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1 You 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 observing the law, or by believing what you heard?
3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
4 Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?
5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?
6 Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham.
8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10 All who rely on observing 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 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
12 The law 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 given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
1. You could not and did not earn your salvation
1. You could not and did not earn your salvation
Foolish Galatians
Lack of wisdom not mental incompetence
Doing what the law requires is not enough
When you failed to obey one law you miss all laws
2. The purpose of the law
2. The purpose of the law
The law reveals our troubles
Our troubles should lead us to Christ
The law only reveals the wrong it can’t redeem the wrong doer
The law demands a payment for penalty
The law is not from faith
The law is not from faith
The law is not our supervisor anymore
3. Doing what the law says or trusting Christ
3. Doing what the law says or trusting Christ
Too often we place more emphasis on what we do instead of what we believe
What we believe will help us live a righteous life
Trusting Jesus demands that we trust God’s Word
God’s Word demands that we obey our authorities
We obey our authorities until those authorities go against God’s Word
4. We are justified by faith
4. We are justified by faith
We are not justified by what we do
Abraham and Sarah were impatient and used their skills to produce what God promised
Faith is waiting on God to fulfill His promise
We are children of Abraham if we believe like Abraham believed
We are not justified by what we do
Man made or God made—you choose
Man made or God made—you choose
5. There is power in what you believe
5. There is power in what you believe
Miracles are the result of what you hear and believe
Observing the law will never produce miracles
The promise of God needs to be believed
If you don’t believe, you won’t receive
If you want a miracle, you must believe in miracles
We are redeemed from the curse of the law—Jesus hung on a tree for us
We are redeemed in order that we receive the blessing promised to Abraham
We receive the promise because we believe that the One who promised is Faithful