WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.440 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode forty nine. 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:06.040 I am your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, 3 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:08.960 I'm a Christian rapper, de voter, husband, fathering army veteran. 4 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.439 This is brought to you by a Cult of Conspiracy podcast. 5 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:15.880 And yes we are on Galatians three today. But first, 6 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:18.760 before we start, I like to go ahead and shout 7 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:26.039 out those that commented on, uh commented on Sunday Service. 8 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.160 First we had MBMP twenty two once again, thank you, 9 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:34.320 no poop scoop very interesting we had before we had 10 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:38.119 flicking boogers. We now we got no poop scoop. All right, 11 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:39.840 says God is great all the time. We need to 12 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:43.240 stay out of our thoughts, use discernment. Amen to that, 13 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.119 but not the mental chatter, of course. NICKI thank you, 14 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:51.920 thank you, thank you. I hope the job. Yes, thank you, Nicky, 15 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:57.600 I appreciate you. Yes, Mikelly am I'm sorre for a 16 00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:59.759 lot of loss this year for my list, So I 17 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.719 need reminded that God always provide. Amen. But God definitely 18 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:07.200 always provides. And uh, yes, I know it's it's tough. 19 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.519 You know, I had a pretty rough year too because 20 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:16.280 I lost my son. Uh, it's a Mkelly, Mikelly. How 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:17.719 do you spell it? I'm sorry, how do you said? 22 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.599 Uh Mikelya, Okay, hopefully I'm saying it right. If I'm 23 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:24.959 pronouncing it wrong, I might be butchering it, but I apologize. 24 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:27.200 But yeah, I know how it is. So I'll pray 25 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:29.920 for you, okay. J Con forty four to twenty, Thank 26 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.480 you Lord, Amen. And then Brad Gillis, thank you so much. 27 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.480 I appreciate it. And uh, Michlaya, I haven't really seen 28 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:42.400 uh Michaela. Oh, Michaela, it's Michaela. Michayla. Let me go. 29 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:46.319 That's pretty easy, Michayla. M I haven't really seen you 30 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:49.239 comment before. So thank you so much. I really appreciate it. 31 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.680 And uh, thank you for commenting. And I'm sorry for 32 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:56.560 all your loss and everything. And uh, I really appreciate 33 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.560 you commenting on the show. And like I said, I'll 34 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:03.959 pray for you, okay. And then last week on Wednesday service, 35 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.680 our Yeah Wednesday service, we had Angela Kelly. Once again, 36 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:10.080 thank you, Brad Gillis, thank you, MDMP twenty two, thank 37 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.960 you so much. I appreciate you. Everybody that's commenting, like 38 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:14.879 I said, it pushes the show at the algorithm. We 39 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.520 really need it. That's what we need to do. We 40 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:19.000 need to get the show out there to as many 41 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.080 people as possible. Like I said, I get paid. I 42 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.479 don't get paid anymore any less by how many views 43 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:27.639 I get. It's really about people hearing the gospel message. Okay, 44 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:29.800 so that's what we want. We want people to hear 45 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.840 the gospel. So once again, like I said, we are 46 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:37.759 going to be on Galatians three. So with my job, 47 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.719 I got a job interview tomorrow at no sorry, Thursday. 48 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:45.439 So in a few days, I have a job interview 49 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:51.439 at yeah, at nine. So got the interview, and hopefully 50 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:53.919 it gets set up nicely. When I don't really need 51 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.599 the job, but if I get it, I'll be happy. 52 00:02:57.960 --> 00:02:59.879 If I don't, I'll be happy still, you know, So 53 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:02.960 we'll see what happens. That The best, the best thing 54 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:04.479 when you have a job interview is when you don't 55 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:07.000 actually need the job and when you just kind of 56 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:08.520 want it but you don't really need it because you're 57 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:10.319 still you have a good job as it is. So 58 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:13.240 God is so great blessing me. Oh my goodness, I 59 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:18.520 see these black This looks like I'm tired again. Yeah, 60 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:20.680 so yep, it's I started the podcast a little bit 61 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.719 late again, but it's all good, no worries. Uh, Let's 62 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:27.599 go ahead and pull up Galatians three. Hope you guys 63 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.400 are having a wonderful week. By the way, hopefully everything 64 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.919 is going amazing for you. I know that we all 65 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.439 get busy sometimes, and for you guys to take out 66 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:40.120 your time to listen to the Bible is uh is 67 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.560 awesome and it's amazing. And like I said, I really 68 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.000 really appreciate you guys for being here and it really 69 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:51.560 makes me uh excited, and also it