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Redeemer Church Mauritius

Galatians: What is the Gospel - Law or Faith? - Phil Kendon

In Chapter 3 of Galatians, Paul begins to argue that salvation comes to us through faith in Jesus and not through the law. He uses personal experience, Jewish history and theological reasoning to demolish the teaching that we can earn our way into a relationship with God. The gospel comes to us by God’s grace and we receive it by faith – we take God at his word. Paul’s teaching is that Jesus has met all the requirements of the law, but was punished as though he failed. On the other hand, we have failed to meet the requirements of the law but we have been justified (declared righteous) as though we met them all. Jesus became a curse so that we could receive the blessing of acceptance by God and an intimate relationship with him.

Locations & Times

Mauritius

Sunday 9:30 AM

Galatians 3:1-29 NIV

1. How did you receive the Spirit?

- Galatians 3:1-5
- It is the message of Jesus that brings us into relationship with God and gives us a sense of joy in our salvation.

2. How does the promise work?

- Galatians 3:6-9
- God made Abraham a promise and he took God at his word.
- By faith Abraham was justified – declared righteous.
- By faith Abraham received the blessing of fellowship with God.

3. How does the law work?

- Galatians 3:10-14
- The law condemns us because we fail it.
- The consequence of failing is the curse – condemnation and separation from God.
- Jesus took our place in the curse so that we could take his place in the blessing.

4. The promise is superior to the law

- Galatians 3:15-18
- The promise came first.
- The promise came directly, but the law came through mediators.
- The promise was about Jesus.

5. What was the purpose of the law?

- Galatians 3:19-25
- It shows us our sin.
- It holds us in custody – condemning us for our failure.
- It treats us like a strict schoolmaster – punishing us when we fail.
- It was temporary then, and it is temporary now.

6. Clothed with Christ

- Galatians 3:26-29
- The righteousness I tried to offer under the law, I now lay down to receive Christ.
- Everyone enters salvation the same way – Jew, Greek, Male, Female, Slave, Free.

Remember:

So in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith.