Galatians 3; Verses 15-18; Living by Faith (cont)

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The Lord through Paul goes through so many examples in the purpose of the law, and how it's used. False teaching is saying there is no law. The law is there after salvation, it should not me made null and void, and the other extreme condemning one. Both are of the flesh and not the Holy Spirit (Romans 8 lays it out in cross reference with Galatians 3). Instead of condemning that's what should bring repentance. The law is their to correct us my friends. Lest, we're making it up saying grace. That would be in vain.

(Matthew 7:23) "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

(Matthew 7:21) "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."


(Iniquity = lawlessness. They did it in vain. It is not them that reject Christ here openly. It is them who are saying Jesus, God, grace, faith, etc).

(Doing the will of the Father is of course salvation first. Coming into relationship with Father through Christ. Naturally their doing right through faith, thus in God's will automatic).


Okay, to Galatians.

(Galatians 3:15-18) "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.

(In other words using examples we can only relate to. Explaining the only way so that man cannot remove it, that is make it null and void, or add to it especially through man kinds traditions. Like making it up as they go along. It's confirmed because Christ confirmed it, and the whole Word of God points to the coming of the Messiah. The first and second coming).

Reference:

(Mark 7:13) "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."


None affect when man makes it up. Your following man, not the Lord. Now here is the huge problem. As Paul illustrates we look to God's law to show us why we need to be saved, lest the cross be in vain. But man makes it up what is one being saved from? Their is no savior for that. It is not different now, you get a bunch of do this, do that, not being in grace (through faith) giving more bondage. This is a huge problem because people think they go to get Word but they are being duped. Coming out worse than before. But yet coming out entitled. Misdirecting and falsely calling things "God's blessing."

16Now 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.

(Seed = sperm. From the word sperma from the Greek. An unstudied word now that one must be careful about how to apply it. It can mean spiritually or physically. Here of course physically as He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Down through the 12 tribes (13 being technical), though the King line and Priest line (both on Mary's side) through Christ the Messiah. It had to be this way for salvation to come all people on this side of the cross).

17And 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.


(Meaning the promise was in faith, God's Word. The law through Moses does not set that aside. Which is why Paul is using Abraham as an example. Abraham lived by faith and responded accordingly doing right. Righteousness = The condition acceptable to God, then doing right).

18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise."

(The inheritance = Christ and the covenant = The New Testament. In other words, if one could say they are righteous by the law that came through Moses they are saying they don't need Christ. The other problem with this it ends up not God's law but what man makes up over time. It is the Holy Spirit that corrects according to God's Word. As stated before, after salvation the law is there for correction. Not self-justification, or to be condemned (it can go either way which cannot happen). Nope, we repent move on and growing from it. This is done of course by learning Christ words. As we went through Matthew chapters 5-8 recently. The chapters that Christ teaches the relationship between motives and doing. The motives change the want to do them. If one is in grace through faith. The want will first be there, then we do. Not the other way around. Christ come to fulfill the law, not do away with it. Fulfilled by being the sinless sacrifice). 

In other words, before we have to do them we want to do them. Not seeing God's law as grievous (pain and suffering), a burden, a pain in the butt.

Christ was sacrificed for us in doing so in pleasing the Father and still never saw it a pain, AMAZING!!! Consider all that is a lot.

Amen †