motivates me to 70 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:55.159 continue to do this because the more comments I see, 71 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.120 the more uh, because I don't get to know how 72 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:01.680 many people are actually watching. The more comments I see, 73 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.080 the more motivated I get. And I didn't even notice 74 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:06.360 that there was six because I check it ever so 75 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.879 often to see who's commenting. And obviously I can't call 76 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:12.879 that back because I don't own the cult Conspiracy channel, 77 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.479 but I try to say hi to you guys actually 78 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.399 on the show instead, you know, so hopefully you guys 79 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:22.079 are you know, listening, and uh, I really appreciate all 80 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.680 of you. Let's go ahead and do the intro for 81 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:31.199 Galatians three. Galatians three stresses the primacy of faith for 82 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:35.519 justification and inheriting the promise given to Abraham. Paul chides 83 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:39.079 the Galatians for their foolishness in returning to the law 84 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:43.040 and emphasizes that righteousness comes through faith, not the law. 85 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.160 He then expounds the law's purpose and the fulfillment of 86 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:51.519 the promise through Jesus Christ, culminating in the beautiful unity 87 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.759 and inheritance found in Christ. Amen, let's go ahead and 88 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:08.519 do the screen share and pull up Galatians three. Excuse me, 89 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.879 it's getting so hard because sometimes my daughter, she wants 90 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.079 me to put her to sleep. You know, she's my 91 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.519 six year old daughter. She's asking me, Dad, can you 92 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.120 put me to sleep? And what's more important putting me 93 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:27.079 to sleep or the podcast? So it's a you know, 94 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:33.160 it gets hard, you know, to choose, obviously, but we 95 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:37.199 are going to continue pushing on. And I told her, 96 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.160 don't worry, I'll put you to sleep tomorrow night, you know. 97 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:43.079 So all right, So Galatians three, we're going to be 98 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:50.920 on verse number one. Let's go ahead and start. It 99 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:58.560 says justification by faith. Okay, So justification by faith? Verse one, 100 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.759 Oh foolish Galatian, who has bewitched you that you should 101 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:06.639 not obey the truth? Before whose eyes Jesus Christ is 102 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.959 clearly portrayed among you as crucified. This only I want 103 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.439 to learn from you. Did you receive this spirit by 104 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.399 the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? 105 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.879 Are you so foolish having begun in the spirit? Are 106 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:24.040 you not being made perfect by the flesh? Have you 107 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.720 suffered so many things in vain? If indeed was it 108 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:32.000 in vain? We'll stop there at verse four, and we'll 109 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.120 pick back up at verse five. But the foolishness of 110 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.800 returning to the law. We have to understand what's going on. 111 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.160 The Galatians are returning to the law instead of having 112 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:47.720 justification by faith in Jesus Christ alone. Okay, so let's 113 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:49.720 go ahead and check this out. It says, the foolishness 114 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:52.839 of returning to the law. Paul begins by questioning the 115 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:56.160 galatians decision to return to the law after having begun 116 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.920 their journey with the spirit. Oh foolish Galatians, who has 117 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:01.800 he whiched you? Is what he says. This highlights the 118 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:06.480 futility of relying on the law for salvation. Okay, so 119 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.240 let's go ahead. The concept of returning to the Mosaic 120 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.399 law after embracing the grace offered through Jesus Christ is 121 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:17.680 addressed in several New Testament passages, particularly in the writings 122 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.399 of the apostle Paul. This topic is significant in understanding 123 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:25.199 the transition from the Old Covenant based on adherence to 124 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:30.000 the Law to the New Covenant centered on faith in Christ. 125 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.680 Galatians in the Law. The Epistle to the Galatians is 126 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:38.120 a primary source for understanding the folly of reverting to 127 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.800 the law. Paul writes to the Galatian Church, which was 128 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.839 being influenced by Judaizers, who insisted that gentile converts must 129 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:50.759 observe the Mosaic law, including circumcision. Okay, let's stop there. 130 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.040 So we know that even in the Book of Acts 131 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.720 there was the ones they were called the circumcisers, you know. 132 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.720 So they're trying to say, well, yeah, we're by grace 133 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:02.240 through faith and all this stuff, but you have to 134 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.839 be circumcised, you know, for you to be brought in 135 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:12.120 the Abrahamic Covenant. And you know, so they're basically adding 136 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.439 to the New Covenant okay, so let's go ahead and continue, 137 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:23.920 it says, including circumcision to be true Christians, Paul admonishes them, saying, 138 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.879 are you so foolish? After stating in the spirit, are 139 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.360 you now finishing in the flesh? Here, Paul emphasizes that 140 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.159 beginning their Christian journey by this spirit should not be 141 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:37.200 completed by returning to the fleshly observance of the law. 142 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.559 Paul further argues that the law served as a guardian 143 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:44.279 until Christ came that we might be justified by faith 144 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:49.679 Galatians three twenty four. All right, with the coming of 145 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:53.799 Christ's believers are no longer under the guardian. Returning to 146 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.120 the law therefore as seen as a regression from the 147 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:01.840 freedom found in Christ to the bondage of legalism. It's 148 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:05.799 also found in Romans three, verse twenty eight, for we 149 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:08.519 maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from 150 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.559 works of the law. This the declaration underscores the sufficiency 151 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.840 of faith in Christ for salvation, rendering the works of 152 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:22.080 the law unnecessary for justification. Paul also addresses this in 153 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:25.799 Romans ten to four, for Christ is the end of 154 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:30.000 the law to bring righteousness to everyone who believes Okay. 155 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:33.279 The law's rule was to point to Christ, and returning 156 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.480 to it after accepting Christ as seen as a denial 157 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:42.320 of his completed work. All right, so there was. The 158 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:46.080 early Church faced the challenge of integrating gentile believers, which 159 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:49.799 led to the Jerusalem Council. As recorded in Acts fifteen. 160 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.879 The Council concluded that gentile converts should not be burdened 161 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.799 by the yoke of the Law, which even the Jewish 162 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.679 forefathers were unable to bear. Acts fifteen verse This decision 163 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.759 affirm the understanding that salvation is through grace of the 164 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:09.720 Lord Jesus and not through the law. Conclusion, the New 165 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.960 Testament consistently persists that the return to the Law is 166 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:18.399 a misunderstanding of the Gospel of grace. The Law served 167 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:21.840 its purpose in leading people to Christ, but with his coming, 168 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:25.679 believers are called to live by faith, empowered by the Spirit, 169 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:30.120 and not by the letter of the Law. Okay, just 170 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.000 want to make sure I add that. Now, let's go 171 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.559 ahead and continue reading. Now we're on verse five. Therefore, 172 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.480 he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles 173 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.759 among you, does he do it by the works of 174 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:43.919 the law or by the hearing of faith. Just as 175 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:47.279 Abraham believed God and was accounted to him for righteousness. 176 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:51.039 Therefore that only those who are in faith are sons 177 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:54.279 of Abraham. And the scripture for seeing that God would 178 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:58.919 justify the gentiles by faith preach the Gospel to Abraham beforehand, 179 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:03.960 saying in you all nations shall be blessed. So then 180 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:12.159 those who are of the faith are blessed with believing Abraham. Okay, 181 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:17.639 so very true. In you, all the nations shall be blessed. 182 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:22.240 Very very good point there by, Paul. Right, so let's 183 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:27.000 go ahead and see what. Oh so in Paul in 184 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:31.039 Galatians three sixth it says, just as Abraham believe God 185 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.480 and was accounted to him for righteousness, So that's justification 186 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.440 by faith. Right there. Paul emphasizes that Abraham was justified 187 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.159 by faith, not by works of the law. So also 188 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.759 Abraham believed God and it was credited him as righteousness. 189 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:53.279 This SE's a president for all believers. So justification by 190 00:11:53.360 --> 00:12:05.879 faith is a central tenet of the Christian theology. Apologize, guys, 191 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.759 I got a text message that kind of threw me off, 192 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.080 particularly emphasizing the Protestant tradition that refers to the act 193 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.679 which God declares the sinner to be righteous on the 194 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:18.759 basis of faith in Christ and Jesus Christ. This doctrine 195 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.039 underscores the belief that human beings are made right with 196 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:25.639 God not through their efforts or merits, but through faith 197 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:30.240 in the redentive work of Christ. Obviously, there's other beliefs 198 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.320 out there. Okay, this is not the only belief. This 199 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:37.039 is a traditional Protestant belief, okay, But there are people 200 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.919 that are that are kind of there's a new movement 201 