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0:00Galatians 3, Paul has just finished his
0:03rebuke to Peter. [music]
0:04And the essence of his rebuke was
0:07"You're trying not to look like a pagan,
0:10a sinner, according to the Jews.
0:12>> [music]
0:12>> And so you're going back to the
0:14ceremonial law."
0:16But he says, "You got to be accepting
0:18that you're going to look like a pagan.
0:20You're going to look like a sinner.
0:22That doesn't make Christ a minister of
0:24sin. May it never be, of course not."
0:27But he's saying, "We're not going to
0:28build back
0:30what we destroyed. And what we destroyed
0:33was the legitimacy [music]
0:34of the very system that killed Jesus.
0:37Jesus
0:38>> [music]
0:38>> was judged lawfully by the law. Jesus
0:42was condemned by the law. So when he
0:44died, the veil of the temple was torn,
0:47and that whole system was done away
0:49with. It was over. [music]
0:51No longer is salvation going to be
0:53brokered through the Sinai covenant
0:56of of the law. It is going to be
0:58brokered through the blood of God's
1:00[music] sinless sacrifice."
1:03And he says, "I have been crucified with
1:05Christ. The life I live, I no longer
1:07live in the flesh. I live by faith in
1:09the Son of God who loved me and gave
1:11himself for me. That love on the cross
1:14fulfills all the law, because love
1:17fulfills the law." He's going to tell
1:18us, "I do not nullify the grace of God,
1:21for if righteousness comes through the
1:23law, then Christ died needlessly." Then
1:26it begins in verse 1, "You foolish
1:29Galatians,
1:31who has bewitched you?
1:34Before whose eyes Jesus Christ was
1:36publicly portrayed as crucified.
1:41This is the only thing I want to find
1:44out from you.
1:46The only thing.
1:48Did you receive the Spirit by the works
1:52of the law or by the hearing of faith?"
1:56Uh Now, is Paul's entire argument.
2:00He says, "You guys are becoming so
2:02stupid
2:04that it's like someone cast a witch's
2:06spell on you."
2:08Because somehow you're forgetting that
2:12Jesus Christ was [music] publicly
2:15portrayed as crucified.
2:18And he's saying, "That crucifixion, that
2:20public portrayal of the crucifixion,
2:23should be the final and obvious
2:26atonement for sin.
2:29You don't need anything after that. That
2:32covers it all, okay?"
2:35But the pivot,
2:37the main operative question,
2:40he says, "This is the only thing I want
2:43to learn from you.
2:45Did the law give you the spirit
2:49or did the hearing of faith give you the
2:53spirit?"
2:54Do you understand?
2:56That's what he wants to know. Because
2:58whichever one gave you the spirit, that
3:01is the one that evidences that your sins
3:05have actually been atoned for and the
3:07Father has granted you access to
3:10himself.
3:12The presence of the Holy Spirit means
3:14the veil has been torn, a new and living
3:17way has been opened, and you have
3:19entered
3:21the assurance of God's presence behind
3:25the veil.
3:26Everything that the animal sacrifices
3:28spoke of, the sprinkling of blood by the
3:31priest once a year, all of that was
3:34pointing toward the idea that you could
3:36come into the presence of God. So,
3:38whatever gave you the spirit, that's the
3:40proof. The proof is in the pudding.
3:42If you have the spirit, that's
3:45the correct path. And whatever doesn't
3:48bring you into the spirit is a false
3:50path.
3:52Okay? So he says, "This only This is the
3:55only thing I want to find out from you."
3:59This settles the matter.
4:01Did you receive the Spirit by the works
4:04of the law or by the hearing of faith?
4:06Now, they actually received the Spirit.
4:09For them receiving the Spirit was a
4:11powerful event. We're going to get to
4:13that in a minute. It wasn't an assumed
4:16reality that had no event. It was a
4:18powerful transformative event. So Paul
4:21is saying,
4:22"How did you get it?
4:23By hearing the law?
4:26By obeying the law or by the hearing of
4:28faith?
