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[1547.74 --> 1549.74] is open up that story, |
[1550.04 --> 1550.50] and hopefully, |
[1550.70 --> 1551.82] if you're new to the Christian faith |
[1551.82 --> 1552.96] or you're just reading the Bible, |
[1553.24 --> 1555.14] I hope actually that you'll get some clarity |
[1555.14 --> 1556.74] around the story of the Old Testament |
[1556.74 --> 1559.90] that helps us understand why Jesus matters, |
[1560.30 --> 1561.94] how Abraham fits into the story, |
[1562.04 --> 1563.38] and how we understand the law |
[1563.38 --> 1564.26] in relation to Jesus. |
[1564.66 --> 1566.50] No pressure, Dave, in one sermon. |
[1568.40 --> 1569.54] Yeah, I feel it. |
[1570.54 --> 1572.96] The reason Paul mentions Abraham |
[1572.96 --> 1574.84] eight times in Galatians 3 |
[1574.84 --> 1577.34] is likely because there are these agitators, |
[1577.54 --> 1577.84] the Judaizers, |
[1578.54 --> 1580.26] who are coming into the churches in Galatia |
[1580.26 --> 1581.18] and saying to people, |
[1581.62 --> 1584.52] hey, if you want to be part of God's family, |
[1584.68 --> 1586.44] which is Abraham's family, |
[1586.86 --> 1588.40] this is how you have to live. |
[1588.50 --> 1589.46] There's works of the law, |
[1589.58 --> 1591.06] there's the practice of circumcision, |
[1591.28 --> 1593.12] and they're using Abraham as their example, |
[1593.22 --> 1594.18] saying if he did these things, |
[1594.24 --> 1595.76] then you have to do these things. |
[1596.38 --> 1598.18] And Paul, being quite fired up |
[1598.18 --> 1599.38] by what's happening in these churches, |
[1599.48 --> 1599.82] he says, |
[1599.82 --> 1601.40] let me tell you |
[1601.40 --> 1603.68] how Abraham fits into the story. |
[1604.62 --> 1606.22] So I'm going to read for you verse 7, |
[1606.76 --> 1608.14] and then we're going to go to the back story |
[1608.14 --> 1609.94] and come back to Galatians 7 |
[1609.94 --> 1611.04] in a few minutes. |
[1611.10 --> 1612.20] So this is how Paul starts |
[1612.20 --> 1613.26] when he talks about Abraham. |
[1614.60 --> 1615.74] Understand then |
[1615.74 --> 1617.76] that those who have faith |
[1617.76 --> 1619.38] are children of Abraham. |
[1619.98 --> 1620.98] Scripture foresaw |
[1620.98 --> 1623.90] that God would justify the Gentiles by faith |
[1623.90 --> 1625.82] and announced the gospel |
[1625.82 --> 1626.96] in advance to Abraham. |
[1627.06 --> 1628.16] Isn't that a fascinating phrase? |
[1628.16 --> 1631.12] All nations will be blessed through you. |
[1631.62 --> 1633.66] So those who rely on faith |
[1633.66 --> 1635.68] are blessed along with Abraham, |
[1636.14 --> 1636.94] the man of faith. |
[1637.52 --> 1639.26] Now if that's clear as mud, |
[1639.42 --> 1639.78] it's okay. |
[1639.88 --> 1640.98] We're going to work through this together. |
[1641.44 --> 1642.28] But let me just summarize |
[1642.28 --> 1644.12] what Paul is trying to get at here, |
[1644.20 --> 1645.04] and then we'll work it out. |
[1645.58 --> 1646.00] Paul is saying, |
[1646.16 --> 1646.72] number one, |
[1647.72 --> 1649.20] the faith in God, |
[1649.36 --> 1649.66] or sorry, |
[1649.74 --> 1650.84] the essence of the Christian faith |
[1650.84 --> 1652.06] is always faith, |
[1652.14 --> 1653.22] not just works of the law. |
[1653.40 --> 1654.92] Abraham from the very beginning, |
[1655.02 --> 1657.24] who's sort of the beginning of God's people, |
[1657.24 --> 1658.76] was a man of faith, |
[1659.12 --> 1660.74] and it was credited to him as righteousness. |
[1660.90 --> 1661.98] So faith is at the center. |
[1662.70 --> 1663.94] But equally important, |
[1664.08 --> 1664.56] says Paul, |
[1664.64 --> 1665.90] is that the gospel was preached |
[1665.90 --> 1667.10] in advance to Abraham. |
[1667.94 --> 1668.86] And what was that gospel? |
[1669.82 --> 1671.54] That the nations would be blessed. |
[1671.76 --> 1672.86] That the blessing of God |
[1672.86 --> 1674.00] would move through Abraham |
[1674.00 --> 1674.76] to the nations. |
[1674.90 --> 1675.62] And I'll say this once |
[1675.62 --> 1676.30] and return to it. |
[1676.30 --> 1678.04] God's plan from the beginning |
[1678.04 --> 1679.74] was to have a global, |
[1680.12 --> 1681.10] multi-ethnic, |
[1681.26 --> 1682.04] diverse church. |
[1682.68 --> 1684.00] That was the plan from the beginning, |
[1684.18 --> 1685.04] that his people, |
[1685.26 --> 1686.12] unified by faith, |
[1686.34 --> 1688.06] would be unified by the nations |
[1688.06 --> 1689.50] coming in by faith to Jesus. |
[1691.06 --> 1692.44] So here's the back story. |
[1693.60 --> 1694.52] In Genesis 3, |
[1695.36 --> 1697.16] God's good world came undone |
[1697.16 --> 1698.40] through an act of rebellion, |
[1698.56 --> 1699.02] through sin. |
[1699.50 --> 1700.92] Adam and Eve rebelled against God, |
[1700.92 --> 1701.76] and all of a sudden |
[1701.76 --> 1702.56] this new sickness, |
[1702.80 --> 1704.16] this new disease that is sin, |
[1704.24 --> 1705.74] started taking hold of human hearts |
[1705.74 --> 1706.68] and creating havoc. |
[1707.16 --> 1707.92] We see murder, |
[1708.08 --> 1708.74] we see jealousy, |
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