History proves it

1: 3-10 Hold fast to the gospel you were taught that you may experience deliverance

1:3-5 The death of Christ was for our deliverance

1:6-10 Reject any person or message that is different and so interferes with your deliverance

History proves it

1:11-24 Paul's gospel came by to revelation

2:1-10 Paul's gospel was endorsed by the

Apostles

2:11-21 The gospel has implications in life that must be defended

History proves it

3:1-4:31 The Old Testament also proves Paul's gospel is the True Gospel.

3:1-5 As verified in the experience of the Galatians

3:6-9 As witnessed in the life of God's dealings with Abraham

3:10-14 As evidenced in that the only

escape from the Law is by faith in Messiah

Galatians 3:1The Galatians replaced grace for

legalistic ritual.

To Paul, it was as though they were "bewitched".

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Galatians 3:2

The believers in Galatia had received the Spirit when they believed in

Christ.

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Four questions1. How did you receive the Holy Spirit?2. How will you be sanctified?3. Did you suffer in vain?4. On what basis did God perform

miracles?

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Galatians 3:3

It is foolish to begin the Christian life by the Spirit and to seek to grow by the flesh

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Galatians 3:3The Galatians thought:

"If believing Christ is good, isn't it simply smart to add baptism and good

works to that to make a good thing better?"

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Galatians 3:4Why suffer for the faith message if the

Judaizers were right?

Suffering not entirely in vain since God rewards all who suffer for Him

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Galatians 3:4If the Galatians fell from grace (5:4),

then their future reward would be diminished.

Full benefit of reward comes from staying faithful (Col. 1:21-23; 2 Tim.

2:12)

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Galatians 3:6A better translation might be,

"For (it is written), 'Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as

righteousness'"

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Galatians 3:6Twelve times in this book, the basic idea of "to declare righteous" is used

in Galatians.

Righteousness = a dominant theme.

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Galatians 3:7A command.

The Galatians didn't seem to any longer believe this to be true.

Many today are questioning this, even in Evangelical circles.

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Today, many are questioning whether justification is final.

Can we know we are justified?

Can we lose it?

Scripture doesn't share their concern.

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The Galatians needed the Apostles command.

Many today would do well to heed it.

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Galatians 3:8• "The Scriptures" = Gen. 12:3; 18:18;

22:18; 26:4; 28:14)• Primary references that God would

justify the Gentiles by faith.

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Galatians 3:8• "Gospel" = "good news" and

sometimes refers to justification by faith.

• Sometimes refers to growing (sanctification) in faith and perseverance in faith and good works.

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"The content of his (Abraham's) faith was the promise of eternal life

through faith in the miracle Seed that was to come (Gen. 15:6)."

Bob Wilkin "The Grace Commentary"

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Galatians 3:9• "Abraham the believer"• Righteous by faith, not works• God's blessing linked to faith, not

works• God's curses linked to justification or

sanctification by works of the Law

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Galatians 3:10• "curse" 2xs here, 3xs in v. 13• The Law brings curse.• Faith brings blessing.• Lev. 26, Dt. 28

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Galatians 3:10• Back to the danger of a process rather

than a completed, settled relationship• "Cursed" = "every one", "abide", "all

things", "to do them"• Wow!

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Galatians 3:11People can be justified in the sight of men by works (Rom. 4:2; James 2:21, 25), but not in the sight of God (Rom.

4:2b, 3-5).

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Galatians 3:11"The just by faith shall live"

Justification (declared righteous) and regeneration (new life) both come by

faith.

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Galatians 3:12Under the Mosaic Law, a person's life

was based upon obedience.

Faith in the Law did not extend a person's life; obedience did.

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Galatians 3:12"Maybe faith and Law can be combined,

maybe both are needed."

Paul, "You take that approach, you have to keep the Law. Only perfection is

acceptable."

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Galatians 3:13• Three times Paul mentions curses.• "Redeemed" to buy back, to deliver, to

buy someone from something.• Christ bought us from the curse of the

Law to set us free.

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Galatians 3:14The blessing of Abraham comes to

believing Jews and Gentiles alike.

Paul includes himself, and Jews, along with Gentiles.

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Our relationship with God is final, fixed, settled.

We must be careful to realize how critical it is to understand this truth

for growth.

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To sacrifice this reality is to sacrifice the one hope we have for growth.

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All believers are...• Declared righteous by God (justified)• Purchased by Christ (redeemed)• Free from the demands of the Law• Made alive in Christ (regenerated)• Sins are not an issue in our relationship with God

(forgiven)

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This permanent relationship provides the basis of growth in grace.

Nothing else works.

To introduce any other conditions is to introduce a process that can sound

more spiritual but will not work.

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