Law and grace vs curses and blessings

Good morning all,

I was doing my study of the word today and wouldn't you know it would be on the subject of law and grace. This sums it up right here for me.

Galations 3:15-29

The Law and God's Promise
¹⁵ Dear brothers and sisters, [15] here's an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case.

¹⁶ God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. [16] And notice that the Scripture doesn't say "to his children, [16] " as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says "to his child"—and that, of course, means Christ.

¹⁷ This is what I am trying to say: The
agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later
when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.
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.

¹⁹ Why, then, was the law
given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins.
But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who
was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the
mediator between God and the people.
²⁰ Now a mediator is helpful if more
than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not
use a mediator when he gave his promise to Abraham.

²¹ Is there a conflict, then, between God's law and God's promises? [21] Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it.

²² But the Scriptures declare that we are
all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promise of freedom only by
believing in Jesus Christ.


God's Children through Faith
²³ Before
the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under
guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak,
until the way of faith was revealed.

²⁴ Let
me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it
protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
²⁵ And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

²⁶ For you are all children [26] of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷ And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. [27]

²⁸ There is no longer Jew or Gentile, [28] slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

²⁹ And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children [29] of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God's promise to Abraham belongs to you.

I just wanted you all to have the scripture I base this off of and the Lord showed it to me, so now I share with you.

Love in Jesus,


Connie

Wonderful Connie, again answering a thought I was pondering w/God about last night! To God be the Glory!

AMEN!!!! What translation is this Connie???

I have started (not completed as of yet) a study on the book of Galatians as well. Yes, this book does explain the difference between law and grace. However, the book of Galatians explains how the Judaizers taught the Gentiles (new believer's as well) that believing in Christ was not all they had to do to be saved. They told them they had to obey the Jewish laws as well...which IS NOT TRUE! To make a long story short...Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ and that's it.

[b][sup]25 And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

[/sup][/b] You don't need to obey any laws to be saved. All you have to do is accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior.

Once we accept Jesus, we are dead to sin; therefore, we no longer need to obey laws to be saved. It only takes Jesus to be saved. That's what the book of Galatians is teaching. There is so much in this book although it only has a few chapters but the bottom line is that it is teaching us not to try to keep the laws to be SAVED. It's talking about being saved and receiving the Holy Spirit because we had faith in Jesus and not by keeping the law. That's the freedom it's speaking about here.

I think this is the new living translation, if memory serves me right. I found it on bible.com. I use it alot for comparisons between bible interpretation.

Love in Jesus,

Connie

Amen Virtuous!

kpmehmbl43 wrote:Exactly...I want to know that I am living right and not feel so condemn when I don't live up to man's expectation. I want to do what is right in God's eyes. I want all the confusion to stop.

"Nothing you ever do will make God love you less nor will He love you more. He loves you completely right now." Daily Inspiration