4:29Are you so foolish, verse three? Having
4:32begun by the Spirit, are you now being
4:36perfected by the flesh?
4:40Did you suffer so many things in vain,
4:43if indeed it was in vain?
4:46To be perfected by the flesh is to say,
4:49"I believe what Jesus did, I received
4:52the baptism of the Spirit, but now I'm
4:54going to go do the law to finish it
4:56out."
4:58So then, does he who provides you with
5:03the Spirit and works miracles among you
5:07do it by the works of the law or by the
5:09hearing of faith?
5:11This is his question.
5:13The God who works miracles among you
5:17and provides you with the Spirit, how
5:19does he do it?
5:20Do you get that Spirit by washing your
5:24cups and circumcising and all this
5:26stuff, or do you do it by the hearing of
5:29faith?
5:30So if Paul says this to a church
5:33that has a powerful presence of the Holy
5:36Spirit in their meetings,
5:38where miracles are still happening,
5:41and he says,
5:43"How is God working those miracles?
5:46Are you seeing that move of the Holy
5:48Spirit when you start observing the law
5:50more carefully?
5:51Or do you see that
5:53when you
5:55believe and accept and have faith in
5:57what Jesus is doing?
6:00They would be like, "Well, now when we
6:02think about it,
6:03we didn't really get the outpouring of
6:05the spirit when we were doing the law.
6:08That didn't nothing change in our
6:09church. There were no miracles in our
6:11church. But when we received what Jesus
6:14had done, had faith to approach the
6:16throne of grace by a new and living way,
6:18that's when everybody started receiving
6:20the Holy Spirit. That's when miracles
6:22started working."
6:24Do you see how he he would be reasoning?
6:26So, Paul is saying,
6:27"Guys, just just answer the question.
6:30Which one gave you the power of the
6:31spirit?
6:33And if it wasn't the law, stop acting
6:35like that's what you need. Because
6:37whatever is real salvation, whatever is
6:39real atonement, whatever is real
6:42justification, it's going to deliver you
6:45into the power of the spirit. If it
6:47doesn't, it has not done the atoning
6:50work.
6:51If you're not passing through the veil
6:53into the assurance of his presence
6:55behind the veil, then you have not
6:58experienced the atonement on the level
7:00he wants you to.
7:02So then,
7:03does he who provides you with the spirit
7:05and works miracles among you do it by
7:07the works of the law or by the hearing
7:09of faith?
7:10Even so, Abraham believed God, and it
7:14was reckoned to him as righteousness.
7:16So, he's going, "Let's go back before
7:18Sinai.
7:19And let's attach what God is doing in
7:21the New Testament church to what started
7:24with Abraham."
7:25Paul doesn't spin much attachment. He
7:27doesn't make much connection to what
7:29happened at Sinai. That was a temporary
7:32season for a purpose. But instead, he
7:34attaches to the promises made to
7:36Abraham.
7:37He says, "Even so, Abraham believed God,
7:40and it, his belief, was reckoned to him
7:42as righteousness. Therefore, be sure
7:46that it is those who are of faith who
7:48are sons of Abraham.
7:50So, he says, "Even if you want to be
7:52real Jews,
7:53you've got to be people of faith.
7:56If you want to be a son of Abraham, you
7:57need to be a person of real faith.
8:00The scripture foreseeing that God would
8:02justify the Gentiles by faith preached
8:05the gospel beforehand to Abraham saying,
8:08"All the nations will be blessed in
8:10you."
8:11So, that statement was the gospel.
8:14I'm going to help all people through
8:16you.
8:17So, now he's going to show us how
8:20we are helped through Abraham.
8:22So then, those who are of faith are
8:25blessed with Abraham, the believer.
8:29So, if you walk in faith, if you learn
8:32from Abraham how to move in faith, you
8:35can fulfill that promise and be one of
8:37the families that is blessed
8:39through Abraham.
8:40>> [clears throat]
8:41>> For as many as are of the works of the
8:43law are under a curse.
8:46Whoever is still under the works of the
8:48law is not blessed.
