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Ironside comments that Paul "cannot believe that it is in vain, for he looks back and remembers the exercises they went through, the joy that came to them when they professed to receive Christ, and the love that seemed to be welling up in their hearts one for another, and for him as a servant of God and for the Saviour Himself. He says, “I remember the afflictions you were ready to endure on behalf of the gospel; I cannot believe you were not converted, that it was not real. You have been misled, you have gotten into a fog, and if I can, I want by the grace of God to deliver you.”" (Galatians 3 Commentary) Vain (1500)(eike) means without a cause or legitimate reason, for no purpose, and being without any result. Fruitlessly, needlessly. Gilbrant - In classical Greek eikē usually means “at random.” The word refers to an action done without a plan or purpose. The papyri demonstrate a similar usage. The Septuagint translators used the word once at Proverbs 28:25 to mean “without due consideration.” The New Testament exhibits four meanings for this word. In Matthew 5:22, the meaning appears to be “without cause,” “Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment.” Eikē, however, does not appear in some manuscripts in this verse. In Galatians Paul used the word to mean “without result” or “in vain,” “I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain” (4:11). “Without purpose” is the meaning in Romans 13:4, “If you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing” (NIV). The same sense may be intended in 1 Corinthians 15:2, “...unless ye have believed in vain.” (Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary) Galatians 3:5 So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Greek - o oun epichoregon (PAPMSN) humin to pneuma kai energon (PAPMSN) dunameis en humin ex ergon nomou e' ex akoes pisteos Amplified: Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard? Barclay Did He who generously gave you the Spirit, and Who wrought mighty things among you, do so because you produced the deeds the law lays down, or because you heard and believed? Phillips Does God, who gives you his Spirit and works miracles among you, do these things because you have obeyed the Law or because you have believed the Gospel? Ask yourselves that. Wuest Therefore, the One who is constantly supplying the Spirit to you in bountiful measure, and constantly working miracles among you, by means of law works is He doing these things, or by means of the message which proclaims faith? (Eerdmans Publishing) NET Galatians 3:5 Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard? GNT Galatians 3:5 ὁ οὖν ἐπιχορηγῶν ὑμῖν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἐνεργῶν δυνάμεις ἐν ὑμῖν, ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ἢ ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως; NLT Galatians 3:5 I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ. KJV Galatians 3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ESV Galatians 3:5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith-- ASV Galatians 3:5 He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? CSB Galatians 3:5 So then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law or by hearing with faith? NIV Galatians 3:5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? NKJ Galatians 3:5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?-- NRS Galatians 3:5 Well then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? YLT Galatians 3:5 He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith is it? NAB Galatians 3:5 Does, then, the one who supplies the Spirit to you and works mighty deeds among you do so from works of the law or from faith in what you heard? NJB Galatians 3:5 Would you say, then, that he who so lavishly sends the Spirit to you, and causes the miracles among you, is doing this through your practice of the Law or because you believed the message you heard? GWN Galatians 3:5 Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you through your own efforts or through believing what you heard? BBE Galatians 3:5 He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith? He who provides you with the Spirit : Ga 3:2 2Co 3:8 and works miracles among you: Ac 14:3,9,10 19:11,12 Ro 15:19 1Co 1:4,5 2Co 10:4 12:12 13:3 do it by the works of the Law: Ga 3:2 Galatians 3: The Purpose of the Law - John MacArthur Galatians 3:1-5 Bewitched - John MacArthur Galatians 3:1-3: Whatever Happened to Holy Spirit? - John MacArthur Galatians 3:1-5: Ministries of the Holy Spirit- 1 - John MacArthur Galatians 3:1-5: Ministries of the Holy Spirit- 2 - John MacArthur Galatians 3:1-5: Ministries of the Holy Spirit- 3 - John MacArthur Galatians 3:1-5 Bewitched: An Argument from Experience - Phl Newton Galatians 3 Resources - Multiple sermons, commentaries Lenski sums up Paul's questions in Galatians 3:1-5 -These questions are to stir the thoughtless Galatians into doing some mighty necessary thinking. Let them wake up! A few proper questions will make them throw out the Judaizers. The same treatment ought to be accorded the deceivers of our time. Oh, if only all of us would think! Put the Word and true Christian experience with the Word into simple honest questions and answers like a catechism, and you are armed and proof against deceit. (Interpretation of St.Paul's Epistle