08-31: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 2:15-3:14
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Thank you for joining us today for worship! In this weeks message, Pastor Bobby completes chapter 2 and begins chapter 3 in which we discuss justification by faith in Christ.
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Galatians 2:15-21
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
[15] We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners” [16] know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
[17] But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not! [18] If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
[19] For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. [20] I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. [21] I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
Galatians 3:1-14
Faith and Belief
[1] O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. [2] I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
[3] Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? [4] Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? [5] Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
[6] So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” [7] Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. [8] The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” [9] So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Christ Has Redeemed Us
[10] All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” [11] Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.” [12] The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
[13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” [14] He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Notes:
*Notes are slides used on Sunday morning made available for your personal notes and study.
Slide 1
1. Justified (Justification)
a. In comparison to the law you are declared not guilty and thus free from the penalty of breaking the law (sin), which is death.
b. You now have right standing with GodSlide 2
2. Righteousness
a. Having the approval of God in your character and ways
b. Your character and ways reflect the “right” character and ways of God
c. God sees you as just, blameless, and in the right.Slide 3
3. The Law
a. The laws, rules, and regulations found in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy by which God held people accountable
b. Also referred to as the Law of Moses, Mosaic Law, Book of the LawSlide 4
4. Abraham
a. The father of the Jewish people and the one through whom God chose to move forward his plan of redemption
b. To the Jews being a child of Abraham meant you had a relationship with God because you were Jewish by birth
c. To Paul being a child of Abraham meant you had a relationship with God through faith regardless of your ethnicity