8:50For it is written, "Cursed is everyone
8:52who does not abide by all things written
8:55in the book of the law to perform them."
8:57So, he says, "Ev- Everybody who's trying
8:59to do the law is under a curse. Why?
9:01Because if you don't do all of it,
9:02you're cursed and nobody can do all of
9:04it."
9:06Now, that no one is justified by the law
9:09before God is evident.
9:11For the righteous man shall live by
9:13faith.
9:15It's plain and evident that nobody's
9:17justified by the works of the law.
9:20And he quotes the the Old Testament from
9:22Habakkuk. He says, "The righteous man
9:25shall live by faith."
9:28So, he's like, "You're not going to be
9:29okay by keeping everything of the law.
9:32You're going to be okay
9:33by walking in faith." The whole question
9:36here becomes what is faith?
9:38Abraham is our definition of faith.
9:41Hebrews 11 and the heroes of faith are
9:43our definition of faith. Faith is not
9:47just mental ascent.
9:49It's not just agreeing in your head.
9:51Faith is being so persuaded that your
9:54entire life is rearranged.
9:57Faith is evidenced by the fruit that
9:59follows when God is [snorts] providing
10:01you with the Holy Spirit and working
10:02miracles among you.
10:04Do you understand? So just claiming
10:06faith is not necessarily faith. The
10:09evidence was not how did you get faith?
10:12He says this only I want to learn from
10:14you, how did you get the spirit?
10:17Do you understand? So evangelicals have
10:20perverted this and they're like, how did
10:22you just get faith? No, faith is not the
10:24point. Faith is the means by which you
10:27come into relationship with God.
10:29And the word faith should just be
10:31translated as a trusting relationship of
10:34ongoing obedience to God.
10:39The righteous man shall live by faith,
10:41by a real trusting
10:44relationship of obedience to God.
10:46However, the law is not of faith, on the
10:49contrary, he who practices them shall
10:52live by them. The law isn't by faith.
10:55You don't have to have a good attitude
10:57toward God. You don't have to have
10:59belief in God. You have to have
11:01confidence that if you practice them,
11:04you will live by them. And he's quoting
11:06the Old Testament when he says that.
11:08Christ redeemed us from the curse of the
11:10law, having become a curse for us, for
11:13it is written, "Cursed is everyone who
11:15hangs upon a tree," in order that in
11:18Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham
11:20might come to the Gentiles, so that we
11:23would receive the promise of the Spirit
11:27through faith.
11:29Why did Christ become a curse for us? So
11:33that we could receive the Spirit through
11:35faith.
11:37So he said, "I am going to absorb in
11:39myself the impossibility of the whole
11:42law. I'm going to let the law kill me,
11:45and in that I'm going to show that the
11:47law is nullified. It's done away with
11:50because it just killed an only sinless
11:52man. It no longer has the right to exert
11:56its claim on anybody else cuz look what
11:58the law just did."
12:00It was brokered through
12:02imperfect vessels. It was brokered
12:05through the elders and rulers, the
12:07fleshly minds of the Jewish people, and
12:11they crucified Jesus.
12:13And the law had become the weapon of the
12:15devil. It was a schoolmaster to point us
12:18toward faith and Christ, but it had
12:20become a weapon of the devil. So Jesus
12:22nullified it, and he put it out of the
12:24way.
12:25Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a
12:27tree.
12:28All of our sin was placed under that
12:31curse. Jesus suffered judgment for us.
12:36Jesus suffered the punishment of hell
12:39for us.
12:41So that when we place ourselves in him,
12:44all the all the judgment we deserve and
12:47that points toward us because of our
12:49sin, he has experienced at the cross.
12:54Brethren, I speak in terms of human
12:56relations even though it is only a man's
12:59covenant. Yet,
13:01when it has been ratified, no one sets
13:04it aside or adds conditions to it.
13:07He's speaking about like a covenant like
13:09a human covenant like a last will and
13:11testament. He says, "Once a last will
13:14and testament has been ratified, once
13:16you've signed it, nobody can add to it
13:18after you're dead. They can't put more
13:21conditions on it, right?"