to the Galatians) So then ("therefore") is a term of conclusion and this so then or "therefore tells us that Paul wants to bring us to a settled conviction about this matter. And that is that the same Holy Spirit Who came to dwell within us at salvation is the same Holy Spirit Who is carrying us on to spiritual maturity." (Anderson) Ridderbos says the therefore "summarizes, recapitulates, and lays what has been said once more upon the mind and conscience of the readers." Gromacki on Spirit and miracles - The fact of these divine operations could not be questioned; the means, however, was the issue. Were they done “by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith”? These were the only two possible options (cf. Gal 3:2). In no way could they have occurred by faith and works. (Stand Fast in Liberty - Exposition of Galatians) Does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith - "He" refers to God the Father (Jn 14:26) but could also include God the Son (Jn 15:26). And Paul gives another "multiple choice" as in Gal 3:2, where it their receiving the Spirit and now it is from the viewpoint of God giving the Spirit. The answer is obvious and is the same as in verse 2 - the supernatural manifestations were because "of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?" (Amplified). As Stott says "God gave them the Spirit (Gal 3:5) and they received the Spirit (Gal 3:2), not because they obeyed the law, but because they believed the gospel. This, then, was a fact of their experience." THOUGHT - While works miracles may refer to specific instances of mighty works that were clearly supernatural, we need to remember that the GREATEST miracle is your life! Your regeneration was a miracle wrought by the Spirit. And the wonderful changes (also wrought by the Spirit) that have occurred in your life continue to be evidence of His miraculous work. Too often we get so caught up in various things like healing, etc, when we hear miracles and forget that the greatest miracle was God's Spirit taking a man or woman dead in their trespasses and sins and making them alive in Christ! The world needs to see your miracle beloved. Let your light shine (Mt 5:16)!
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Ironside says: “Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.” Two contracting parties suggests the thought of the need of a mediator, but when God gave His promise to Abraham there was only one. God gave the Word, and there was nothing to do on Abraham’s part but to receive it. He did not covenant with God that he would do thus and so in order that God’s promise might be fulfilled, but God spoke directly to him and committed Himself when He said, “In thee shall all nations be blessed” (Gal. 3:8). Galatians 3:21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. Greek - o oun nomoskata ton epaggelion Îtou theou. me genoito (3SAMO) ei gar edothe (3SAPI) nomoso dunamenos (PPPMSN) zoopoiesai (AAN) ontos ek nomou an en (3SIAI) e dikaiosune Amplified: Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer [spiritual] life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law. Amplified (2015) Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a system of law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness (right standing with God) would actually have been based on law ICB Does this mean that the law is against God's promises? Never! If there were a law that could give men life, then we could be made right by following that law. Phillips Is the Law then to be looked upon as a contradiction of the promise? Certainly not, for if there could have been a law which gave men spiritual life then law would have produced righteousness (which would have been, of course, in full harmony with the purpose of the promise). Wuest Is therefore the law against the promises of God? God forbid. For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, righteousness in that case would have been from the law. (Eerdmans Publishing) NET Galatians 3:21 Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. GNT Galatians 3:21 Ὁ οὖν νόμος κατὰ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν [τοῦ θεοῦ]; μὴ γένοιτο. εἰ γὰρ ἐδόθη νόμος ὁ δυνάμενος ζῳοποιῆσαι, ὄντως ἐκ νόμου ἂν ἦν ἡ δικαιοσύνη· NLT Galatians 3:21 Is there a conflict, then, between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it. KJV Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. ESV Galatians 3:21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. ASV Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law. CSB Galatians 3:21 Is the law therefore contrary to God's promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law. NIV Galatians 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. NKJ Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. NRS Galatians 3:21 Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law. YLT Galatians 3:21 the law, then, is against the promises of God? -- let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness, NAB Galatians 3:21 Is the law then opposed to the promises (of God)? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could bring life, then righteousness would in reality come from the law. NJB Galatians 3:21 Is the Law contrary, then, to God's promises? Out of the question! If the Law that was given had been capable of giving life, then certainly saving justice would have come from the Law. GWN Galatians 3:21 Does this mean, then, that the laws given to Moses contradict God's promises? That's unthinkable! If those laws could give us life, then certainly we would receive God's approval because we obeyed them. BBE Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God?: Mt 5:17-20 Ro 3:31 7:7-13 May it never be!: Ga 2:17 Ro 3:4,6 For if a law had been given which was able to impart life: Ga 2:19,21 Ro 3:20 then righteousness would indeed have been based on law: Ro 3:21,22 9:31 10:3-6 Php 3:6-9 Heb 11:7 Galatians 3:15-22 God’s Promise: Why the Law? - John MacArthur Galatians 3 Commentary - Martin Luther Galatians 3:15-22 Why the Law? - Phil Newton Galatians Commentary - Verse by Verse - Kenneth Wuest Galatians 3 Resources - Multiple sermons, commentaries, etc (including those below) IS THERE ANTAGONISM BETWEEN GOD'S LAW AND GOD'S PROMISES?
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Ironside - To redeem is to buy back. Because of his sins the Jew was sold under the curse of the law. The same applies in principle to Gentiles, who now have the knowledge of the law. But Christ died not only to free believing Jews from the curse, but that the blessing of Abraham, justification by faith, might come to the Gentiles also. All who believe are delivered from the law’s condemnation, Christ having taken our place in judgment and borne what our sins deserved in His own body on the tree. He became a curse for us. He was made sin for us. In the fullest possible sense He answered for us before God. Now we go free. He bore on the tree The sentence for me, And now both the Surety And sinner are free; And this I shall find, For such is His mind, He’ll not be in glory And leave me behind. I Am Redeemed by God “Christ redeemed us” (GALATIANS 3:13). In March of 1932, the entire world grieved with the Charles Lindbergh family when their 20-month-old son was kidnapped. Little Charles, Jr. was abducted from his home and held for $50,000 ransom. Aviator Lindbergh had become an international hero after making the first transatlantic flight in 1927. However, his fame did not protect his child from danger. Neither did it protect him from the desperate desire to pay the ransom. Yet even with the full ransom paid, the Lindberghs found themselves victimized, powerless to change the evil travesty. Their baby was cruelly killed by the kidnapper. The world’s first abduction was carried out in a garden setting. Eden was the perfect haven provided by God for the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. With cunning cleverness, the adversary-kidnapper, Satan, tempted and lured the innocent pair into sin and thereby made hostages of all who were to follow. Alienated from home and sentenced to separation from God and to death, the only hope for the human race was “to be released on receipt of the ransom.” Unlike the Lindberghs, who could not save their child, the heavenly Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem you—His child—by paying the full ransom with His life. His death purchased your life! The price? His shed blood. The two New Testament Greek verbs translated redeemed mean “to release on receipt of a ransom” or “to buy out.” Bible scholar Lawrence Richards explains that redeemed is set “against the background of helplessness…human beings captured, held captive by the power forces they cannot overcome. Only by the intervention of a third party can bondage be broken and the person freed.” Who, at one time or another, has not been victimized—who has never felt powerless? In particular, victims of physical and emotional abuse internalize the impact of feeling powerless. The adversary-kidnapper would want to lure you with his lie, “You are a powerless prisoner, a helpless hostage.” But child of God, you are not powerless! The hostage-taker has no control over you. God has already redeemed you. Christ has already paid your ransom in full. As Jesus proclaimed, “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). As you see yourself through God’s eyes, you realize you’ve been redeemed in the most valuable ransom exchange in the history of the world—the Perfect Lamb bought your freedom. (June Hunt - Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes - 31 Day Devotional) A COMMON MISTAKE -- Galatians 3:13 An elderly woman told me that she loves Jesus, prays regularly, reads the Bible daily, and confesses her sins every evening. But she's afraid to die. She's not sure God will accept her. She also said that she was so eager to earn God's favor that she gave a large sum of money to her church without her husband's knowledge. She knew this was wrong, but she said, "I did it for my salvation." This woman failed to understand Paul's words, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9). She still believes that she must gain God's approval by her good works. This is a common mistake among professing Christians. The apostle Paul had to correct some believers in Galatia who had the same idea. They talked about the need to keep many of the regulations of the Old Testament law system. Paul declared that Jesus Christ, by dying on the cross, redeemed us from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13). It's not works, it's not prayer, It's not tears that save the soul; God is now His grace displaying -- Jesus died to make us whole. -- Anon. Salvation is an unearned blessing given to an unworthy sinner. The Cross and Redemption "In Whom we have redemption through His Blood" (Eph. 1:7). There are certain things which Christians need always to keep in mind. There are churches which place crosses above their steeples, there are individuals who wear crosses on a chain around their necks; but, how few know the redemptive meaning of the Cross. "Redemption" is a great word. It suggests that we have been bought back, taken out, saved from under bondage unto sin, and that we are restored to Him from Whom we went astray. 