UNDERSTANDING
THE BIBLE 202
Tuesday,
September 08, 2015
Galatians GW 3:13-17 Christ paid the price to free us from the
curse that God's laws bring by becoming cursed instead of us. Scripture says,
"Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed." 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. Brothers
and sisters, let me use an example from everyday life. No one can cancel a
person's will or add conditions to it once that will is put into effect. The
promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture doesn't say,
"descendants," referring to many, but "your descendant,"
referring to one. That descendant is Christ. This is what I mean: The laws
given to Moses 430 years after God had already put his promise to Abraham into
effect didn't cancel the promise to Abraham.
Some in the past, yet now, and will in the
future think salvation gained differently under Old Testament law. Salvation is
by faith through God’s grace; always has been, is, always will be. The truth of
Ephesians 2:8-9 is not new fact, it is eternally thus in and by God’s grace. The
law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by
faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (Galatians
chapter 3)
A few indispensable facts necessary to
understanding Scripture and pleasing God:
The Old Testament
began what the New Testament completes.
The Old is associated
with Moses, the New with Christ Jesus.
“For the law was
given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” (Jn.1:17)
Jehovah God,
Sovereign Creator and Sustainer, as All is Author of all.
God’s scribes
included kings, princes, poets, philosophers, prophets, statesmen …
Some learned, other
unschooled.
The Bible, Old and
New, speaks through the ages to all ages and cultures.
The Old begins with
God. (Gen.1:1)
The New begins with
Christ. (Mt.1:1)
If we neglect or discount these basic truths,
we do so at our peril. EBB4
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