yes- we talked about God and life.
I will indeed miss Huey-
He was my friend.
Here’s a video I did about 2 years ago- Huey is in it https://youtu.be/R0ZNzDkvphc
NEW-
Paul makes the argument that God promised Abraham that he
would bless [save- justify] the whole world thru one of his sons.
Genesis
12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Ultimately that Son was Jesus- who came down the line- from
the offspring of Abraham-
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises
made. He saith not, And to seeds,
as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Then Paul says -
The law [10 commandments
and entire Old Covenant system] came 430 years after God gave Abraham this
promise-
Galatians 3:17
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ,
the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that
it should make the promise of none effect.
Paul says ‘the scripture foresaw that God would justify the
heathen thru faith- preaching the gospel beforehand’-
Galatians
3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through
faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all
nations be blessed.
Meaning- if the Galatians were going to revert to the law
[get circumcised and put themselves under the Old Covenant] thinking that would
make them pleasing to God.
Then the first promise [to Abraham] wasn’t true-
Galatians
3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in
Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot
disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
It’s a simple argument- saying God already promised that he
would save the world someday- thru Jesus.
And if the law- which was given later- could also justify
man- then basically God would have lied.
God is not a man that he should lie-
God is not a man, that he should lie;
neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do
it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make
it good?
Then the question is ‘why did God then give the law’?
Good question- and I taught it when we covered the book of
Romans- and in this chapter Paul teaches it again.
The law was given till the seed [Son] would come to whom the
promise was made-
Galatians
3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by
angels in the hand of a mediator.
But after that Son [seed] has come- there is no longer any
need for the law [covenant- which includes circumcision]-
Paul teaches that the law was our tutor- to bring us to the time
of Christ- but after the true teacher has come- there is no more need for a
tutor-
Galatians
3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we
might be justified by faith.The law simply revealed to man his sin until the time of Christ-
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The law is holy- just and good-
But men are sinful.
Therefore the law could never justify us.
Its purpose has been fulfilled- to reveal to man that he is
a sinner- unable to keep it-
Therefore by the deeds of the law there
shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.
Then- when this purpose is fulfilled- we see the need for Christ-
and the true purpose of the law is now accomplished-
Do we then
make void the law through faith? God forbid:
yea, we establish the law.
Simple.
The law cannot save us- was never intended to save us-
Galatians
3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had
been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have
been by the law.
And now that Jesus
has come-
The only one who ever fulfilled all the law-
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
He himself saves us
because he took all the transgressions that were held against man- and nailed
them to his Cross-
Jesus took away the 'handwriting of ordinances’ that was
against us- and nailed them to his Cross-
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that
was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing
it to his cross;
Paul concludes that we are justified by faith- that Jesus
‘hung on a tree’ [the Cross] and became a curse for us-
Galatians
3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for
us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
He quotes Habakkuk showing that the just shall live by
faith-
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but
the just shall live by his faith.
But that no man is justified by the
law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
And the law is not faith- but the ‘man that does them- lives
under them’-
Galatians
3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in
them.
The quotes Paul uses in this chapter are from Deuteronomy-
the ‘law’ and they show us the gospel itself-
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be
put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Deuteronomy
27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
He warns the gentile believers- if you go back to that
system- you are 'falling from grace’-
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are
justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
We are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ-
Galatians
3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Amen.
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VERSES
Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye
should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently
set forth, crucified among you?
Galatians 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are
ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Galatians 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be
yet in vain.
Galatians 3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and
worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the
hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the
same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify
the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In
thee shall all nations be blessed.
Galatians 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham.
Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in
all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the
sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that
doeth them shall live in them.
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth
on a tree:
Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the
Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.
Galatians 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though
it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or
addeth thereto.
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which
is Christ.
Galatians 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more
of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added
because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is
one.
Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God
forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the law.
Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us
unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer
under a schoolmaster.
Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ
Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in
us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I
will shew thee:
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him
that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Whom
God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare
his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the
forbearance of God;
And
he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole world.
Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.
14 And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare
witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh
after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of
his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the
law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1
How much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to
God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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