1. We are redeemed from the Law (see Gal. 3:10-13). Why should Christians seek to live under Law, when the Cross has placed them under grace? The flesh cannot keep the Law. Christ kept it and in His death redeemed us from its curse. 2. We are redeemed from our vain conversation, received by tradition from the elders (see 1 Peter 1:18). This verse shows that the Cross stands not only between us and the Law, but it also stands between us and man-made religious formalisms. Why should we become entangled again with a yoke of bondage? Judaism, with its rites and its ceremonies, is not for the Church. Judaism, with its many traditions, is not for sons. The precious Blood of Jesus Christ has redeemed us from such things. 3. We are redeemed from the power of darkness (see Col. 1:13). The Cross has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. The Cross has delivered us from the power and authority of darkness, and has translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of His love. The Apostle Paul said that he had been called of God to turn men from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God. The age in which we live is an age of darkness; it is "this present evil age;" satan is its god. The believer has been redeemed from such an age. He is walking in the light. His pathway is one which shines brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Darkness speaks of sin and of every evil device. Christians are called out from these devices. They are children of the light. 4. We are redeemed from our sins (see Eph. 1:7). Jesus Christ loved us and washed us from our sins in His own Blood. It is in Him that we "have redemption, even the forgiveness of our sins." It is true that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." It is also true that believers have been justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The question, therefore that presents itself to the believer is an important one. If we have been saved from our sins, shall we continue in sin? If we have died on the Cross unto sin, how shall we live any longer therein? Let no man yield his members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. We were once the servants of unrighteousness, we are now the servants of righteousness, unto holiness, The Cross is God's loud call to the believer to live a victorious life. If the believer sins, he has an advocate with the. Father; if the believer sins and confesses his sin, God is faithful and just to forgive him and cleanse him, but this is no excuse for the believer to keep on sinning". John said, "Little children, I write unto you that you sin not." God has given us the Holy Spirit, and the life of prayer, and the indwelling Word, and the armor of righteousness for the express purpose of making it possible for us to live in victory over sin. Christ died to redeem us — that is to buy us back from the old life and to establish us in the 5. We are redeemed from every kindred every tongue, every tribe, and every nation (see Rev. 5:9). This Scripture does not mean that every kindred, every tongue, and every tribe will be redeemed; but it does mean that those who are redeemed, were redeemed out from them. Peter preached: "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." Between every believer and the world hangs the Cross of Calvary. God has bought us back from the world. (Robert Neighbour) Galatians 3:13 Don Fortner - Grace for Today ‘Christ hath redeemed us’ - Galatians 3:13 With those four words Paul states the whole doctrine of redemption as it is revealed in the New Testament. Christ alone is our Redeemer. Christ bore our sins. Christ endured the wrath of God, Christ satisfied the claims of justice against us, as our Substitute. The work of redemption was fully accomplished. ‘Christ hath redeemed us.’ Nothing is left to be done by us. Christ has done all. The blood of Christ poured out in death for the atonement of sin accomplished an effectual redemption. ‘Christ hath redeemed us.’ Our Lord did not provide for redemption or make redemption a possibility for all men, leaving it into the hands of man’s free will to comply with his work and make it effectual. Redemption was performed by Christ alone. Redemption was accomplished at Calvary. And that redemption accomplished at Calvary was an effectual atonement for sin. The apostle Paul also makes it plain that the benefits of Christ’s atonement are designed for and limited to God’s elect. ‘Christ hath redeemed us.’ God plainly says, regarding the death of his Son, ‘For the transgression of my people was he stricken’ (Isa. 53:8). The Bible nowhere states, nor does it anywhere imply, that the Lord, Jesus Christ shed his blood and died to redeem all men from the curse of the law. I do not believe that doctrine which says that Judas was redeemed by Christ. It is not possible that our Lord died as a Substitute in Judas’ place, hearing the curse of the law for him. Any who embrace such a doctrine must also embrace one of three absurd and blasphemous conclusions: (1) Either Judas is in heaven, which is to deny the Word of God; or (2) Christ failed to redeem the ones for whom he died and failed in his work of redemption as the sinner’s Substitute; or (3) the justice of God his fallen to the ground, for if God punishes both the sinner and the sinner’s Substitute for the same offense he would mock his own justice. This is the doctrine of Scripture: ‘Christ hath redeemed us!’—All God’s elect, all who believe. ILLUSTRATION - An uncle took his young nephew to swim in the ocean when the boy was suddenly attacked by a shark – bitting him so hard it completely severed his leg. With great courage the uncle grabbed a baseball bat, jumped into the water with the shark, and clubbed it until the shark released his nephew's detached leg! The uncle then picked up his nephew and his severed leg and raced to the hospital. Doctors successfully reattached the leg and his nephew was able to walk again. This provides a picture of redemption: winning back what was "lost"! Infinitely greater is our redemption by Christ so we can regain what we have forfeited by our sins! Christ won this back at Calvary by the price of His own blood.Eph 1:7." U.S. television personality Phil Donahue explains his chief objection to Christianity: “How could an all-knowing, all-loving God allow His Son to be murdered on a cross in order to redeem my sins? If God the Father is so ‘all loving,’ why didn’t He come down and go to Calvary?” In Africa a fire ravaged a hut, burning quickly and intensely, killing all in a family—except one. A stranger ran into the burning house and snatched a small boy from the flames, carried him to safety, and disappeared in the darkness. The next day the tribe met to decide what should be done with the lad. Perhaps superstitiously, they assumed he must be a special child since he survived the fire. A man known for his wisdom insisted that he adopt the boy; another known for his wealth thought he was the best qualified. As the discussion ensued a young, unknown man walked into the middle of the circle and insisted that he had prior claim to the child. Then he showed them his hands, freshly burned in the fire of the past night. He was the rescuer and therefore insisted that the child was rightfully his. So our scarred Savior claims us. Bonhoeffer was right: only a suffering God can help. Only a suffering God can redeem. The other gods were strong; but Thou was weak They rode, but Thou didst stumble to a throne; But to our wounds only God’s wounds can speak And not a god has wounds but Thou alone. The Curse of the Law - Ian Paisley - A Text A Day Keeps the Devil Away "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." Galatians 3:13 The nature of the law is holy but we are sold under sin. As a result we are under its curse. The Education—"the Curse of the Law" This curse is universal, we are all under it. It is total, every part of us is cursed. It is final. The sentence has been judicially passed. The law is our schoolmaster. The Exclamation—"Christ Hath Redeemed Us From the Curse of the Law" This redemption is instantaneous, inclusive, and irreversible. The Explanation—"Being Made a Curse for Us" There has been no abatement of that curse in dilution, and no mitigation. In all its eternal fury it fell upon the Lord Jesus as the Surety and Substitute of His people. Sin was punished on Christ and I the sinner am pardoned and free. The Explanation—"for It Is Written Cursed Is Everyone That Hangeth On a Tree" This is God's written authority. Puritan Daily Readings - He has redeemed us from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13); that is, from the sentence of the Law-giver, denounced in His law against the transgressors of it; so that now “there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1) because they are “dead to the law by the body of Christ” (Rom. 7:4). By the body of Christ as slain and raised again; for this handwriting of ordinances, which was contrary to us, is taken out of the way by God, being nailed to His cross. He has abolished the obligation of the moral law, as to any condemning power, it being the custom to cancel bonds anciently by piercing the writing with a nail. The ceremonial law was abolished in every regard since the substance of it was come, and that which it tended to was accomplished; and so one understands, “having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly” (Col. 2:15) of the ceremonies of the law, called principalities and powers in regard of the divine authority whereby they were instituted. These He spoiled, as the word signifies, unclothing or un-stripping, He unveiled them, and showed them to be misty figures that were accomplished in hHis own person. The flower falls when the fruit comes to appear; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ, grace to obey the precepts, and truth to take away the types. ILLUSTRATION OF REDEMPTION - The Iron Collar - A missionary in West Africa was trying to convey the meaning of the word redeem in the Bambara language. So he asked his African assistant to express it in his native tongue. "We say," the assistant replied, "that God took our heads out." "But how does that explain redemption?" the perplexed