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.080 called the Hebrew not a new movement, sorry, there's a 202 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.720 there's a Hebrew roots movement that's kind of coming up 203 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:49.879 where people are kind of, you know, following the law again, 204 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.919 you know. And if people are Christian and they want 205 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:58.039 to follow the law, then then what's the problem. But 206 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:00.159 if they're a Christian and they're trying to follow the 207 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.840 law to get right with God so they can have salvation, 208 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:06.200 now there's a problem. But if they're Christians and they 209 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:08.919 want to follow the law, then hey, then more power 210 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.919 to them because that's just up to them and that's 211 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:14.360 just something that they want to do, then there's no problem. 212 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:18.679 Like I said, But if they start pushing that they 213 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:21.799 have to do this to be saved or they're following 214 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:25.360 the law for salvation. Now they're teaching a false gospel 215 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:30.279 and a false doctrine, you see. So that's when it 216 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.720 becomes a problem because now you're leading people into works 217 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:38.840 based salvation instead of faith in Christ. Salvation now there 218 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:42.720 is you know. James two says faith with that works 219 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:47.919 is dead. Ephesians two eight says we're saved by grace 220 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.360 through faith for the gift of God, none of yourself, 221 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:55.440 so that no man shall boast right. So we have 222 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:59.440 that going on, you know. But the thing is, it 223 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:02.240 works just a byproduct of faith. I think I've said 224 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.879 this many times, but I just want people to know that. 225 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.720 So if you start saying that you have to do 226 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.639 works to get saved, then you're starting to take away 227 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.720 what Christ did for us on the cross. It's a 228 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:17.120 finished work he did on the cross. It's that's why. 229 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:24.200 That's why God the Father said, or that's why in 230 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:26.799 John three sixteen it says, for God so loved the world, 231 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.399 he gave his only begotten son, for whoever believe in 232 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:33.399 him should not perish but have everlasting life. It doesn't 233 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:38.720 say it doesn't say whoever believeth in him and follow 234 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:41.759 the law, should have everlasting life. It doesn't say that. Okay, 235 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:43.639 there's a reason why it doesn't say that. It also 236 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:48.240 doesn't say it says, for whoever whoever believeth in Him 237 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.960 shall not perish, but however everlasting life. It also doesn't say, 238 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:56.480 right there, except the Jews that don't believe in the future, 239 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.759 they're gonna be saved anyway. Like it dies, it also 240 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.679 does and say that. It says, for God so loved 241 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:09.320 the world, meaning the Jews, the Israelites, every single person 242 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:13.200 in the whole entire world. Okay, every single human. He 243 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:17.000 so loved every single human that he gave his only 244 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.600 be godden son for whoever believed them should not perish. 245 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.639 But I've everlasting life. So that is the way you 246 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.120 get everlasting life through Jesus, if you don't get everlasting 247 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:32.519 life through anything else but that. And that's and and God, 248 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.000 God the Father was not speaking right there. I do apologize. 249 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:38.639 I said God the Father, but I was just God 250 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:40.559 the Father sin his only be godden son, right, So 251 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:43.200 that's what they're expressing there. So I just want to 252 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:47.679 make that clear, because you do some people kind of 253 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.320 end up in some dangerous grounds. But let me just 254 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.200 go ahead, So I read one through nine. So let's 255 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.840 go ahead and do a brief overview of one through nine. Okay, 256 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.639 So Galatians three, one through nine means Christian are saved 257 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.600 and receive the Holy Spirit by faith in Jesus, not 258 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:08.879 by falling the Old Testament law. Paul actually calls the 259 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.840 Galatians foolish for believing false teachers who said they needed 260 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:16.639 to add lawkeeping like circumcision to grace, arguing that their 261 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.519 entire spiritual experience from receiving the Spirit to becoming Abraham's 262 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:25.679 heirs began and continues through faith, proving that justification comes 263 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:30.279 through belief, not works. So what's the foolishness of legalism? 264 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.679 Paul rebukes the Galatians for abandoning the simplicity of faith. 