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[2808.88 --> 2812.12] And so Paul explained this again in Galatians 3. |
[2813.00 --> 2814.88] Why then was the law given at all? |
[2815.80 --> 2819.40] It was added because of transgressions until the seed, |
[2819.70 --> 2823.64] until the seed to whom the promise referred to had come. |
[2824.46 --> 2827.50] And so all these key words again should spark our memory. |
[2828.06 --> 2830.86] The promise until the seed, capital S. |
[2831.28 --> 2832.76] The set time in its fullness. |
[2833.12 --> 2835.72] These are all reminders of the biblical story. |
[2835.72 --> 2838.48] And if you're familiar here at Hope, |
[2838.52 --> 2841.36] and if you've taken Surge or you're in Surge right now, |
[2841.54 --> 2843.44] you're familiar with the biblical arrows, |
[2843.44 --> 2844.36] biblical arrows, |
[2844.90 --> 2846.76] the arrows of the biblical story. |
[2847.70 --> 2849.34] And so in that, |
[2849.50 --> 2852.74] if you can imagine the story of God's good creation coming down, |
[2853.16 --> 2855.40] the fall and the rebellion represented by the X, |
[2855.68 --> 2861.94] the horizontal arrow that signifies God's choosing of Abraham to be a blessing for the world. |
[2861.94 --> 2864.82] And the law was given to them as a gift. |
[2865.58 --> 2867.32] It was only supposed to act as a guide. |
[2867.66 --> 2869.78] Until now we get to the cross. |
[2870.22 --> 2875.08] Until the set time where God's own son was sent to us, |
[2875.36 --> 2876.80] which is the gospel message. |
[2878.68 --> 2880.58] And until this set time, |
[2880.74 --> 2884.74] what Paul is illustrating to the Jews and Gentiles alike, |
[2885.12 --> 2887.44] because the false teachings were trying to come in, |
[2887.66 --> 2888.82] into the Galatian church, |
[2888.82 --> 2892.08] what Paul is saying is until this set time, |
[2892.54 --> 2894.70] whether you're a Jew or a Gentile, |
[2895.70 --> 2897.96] we were all in slavery to sin. |
[2899.08 --> 2900.80] All in slavery to sin. |
[2901.18 --> 2902.68] For the Jews specifically, |
[2903.10 --> 2905.56] Paul is saying you were in slavery to the law. |
[2906.46 --> 2907.64] Now why would he say that? |
[2908.14 --> 2911.58] Why would he say that we were in slavery to the law, |
[2911.84 --> 2912.88] under the law? |
[2913.60 --> 2915.38] Because for the Jews specifically, |
[2915.58 --> 2917.00] the law was gifted to them, |
[2917.20 --> 2917.88] as I've mentioned. |
[2917.88 --> 2919.40] But it was only a guide. |
[2920.16 --> 2922.26] And that's why the law and the Old Testament |
[2922.26 --> 2924.74] is foreshadowing a true Savior, |
[2925.04 --> 2926.10] a true Messiah, |
[2926.42 --> 2928.92] that would come in the set time, |
[2929.38 --> 2931.10] in the fullness of God's plan. |
[2932.08 --> 2934.16] In Romans 8, Paul says this, |
[2934.72 --> 2936.88] Therefore, there is now no condemnation |
[2937.56 --> 2940.06] for those who are in Christ Jesus, |
[2940.30 --> 2942.16] because through Christ Jesus, |
[2942.16 --> 2944.16] the law of the Spirit, |
[2944.16 --> 2944.18] the law of the Spirit, |
[2944.18 --> 2945.36] who gives life, |
[2945.72 --> 2948.56] has set you free from the law of sin and death. |
[2949.52 --> 2950.32] And so hear this, |
[2950.74 --> 2953.28] what the law was powerless to do, |
[2954.28 --> 2955.92] it was powerless to do, |
[2956.02 --> 2957.54] because it was weakened by the flesh, |
[2958.08 --> 2960.70] God did by sending His own Son |
[2960.70 --> 2962.86] in the likeness of sinful flesh |
[2962.86 --> 2963.92] to be a sin offering. |
[2963.92 --> 2966.00] Just like we looked at last week |
[2966.00 --> 2966.76] in Galatians 3, |
[2967.30 --> 2969.16] Jesus became the curse |
[2969.16 --> 2971.22] so that He can free us |
[2971.22 --> 2973.04] from being under the curse of the law. |
[2974.52 --> 2975.84] And then for the Gentiles, |
[2976.64 --> 2977.04] us, |
[2977.72 --> 2979.94] they were in slavery to false gods, |
[2980.38 --> 2981.22] false idols. |
[2982.52 --> 2985.72] Same image of being slaves to sin. |
[2986.40 --> 2987.72] And Paul says again in Romans, |
[2987.72 --> 2990.10] although they claimed to be wise, |
[2990.88 --> 2991.90] they became fools |
[2991.90 --> 2993.92] and exchanged the glory |
[2993.92 --> 2995.18] of the immortal God, |
[2995.28 --> 2995.86] God Himself, |
[2996.64 --> 2998.56] for images made to look like |
[2998.56 --> 3000.02] mortal human beings |
[3000.02 --> 3002.62] and birds and animals and reptiles. |
[3003.70 --> 3006.00] That's our slavery to the sin. |
[3007.02 --> 3008.48] And so a whole creation, |
[3008.84 --> 3010.44] all of creation was in longing |
[3010.44 --> 3011.68] for redemption, |
[3012.38 --> 3013.76] in longing for a Savior, |
[3014.06 --> 3015.06] whether it knew it or not. |
[3015.06 --> 3017.54] And Paul describes this |
[3017.54 --> 3019.82] as creation groaning in birth pains |
[3019.82 --> 3021.38] until the coming of Christ. |
[3022.56 --> 3023.22] And so again, |
[3023.48 --> 3024.34] this is the backstory |
[3024.34 --> 3025.70] of Paul's passionate letter |
[3025.70 --> 3026.54] to the Galatians. |
[3027.12 --> 3028.98] The set time in God's fullness, |
[3029.60 --> 3031.26] in the fullness of His plan, |
[3031.64 --> 3032.98] is now here. |
[3033.78 --> 3036.46] That is the good news for you, Galatians. |
[3036.68 --> 3038.84] That is the good news for us, church. |
[3039.62 --> 3040.96] The set time is here. |
[3041.06 --> 3042.26] We're not waiting for it. |
[3042.26 --> 3045.20] It is already fulfilled through Christ. |
[3046.24 --> 3047.68] So don't go back. |
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