Galatians 3 vs 17-29 17 Here’s what I am trying to say: God’s promise to save through faith—and God wrote this promise down and signed it—could not be canceled or changed four hundred and thirty years later when God gave the Ten Commandments. 18 If obeying those laws could save us, then it is obvious that this would be a different way of gaining God’s favor than Abraham’s way, for he simply accepted God’s promise. 19 Well then, why were the laws given? They were added after the promise was given, to show men how guilty they are of breaking God’s laws. But this system of law was to last only until the coming of Christ, the Child to whom God’s promise was made. (And there is this further difference. God gave his laws to angels to give to Moses, who then gave them to the people; 20 but when God gave his promise to Abraham, he did it by himself alone, without angels or Moses as go-betweens.)21-22 Well then, are God’s laws and God’s promises against each other? Of course not! If we could be saved by his laws, then God would not have had to give us a different way to get out of the grip of sin—for the Scriptures insist we are all its prisoners. The only way out is through faith in Jesus Christ; the way of escape is open to all who believe him.23 Until Christ came we were guarded by the law, kept in protective custody, so to speak, until we could believe in the coming Savior.24 Let me put it another way. The Jewish laws were our teacher and guide until Christ came to give us right standing with God through our faith. 25 But now that Christ has come, we don’t need those laws any longer to guard us and lead us to him. 26 For now we are all children of God through faith in Jesus Christ, 27 and we who have been baptized into union with Christ are enveloped by him. 28 We are no longer Jews or Greeks or slaves or free men or even merely men or women, but we are all the same—we are Christians; we are one in Christ Jesus. 29 And now that we are Christ’s we are the true descendants of Abraham, and all of God’s promises to him belong to us. ALL Gods promises out do any laws. Gods promises is our birth right spiritually. It’s our inheritance. Don’t let the enemy lie to you that you are not worthy of ALL Gods promises. It’s your right! Remember the law was put into action, because we were still awaiting the Seed of Christ to restore the broken Seed of man’s sin and failure in obeying God. When the perfect Seed of Christ was crucified on the cross, His blood restored the promises God made to Abraham and his descendants (us). We now walk in the fullness of Christ; in right standing with God our Father.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:33:27 +0000
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