Lesson 2908

(Lesson 2908)(12-16-19) Galatians 3:1-9
    “ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 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? Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”

   In today’s lesson, Paul rebuked the Galatians because, obviously, some had begun to try and incorporate the rules of the old law into the Gospel of Chirst. He very clearly explained why that that mixture would not, and could not, happen. It could not happen because salvation is a gift from God and not repayment for ‘good’ deeds or works of the law that have been done. Paul explained that not just the Jews, (the lineage of Abraham), but rather, every living soul could be saved through the same faith that was counted to Abraham. By faith in Jesus Christ we are ALL made the seed of Abraham.~