missionary asked. The man told him that many years ago some of his ancestors had been captured by slave-traders, chained together, and driven to the seacoast. Each of the prisoners had a heavy iron collar around his neck. As the slaves passed through a village, a chief might notice a friend of his among the captives and offer to pay the slave-traders in gold, ivory, silver, or brass (contrast 1 Pe 1:18, 19+). The prisoner would be redeemed by the payment. His head then would be taken out of his iron collar. What an unusual and graphic illustration of the word redeem! Ephesians 1:7+ states, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." Jesus died on the cross to purchase our freedom from the bondage of sin (Ro 6:6+, Ro 6:16-18+). Redeemed--how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; Redeemed through His infinite mercy-- His child, and forever I am. --Crosby Christ was lifted up on the cross that we might be lifted out of our sin. A Common Mistake Read: Galatians 3:1-14 | Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. —Galatians 3:13 An elderly woman told me that she loves Jesus, prays regularly, reads the Bible daily, and confesses her sins every evening. But she’s afraid to die. She’s not sure God will accept her. She also said that she was so eager to earn God’s favor that she gave a large sum of money to her church without her husband’s knowledge. She knew this was wrong, but she said, “I did it for my salvation.” This woman has failed to understand Paul’s words, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Eph. 2:8-9). She still believes that she must gain God’s approval by her good works. This is a common mistake among professing Christians. The apostle Paul had to correct some believers in Galatia who had the same idea. They talked about the need to keep many of the regulations of the Old Testament law system. Paul declared that Jesus Christ, by dying on the cross, redeemed us from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13). It's not works, it's not prayer, It's not tears that save the soul; God is now His grace displaying— Jesus died to make us whole. —Anon. Salvation is an unearned blessing given to an unworthy sinner. Galatians 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Greek - hina eis ta ethne e eulogia tou Abraam genetai (3SAMS) en Christo Iesou hina ten epaggelian tou pneumatos labomen (1PAAS) dia tes pisteos Amplified: To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit. Phillips God's purpose is therefore plain: that the blessing promised to Abraham might reach the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, and the Spirit might become available to us all by faith. Wuest in order that to the Gentiles the blessing of Abraham might come in Jesus Christ, to the end that the promise of the Spirit we [Jew and Gentile] might receive through faith. (Eerdmans Publishing) NET Galatians 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith. GNT Galatians 3:14 ἵνα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἡ εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ γένηται ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πνεύματος λάβωμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως. NLT Galatians 3:14 Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith. KJV Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. ESV Galatians 3:14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. ASV Galatians 3:14 that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. CSB Galatians 3:14 The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith. NIV Galatians 3:14 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. NKJ Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. NRS Galatians 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. YLT Galatians 3:14 that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith. NAB Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. NJB Galatians 3:14 so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the gentiles in Christ Jesus, and so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. GWN Galatians 3:14 Christ paid the price so that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to all the people of the world through Jesus Christ and we would receive the promised Spirit through faith. BBE Galatians 3:14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give. in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham: Ga 3:6-9,29 Ge 12:2,3 Isa 41:8 51:2,3 Ro 4:3-17 in Christ Jesus: Ga 3:16 Ge 22:18 Isa 49:6 52:10 Lu 2:10,11 Ac 2:39 3:25,26 4:12 Ro 10:9-15 1Ti 2:4-6 so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit : Ga 3:2,5 4:6 Isa 32:15 44:3,4 59:19-21 Jer 31:33 32:40 Eze 11:19 Eze 36:26,27 39:29 Joe 2:28,29 Zec 12:10 Lu 11:13 24:49 Joh 7:39 Ac 1:4,5 2:33,38 5:32 10:45-47 11:15,16 Ro 8:9-16,26 Ro 8:27 1Co 12:13 2Co 1:22 Eph 1:13,14 2:18,22 3:16 4:30 1Pe 1:22 Jude 1:19,20 Galatians 3:6-14 Blessed or Cursed? - John MacArthur Galatians 3:6-14 Salvation Is by Faith Alone - John MacArthur Galatians 3:10-13 The Hopelessness of Sin - John MacArthur Galatians 3:10-14 Redeemed from the Curse of Law - John MacArthur Galatians 3:10-14: The Curse; and the Curse for Us - C H Spurgeon Galatians 3:10-14 Christ: A Curse for Us - Phil Newton Galatians Commentary - Verse by Verse - Kenneth Wuest Galatians 3 Resources - Multiple sermons, commentaries, etc THE PURPOSE