Galatians 3 v 1 - 14 Faithful Father Abraham
The Folly
Their Deception - 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you,
Their Dissension - that ye should not obey the truth,
Their Distraction - before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,
Their Desertion - crucified among you?
The Faith
The Perception of Faith - 2 This only would I learn of you,
The Rejection of Faith - Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law
The Reception of Faith - or by the hearing of faith?
The Flaw -
Their Folly - 3 Are ye so foolish?
Their Faith - having begun in the Spirit,
Their Flesh - are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
The Failure
In Salvation - 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain?
In Suffering - 4 Have ye suffered so many things
In Service - if it be yet in vain.
The Force
The Giver - 5 He therefore (God Himself)
The Gift - that ministereth to you the Spirit,
The Grace - and worketh miracles among you,
The Grounds - doeth he it by the works of the law,
The Guide - or by the hearing of faith?
The Fruit
God's Friend - 6 Even as Abraham
God's Fidelity - believed God,
God's Favour - and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
The Faithful
The Result - 7 Know ye therefore
The Requirement - that they which are of faith,
The Reward - the same are the children of Abraham.
The Foresight
The Word of God - 8 And the scripture,
The Work of God - foreseeing that God would justify the heathen
The Will of God - through faith,
The Way to God - preached before the gospel unto Abraham,
The World for God - saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
The Favour
The Fearful - 9 So then they which be of faith
Hebrews 11:7
The Means - By faith
The Man - Noah,
The Message - being warned of God of things not seen as yet,
The Motivation - moved with fear,
The Mission - prepared an ark to the saving of his house;
The Madness - by the which he condemned the world,
The Merit - and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
The Fruitful - are blessed
The Faithful - with faithful Abraham.
The Fallen
The Workers are Condemned by the Word -
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse:
Their Works are Condemned in the Word - for it is written,
Their Ways are Condemned through the Word -
Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Salvation is by Free Grace - Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Salvation is by Full Grace - 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Salvation is by Fertile Grace -
What we are - 10 For we are his workmanship,
Where we are - created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
Why we are - which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
The Fail
The Scope - 11 But that no man
The Scam - is justified by the law in the sight of God,
The Scorn - it is evident:
The Score - for, The just shall live by faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 -
The Pride - 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up
The Price - is not upright in him:
The Prize - but the just shall live by his faith.
The Fight
The Challenge - 12 And the law
The Check - is not of faith:
The Choice - but, The man that doeth them
The Chain - shall live in them.
The Freedom
It's Personal - 13 Christ
It's Punctual - hath redeemed us
It's Powerful - from the curse of the law,
It's Practical - being made a curse for us: for it is written,
It's Prodigal - Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
The Fulfillment
The Result - 14 That the blessing of Abraham
The Reach - might come on the Gentiles
The Reason - through Jesus Christ;
The Reward - that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
The Response - through faith.
