New Testament · Letters

Galatians chapter 3

You ! Who you? Jesus as was right in front of you as .I just want to know one thing from you: Did you receive by , or by ?Are you really that senseless? You started with — are you now trying to reach the finish line through your own ?Did you for nothing? Surely it wasn’t for nothing!So when God gives you the Breath and among you, does he do it because you follow the law, or because you trust what you heard?Think about — “he God, and it was .”So understand this: the real are those who live by .And saw ahead of time that God would make through trust, so it announced the good news to Abraham in advance: “Through you, every nation on earth will be .”So those who live by trust are right alongside Abraham, the man who trusted.But everyone who depends on following is living under a , because it’s written: “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue doing everything written in the book of the law.”Now it’s obvious that no one is through the law, because “the person who is right with God will live by trust.”But . Instead, “the person who does these things will live by them.” from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — because it’s written: “Cursed is everyone who is .”He did this so that would come to non-Jewish people through Jesus The One, and so that we could receive through trust., let me use an everyday example. Even with a human , once it’s been finalized, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.Now, the were spoken to Abraham and to his . It doesn’t say “and to offsprings” — meaning many — but “and to your offspring,” meaning one person, who is The One.Here’s my point: The law, which came , doesn’t cancel the contract God had already finalized. It can’t wipe out the promise.Because if the comes through the law, then it no longer comes through a promise. But God gave it to Abraham through a promise .So what was the point of the law? It was added because of all , and it was meant to last until the offspring who was promised would come. It was put in place through and delivered by a .Now a mediator isn’t needed when only one party is involved, and .So does the law work against God’s promises? Absolutely not! If a law had been given that could actually , then yes, being would come through the law.But instead, Scripture under the power of , so that what was promised — through in Jesus The One — could be given to those who trust.Before this trust came, we were under the law, locked up until the coming trust would be .So the law served as our until The One came, so that we could be made right with God through trust.But now that trust has come, we are .Because you are all through trust in Jesus The One.Because every one of you who was into The One has been .There is , slave or free, male or female — because you are all in Jesus The One.And if you , then you are Abraham’s offspring — according to the .