OF DELIVERANCE FROM THE CURSE Grant Osborne makes an interesting observation that "Here Paul explains two purposes of Christ’s redeeming work, with the first acting as a summary of Galatians 3:10–14 and the second summarizing Galatians 3:1–5." (Galatians: Verse by Verse) In order that...so that (hina...hina) - Paul uses two terms of purpose. These phrases should always arrest our attention, causing us to pause and ponder "What is the purpose? (et al questions)." Note that both purposes relate not to the last clause of Gal 3:13 but the first clause "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us." In order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles - Paul explains the first purpose of Christ becoming a curse for us. While he does not specifically say that the blessing is justification by faith (salvation, eternal life) apart from works (circumcision, etc), that is clearly what Paul us saying. Paul had already alluded to the blessing of Abraham as being justification by faith in Galatians 3:8-9+. Clearly this blessing is also related to the promise of the Spirit because unless one is justified by faith he or she would not receive the promise of the Spirit. MINI-EXCURSUS - DOES PAUL TEACH THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM INCLUDES "THE LAND"? It should be noted that in the context of Galatians 3:8 this blessing of Abraham is clearly a spiritual blessing and Paul says is related to justification by faith. In other words, the blessing of Abraham in Paul's contextual argument does not make any reference to the promise of land. In fact if you observe the original promise from God to Abraham (Abram) in Genesis 12:1 there is no promise regarding God giving him the land but simple God's charge for him to go "To the land which I will show you." It is not until Genesis 12:7 that God makes a specific land promise. Notice also that the promise of the land was given to Jacob and his descendants in Genesis 28:13. The question arises "Who are Jacob's descendants?" If one reads and interprets this text literally (without spiritualizing or allegorizing) Jacob had 12 sons and they comprised the literal nation of Israel. In sum, this brief "excursus" is simply to show that the blessing of Abraham was a spiritual blessing and that the Church was not given the promise of the literal land originally promised to Abraham, but that the land was given to the nation of Israel (Isaac and Jacob's descendants). Gotquestions adds - Many other passages of Scripture support the fact that Israel will possess the Promised Land forever. For example, God spoke to Isaac in Genesis 26:3, saying, “Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.” The Lord also spoke to Jacob in Genesis 28:13–14 with similar words: “There above it stood the Lord, and he said: ‘I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.’” See also Psalm 132:14; Isaiah 14:1; and Zechariah 2:3–5, 10–13. (Did God give Israel the Promised Land for all time ) One point of clarification - Gentile believers, don't worry, for you will share in the benefits of the future millennium kingdom! I would add a literal reading (emphasize literal!) of Amos 9:15 (See Commentary) strongly supports the premise that the Church does not inherit the land promise to Abraham. Amos records the non-lying God Himself making a promise to Israel - “I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them,” Says the LORD your God." Even the frequently amillennial comments of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge says on this passage "As the Jews, after their return from Babylon, were driven from their land by the Romans, this can only refer to their future conversion and restoration." (Amen and amen!) Even the often amillennial ESV Study Bible seems to support this promised blessing of land is given to national Israel - "This final blessing of the people is predicated upon their recognition of their Davidic Messiah, something that is yet to occur." (ED: BUT THIS FUTURE "RECOGNITION" OF THEIR MESSIAH IS CLEARLY PROPHESIED IN Zechariah 12:10-14+!) Note the phrase in Christ Jesus - It means that the blessing comes to Gentiles (and Jews) who are identified with Christ, who are in (the new) covenant with Him by grace through faith. The blessing of Abraham refers to Ge 12:3+ ''And in you ALL the families of the earth (Jews and Gentiles) shall be blessed." How are all the families of the earth going to be blessed in Abraham? He lived and died and was buried. The nations that came from his loins are not the promised blessing to the families of the earth either. The blessing of Genesis 12:3 is the SALVAT ION that would come through THE SEED, the MESSIAH (Ge 22:17, 18, cp Gal 3:16+). Spurgeon on the blessing of Abraham - Christ was made a curse for us that the blessing might come upon us. He took our curse that we might take the blessing from His own dear hands and might possess it evermore. Gentiles (nations) (1484)(ethnos gives us our word "ethnic") in general refers to a multitude (especially persons) associated with one another, living together, united in kinship, culture or traditions and summed up by the words nation, Gentiles (especially when ethnos is plural), people (much like "people groups" in our modern missionary vernacular). A T
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Ironside - God was not playing fast and loose with Abraham when He gave him this unconditional covenant of grace. He did not say, “If you do thus and so, and if you do not do certain things, all the world will be blessed through your seed.” But He said, unconditionally, “In thee and in thy Seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed.” It is not a question at all of human effort; it is not a question of something we earn. (Galatians 3 Commentary) Oliver Greene - GOD's promises in the Abrahamic Covenant were promises based upon pure grace; there were no conditions attached to them. The fulfillment of the promises did not depend upon anything Abraham did or did not do, nor upon anything his seed did or promised to do. On the other hand, the Law of Moses made ALL of its promises conditional - that is, if Israel practiced obedience, then GOD granted the promise. GOD uses the word "IF" for the first time in Exodus 19:5, in preparation for the giving of the Law. GOD said, "IF ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people...."The people answered JEHOVAH by saying, "ALL THAT THE LORD HATH SPOKEN WE WILL DO" (Exodus 19:8). But if you will read the history of Israel, you will find that instead of doing everything JEHOVAH commanded, they did just the opposite! Time after time Jehovah GOD chastened Israel severely. This was entirely different from the covenant GOD made with Abraham. Abraham made no promise to GOD - either for himself or for his seed after him. All the promises were made by GOD, and carried with them no conditions whatsoever! Study carefully the Abrahamic Covenant and you will see that what I have just said is one hundred percent correct. (The Abrahamic and the Mosaic Covenants - Galatians 3:15-29) THE PROMISE KEEPER - God kept his promise to Abraham; he has not revoked it, though thousands of years have passed. He saved Abraham through his faith, and he blessed the world through Abraham by sending the Messiah as one of Abraham's descendants. Circumstances may change, but God remains constant and does not break his promises. He has promised to forgive our sins through Jesus Christ, and we can be sure that he will do so (FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN!). (Life Application Bible Commentary – Galatians) Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise. Greek - ei gar ek nomou e kleronomia ouketi ex epaggelias to de Abraam di epaggelias kecharistai (3SRPI) o theos Amplified: For if the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the Law [as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue of His promise. Phillips For if the receiving of the promised blessing were now made to depend on the Law, that would amount to a cancellation of the original "contract" which God made with Abraham as a promise. Wuest For if the inheritance is from law (as a method of divine dealing), no longer is it from promise (as a method of divine dealing). But to Abraham through the intermediate instrumentality of promise God has in grace freely bestowed it. (Eerdmans Publishing) NET Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise. GNT Galatians 3:18 εἰ γὰρ ἐκ νόμου ἡ κληρονομία, οὐκέτι ἐξ ἐπαγγελίας· τῷ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ δι᾽ ἐπαγγελίας κεχάρισται ὁ θεός. NLT Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise. KJV Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. ESV Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise. ASV Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise. CSB Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise. NIV Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. NKJ Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. NRS Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise. YLT Galatians 3:18 for if by law be the inheritance, it is no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant it. NAB Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance comes from the law, it is no longer from a promise; but God bestowed it on Abraham through a promise. NJB Galatians 3:18 You see, if the inheritance comes by the Law, it no longer comes through a promise; but it was by a promise that God made his gift to Abraham. GWN Galatians 3:18 If we have to gain the inheritance by following those laws, then it no longer comes to us because of the promise. However, God freely gave the inheritance to Abraham through a promise. BBE Galatians 3:18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word For if the inheritance is based on law , it is no longer based on a promise: Ga 3:10,12,26,29 2:21 Ro 4:13-16 Ro 8:17 but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise: Ga 3:16 Ps 105:6-12,42 Mic 7:18-20 Lu 1:54,55,72,73 Heb 6:12-15 Galatians 3:15-22 God’s Promise: Why the Law? - John MacArthur Galatians 3:23-29 Under the Law or in Christ? - John MacArthur Galatians 3:15-22 Why the Law? - Phil Newton Galatians Commentary - Verse by Verse - Kenneth Wuest Galatians 3 Resources - Multiple sermons, commentaries, etc For - Anderson says "The word “FOR” at the beginning of verse 18 indicates that in Paul’s argument he is now giving a REASON for the previous statement in verse 17. If the inheritance is based on law, it would be the payment of a debt and not the faithful fulfillment of a promise." (Notes) Vine adds that with this for "the apostle now proceeds to justify his use of such strong words as "disannul" and "abrogate" in this connection."