Category: Galations

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The Holy Spirit is the spirit of the Son! In this passage you see the work of Father, Son and Holy Spirit in salvation. Everyone who has experienced misunderstandings in close relationships will appreciate Paul’s words as he seeks to build bridges with this congregation.

SJA Notes

* Dear God in Heaven, thank You for Your word to us today – that through Jesus we are redeemed into an inheritance like no other.

“But when the fulness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”

Redemption, adoption!

These are some of the wonderful realities that Paul points us to. Treasures and blessings that we are to wrestle with, to store in our hearts and ponder in our minds.

We have been redeemed, out from under the law. God did this for us, through Jesus (God in the Person of the Son).

We have been adopted into God’s family (adoption into sonship).

And because of that adoption God the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, has been sent into our hearts.

How good is this message!

That we are no longer slaves to sin, no longer under the weight of the law, instead heirs of God’s promises.

We have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, working each day in our hearts; refining us, moulding us, making us more like Jesus.

And what an inheritance we have as heirs – Redeemed now, and eternal life in the not yet.

Hallelujah, what a Saviour!

* Father God,

Please wash us clean this day from the muck and mire of the world.

Please write Your word upon our hearts that we might not sin against You. That we would be good soil and bear much fruit.

Thank You for the redemption we have in Jesus.

Amen.

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Christians are Abraham’s seed! The Old Testament teaching is that our eternal inheritance depends on God’s promise, and not on the Law of Moses (the ceremonial, food, and civil case law). The Law had a different purpose. It was given to guide God’s people in the process of sanctification until the Christ should come.

SJA Notes

* Dear Lord God, please teach us more of You today, of righteousness and faith, of Your promises to us.

“For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.”

We God’s people have a heavenly inheritance that no earthly one can match.

Paul goes deep here.

Earthly inheritances are brought about through legal means. We make a big deal out of what we leave to our children, to our family, to our loved ones.

But we leave them enshrined in law.

Our heavenly inheritance is not like the earthly.

God has promised to us, enacting a covenant, keeping both sides (Jesus standing in for us, His righteousness).

God’s promise is so much better than an inheritance through legal means.

God’s promise is a covenant from Him.

Let us take this on faith, and wrestle with what falls out of this truth for us, in our lives that God has placed us in.

* Holy God,

You are God, You are the one and only God.

You are one God in three Persons; Father, Son and Spirit.

What a God You are!

Thank You for the covenant promises You give to us. Thank You for the inheritance laid up in glory that we long to obtain.

Amen.

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Paul’s teaching is salvation by grace through faith unto good works. The false teaching he fights is salvation by your good works. What purposes does Paul give for the Law of Moses?

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* God of Mercy, please teach us from Your word today, we would see Jesus.

“And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘In you shall all the nations be blessed.'”

In Genesis chapter 18 and chapter 22 we read that God would work in such a way through Abraham.

Paul draws from Genesis directly, and surmises that,

“So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.”

In faith we are blessed, in Jesus!

Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law – He became a curse for us so that we would get blessing.

What a Saviour we have, Hallelujah!

* Father God,

You worked such that through Abraham Your love would be shown to all nations.

Hallelujah Lord! We thank You for this and praise You.

We look forward to that day when we can meet Abraham, and together live with You.

What a day that will be!

Amen.