(Galatians) Small Man to the Sacred Families in Land of Pale Skins 3

WORKING TO KEEP THE LAW OR TRUSTING IN THE CHOSEN ONE

1O you foolish ones who live in Land of Pale Skinned People (Galatia)! Did someone put a spell on you? Was it not clearly shown to you that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One was put to death on a tree-pole—the cross? 2I have one chief question to ask you: Did the Holy Spirit come to you because you worked hard to keep our tribal law, or because you heard and trusted in the good story we told you?

3Have you become foolish enough to believe that a journey begun in the power of the Spirit could be finished by weak human strength? 4I cannot believe that you have traveled so far just to end up at a dead end.

5Does Creator give you his Spirit and work his power among you because you are working hard to keep our tribal law, or because you hear and trust in the good story we told you?

LESSONS FROM THE SACRED TEACHINGS

6It was the same for Father of Many Nations (Abraham), for it says in our Sacred Teachings, “Father of Many Nations (Abraham) put his trust in Creator. This is what gave him good standing in the eyes of the Great Spirit.”#3:6 Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3 7It should now be clear to you that the true sons and daughters of Father of Many Nations (Abraham) are the ones who trust in Creator.

8It was foretold long ago in our Sacred Teachings that it would be through trusting in him that Creator would give good standing to all the Outside Nations. The good story was told to Father of Many Nations (Abraham) when Creator said to him, “It is through you that I will bless all nations.”#3:8 Genesis 12:3 9So then, all who walk the same path that Father of Many Nations (Abraham), the man of trusting, walked are also blessed with good standing.

10All who seek good standing with Creator through working hard to keep our tribal law are under the law’s curse. For it is written in our Sacred Teachings, “Cursed is anyone who does not perform all that is written down in the book of the law.”#3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26; 31:26

11It should be clear for all to see that no one is given good standing in the eyes of the Great Spirit by keeping our tribal law, for “The ones in good standing will find life by trusting.”#3:11 Habakkuk 2:4 12Our tribal law is not about trusting. It is about doing. As our Sacred Teachings tell us, “It is the ones who keep doing what is written in the law who will find life.”#3:12 Leviticus 18:5

SET FREE BY THE CHOSEN ONE

13The Chosen One paid a great price to set us free from the law’s demand about doing by taking on himself the law’s curse. As it is written in our Sacred Teachings, “Anyone who has been hanged upon a tree-pole is under a curse.”#3:13 Deuteronomy 21:23 14This was done so that the promise made to Father of Many Nations (Abraham) to bless the Outside Nations would come to them through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. In this way we can all receive the promised Spirit by trusting in him and what he has done.

15My sacred family members, I will now speak to you from a human point of view. Once a peace treaty has been made between human beings, no one can change or put an end to the agreement. 16It is the same for the promises made to Father of Many Nations (Abraham) and his descendants.#3:16 Genesis 12:7 The promises were not made to many descendants—but only to one. And that one descendant is the Chosen One.

17Here is what I am saying: our tribal law, which was given four hundred and thirty years after Father of Many Nations (Abraham), does not undo the peace treaty Creator made with him or do away with the promise. 18For if sharing in these blessings depends on walking the path of the law, then the promise falls to the ground. But the Giver of Life promised it to Father of Many Nations (Abraham) as a gift of his great kindness.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW

19So then, what was the purpose of our tribal law? The law was added because of bad hearts and broken ways, but only until the coming of the Chosen One, the descendant to whom the promise was made. The law was put in place by spirit-messengers through a go-between. 20A go-between is only needed when there is more than one. But the Great Spirit is one.

There was no go-between when the Great Spirit gave the promise to Father of Many Nations (Abraham) long before the law was given.

21Does this mean that our tribal law is against Creator’s promises? It does not! For if laws had the power to give life, then good standing with Creator would have come through our tribal law. 22But our Sacred Teachings make it clear that because of broken ways Creator has rounded everyone up into one corral, so that the promise he made to Father of Many Nations (Abraham) would be sure to find its way to all who trust in what Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One has done.#3:22 Romans 11:32

THE WAY OF TRUSTING

23Before this way of trusting came, we were rounded up and held firmly under the guidance of our tribal law until the time came when the way of trusting would be made clear. 24Our tribal law was like an elder who watched over the children and told them how to do every little thing, but only until the coming of the Chosen One, who would give us good standing by the way of trusting. 25But now that the way of trusting has come, we are no longer children needing someone to watch over us and tell us what to do. 26For we are all sons and daughters of the Great Spirit through our trust in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. 27All of you who participated in the purification ceremony#3:27 Baptism of the Chosen One have put on the regalia of the Chosen One himself.

28It no longer matters whether you are Tribal Members or Wisdom Seekers (Greeks), slaves or free, male or female. For in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One you are all one people. 29And since you belong to the Chosen One, you are a descendant of Father of Many Nations (Abraham) and the ones who share in the blessings of the promise Creator made to him.

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