265 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:37.320 Question if they were bewitched to think that they could 266 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:41.600 perfect their salvation through human effort flesh after starving with 267 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:51.360 God's spirit. Nobody can. Nobody can perfect their salvation through 268 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.840 human effort. Nobody can. You always have to be relying 269 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:58.120 on God. Okay, you're not going to be able to perfect. 270 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:00.360 You're not going to ever be perfect. Right, Only when 271 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.360 that was perfect is Jesus Christ. Right. So that's why 272 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.799 if you break one law, you break them all. That's 273 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.079 what James says. Now, am I saying that you should 274 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:10.240 just start breaking all the laws and just doing you know, 275 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.599 since we're by grace, I could do whatever I want. 276 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.160 Of course not, because God is all about obedience. When 277 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.559 you read the Old Testament, which we're doing, and we're 278 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.279 reading the New Testament, then you start following, then you 279 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:24.920 start finding out the characteristics of God, right you, and 280 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.960 then you start knowing that it's not about just you're 281 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:33.920 saved by grace through faith. Of course, but it did 282 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:36.880 say in Ephesians nine to ten that God set up 283 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:40.599 works for you that you should do them. That's paraphrasing, 284 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:45.039 but we just need to understand that faith is a 285 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:50.000 works as a byproduct of having faith. Okay, obedience is 286 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:52.519 a byproduct of having faith. Are you going to be 287 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:55.279 obedience twenty four to seven every single day, every single 288 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:58.640 moment of your life. No, everybody has these moments where 289 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:01.160 they you know, where they might be mad, they might 290 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:05.359 be angry. We have human emotions. We might be jealous, 291 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.640 we might have whatever, we might have some kind of 292 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:11.240 sin that we do. Uh, you know, it's just we 293 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.680 can't be perfect. But like I said, if a Christian 294 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:18.200 wants to follow the law, you know, if they want 295 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.119 to go back to the Old Testament law, they could 296 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.759 go ahead and do that. I mean, everybody has a 297 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.160 right to do whatever they want. If they feel like 298 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.160 they're getting closer to God through that, cool. But if 299 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.960 they say, hey, I'm doing this for salvation, now they've 300 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.079 crossed the line. You see what I mean. I think 301 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:36.319 that maybe some people want to do. I mean, if 302 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.319 people want to do like try to follow the law 303 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:42.480 for discipline and being more on the spirit, and that's 304 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.200 the way they that they like to worship, and that's 305 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:49.599 their thing. Hey, more power to them. But like I said, 306 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:52.200 when it gets dangerous is if they say we're doing 307 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:55.559 this in order to be saved. That's the dangerous part 308 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.680 because people will be affected by that, and then people 309 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:03.079 will think, well, that's nice that Jesus died on the 310 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:06.079 cross for my sins. But they start thinking like, I mean, 311 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.279 it's nice that he did that, but you know what, 312 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:11.519 I'm just gonna work my way to heaven, you know, 313 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.000 And that's that's that's acting like Jesus had some unfinished work, 314 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:18.599 you know. And that's I think it's a dangerous doctrine. 315 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:25.039 But there's also dangerous the other way. If you're all 316 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.759 filled with grace. Hey, where this is right now is 317 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:29.240 the time of grace. I'm just gonna kind of I'm 318 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.079 gonna believe that Jesus died on the cross for me, 319 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.039 and I'm gonna believe in Jesus. But at the same time, 320 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.839 I'm gonna do whatever I want. You see, so you 321 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.039 gotta you can find that happy medium. But I do 322 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:42.359 suggest that you do study both views of Galatian because 323 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:44.440 some people have a different view of Galatian. I've seen 324 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:48.559 debates on it, especially the Hebrew Roots Movement, some people 325 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:51.759 like Sean Griffin and a couple other people. So I 326 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:54.000 do like to study both sides. I'm not gonna just 327 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:56.400 be one hundred percent like one sided. I like to 328 00:19:56.440 --> 00:20:01.519 be both sides because but I do believe that we're 329 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:04.039 saved by grace through faith, like Paul says. I do 330 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:06.839 believe that faith without works is dead like James says. 331 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:09.160 But I don't right now believe that we have to 332 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:11.839 obey the law or be in the law right now. 333 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.880 But like I said, I'm still studying, So please give 334 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:18.119 me grace. But I do know that we don't have 335 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.759 to be in the law. I know that for a fact. 336 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:25.519 I'm just saying, should we be practicing the law? For 337 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:30.440 should we be not for salvation, but should we be 338 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:34.640 as Christians? I mean, it's just we're gonna find out 339 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:36.799 we're going to continue rein Galatians that we're gonna see 340 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.559 that's go to continue spirit by faith, not law. So 341 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.559 the central question is do you receive the spirit by 342 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:45.839 works of the law or by hearing the with faith? 343 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:49.000 Or by hearing with faith? Galatians three to two. The 344 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:51.839 obvious answer is faith, showing God's Spirit comes through the 345 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:57.119 believing in the Gospel, not by obeying rules. Abraham as example. 346 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:59.759 Paul points to Abraham, who is declared righteous by God 347 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:03.720 because as he believed, which is faith, long before the 348 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.720 law was given Genesis fifteen. This established faith as the 349 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:12.839 original and enduring path to blessing. What was the law's purpose? 350 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.720 The law wasn't for salvation, but served to guide people 351 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:22.440 and reveal their need for Christ, acting as a temporary 352 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:27.480 guard until faith in Jesus came. So, because when you 353 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:30.200 start trying to follow the law, you're not able to 354 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.160 so what happens is you know that you need a 355 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:35.880 perfect Messiah or perfect Jesus to die on the cross 356 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:39.559 for your sins because you can't do it. So it 357 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:43.799 reveals the need for Christ, right for Messiah. That's what 358 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:48.480 That's what Christ means. Also, inheritance by promise, just as 359 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.599 Abraham was blessed by faith, believers become spiritually descendants of 360 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:56.200 Abraham and errors to God's promises through faith in Christ, 361 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:01.880 making them children of God. In simple terms, Paul is 362 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:05.160 telling the Galatians, you started right by trusting Jesus. Why 363 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:07.799 are you now listening to these other teachers who say 364 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:10.640 you need to be to do religious stuff like getting 365 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:16.079 circumcised to be truly saved. That's backward, that's backwards. You 366 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:19.200 got the spirit by faith, just like Abraham was right 367 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:22.319 with God by faith. All of God's promises came through faith, 368 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:25.160 not by works of the law. So stop trying to 369 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:30.480 earn your way with God and just trust him. Okay, perfect, 370 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:32.400 Now we're going to go ahead and move on to 371 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:40.599 Galatians ten. Sorry three, verse ten. The law brings a curse. Now, 372 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:45.119 let's read this. For as many as are of the 373 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.160 works of the law are under the curse. For it 374 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:51.480 is written, cursed is everyone who does not continue in 375 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:53.480 all things that are written in the Book of the 376 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:58.599 Law and to do them. But that one no one 377 00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:01.000 is justified by the law, And the sight of God 378 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:05.960 is evident, for just shall live, the just shall live 379 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:09.799 by faith. Yet the law is not of faith. But 380 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:16.680 the man who does them shall live by them. Verse thirteen. 381 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:19.319 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, 382 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:23.160 having become a curse for us, For it is written, 383 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:26.720 cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree that the 384 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:30.279 blessing of Abraham might come upon the gentiles in Christ Jesus, 385 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:34.640 that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 386 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:37.119 All right, let's go ahead and stop there real quick. 387 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:45.079 See what I have on my study guide. Okay, So 388 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:48.160 in verse ten, it's the curse of the law. The 389 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.759 law brings a curse because no one can fully keep it. 390 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:54.359 For all who rely on works of the Law are 391 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:59.400 under a curse. That's Galatians three. Ten. Christ redeems us 392 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:04.680 from this curse by becoming a curse for us. The 393 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:08.000 curse of the law is a theological concept rooting in 394 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:12.359 the teachings of the Apostle Paul, particularly in the Epistle 395 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:15.519 of the Galatians. It refers to the consequences and penalties 396 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:19.759 that come from falling falling failing to uphold the Mosaic law, 397 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.920 as well as deliberation from these consequences through faith in 398 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:29.400 Jesus Christ. The concept is primarily derived from Galatians three, 399 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:34.720 verses ten through fourteen, which we just read here. Paul 400 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:39.519 references Deuteronomy twenty seven to twenty six, emphasizing that the 401 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:44.160