13:23He says, "Now the promises were spoken
13:26to Abraham
13:28and to his seed.
13:31Can you all say seed?
13:33And Paul says, he does not say and to
13:37his seeds
13:40as referring to many, but rather to one
13:44and to your seed, that is Christ.
13:52Done da da da done.
13:53The promises of blessing, of the gospel,
13:57were spoken to Abraham and his seed.
14:02Now, let's just ask right there,
14:05who was Abraham's seed?
14:08Isaac was his seed.
14:10Isaac was the one who was born to
14:12Abraham and none of his other children
14:16were blessed, were they? Was Ishmael
14:18Abraham's seed?
14:20Were any of Abraham's other children
14:23heirs? Were they his seed? Did the
14:25blessing attach to them? No, they did
14:27not. No, the blessings did not attach to
14:29them one bit.
14:31How In what way was Isaac born that was
14:35so special from the other children that
14:37Abraham begat?
14:39He was born supernaturally.
14:42He was born by a visitation from God.
14:46When God appeared
14:49and spoke to Abraham,
14:51right? Sarah's womb was as good as dead,
14:57Paul says, and Abraham was too old to
14:59beget children.
15:01So, what we're saying is that in their
15:03flesh, they could not bring to birth
15:06anything.
15:09And what did the Lord promise to Sarah?
15:13At this time
15:16I will return.
15:18God will come
15:20and Sarah will have a son.
15:23So, it's a supernatural birth
15:27to people who couldn't do it in their
15:28flesh.
15:31So, when he says the promises were made
15:33to Abraham and his seed, he's saying the
15:36promises were made to Abraham and to
15:39those who are born by the spirit.
15:42Isaac was a type of those who would be
15:45born by the spirit. First and foremost,
15:48Jesus, who was the firstborn of many
15:51brethren. How was Jesus born?
15:54What did the What did the angel tell
15:56Joseph in Matthew 1:20 and 21? Do not be
16:00afraid to take Mary as your wife because
16:02that which is conceived in her is what?
16:06Of the Holy Spirit.
16:08So, Jesus was born of the spirit, but he
16:11said unless we're born of water and
16:12spirit, we cannot enter the kingdom of
16:14God. So, he was the firstborn, but not
16:16the lastborn of the spirit. All who are
16:19born of the spirit are born of God, are
16:21born of Christ,
16:23>> [clears throat]
16:23>> have Christ in them.
16:25So, it's the
16:27the promise of blessing, the predestined
16:31promise attaches to Abraham and his
16:35seed,
16:36which is to say the one born of the
16:39spirit.
16:40Okay?
16:41So, whoever is born of the spirit gets
16:45the promise, the predestined promise
16:47that attaches to that.
16:49If you're of the spirit, you have the
16:51predestined promise of salvation
16:53pointing towards you. If you're not of
16:55the spirit, you don't have that.
16:58So, he says to Abraham and his seed as
17:01referring to one, not to many.
17:04What I am saying is this,
17:07the law which came 430
17:10years later does not invalidate a
17:13covenant previously ratified by God so
17:17as to nullify the promise. So, he says,
17:20"The ceremonial law was not in the
17:22picture.
17:23It came 430 years after the salvation
17:26covenant was made with Abraham and his
17:29seed.
17:30Okay? And that ceremonial law from Sinai
17:33was a temporary stint.
17:36It had a purpose, but it was not the big
17:38picture. You ultimately can't add
17:41anything to the promise made to Abraham.
17:44Okay?
17:45For if the inheritance is based on the
17:47law, it is no longer based on a promise,
17:50but God has granted it to Abraham by
17:53means of a promise.
17:57Why the law then?
17:59It was added because of transgression.
18:04The law did not have a permanent place
18:08in God's plan.
18:09It was a temporary add-on because the
18:13kids were so bad.
18:15It was time out. It was go sit in your
18:17room.
18:18Not because that was the plan for child
18:21rearing, but because the transgressions
18:23got so bad. Do you understand? So, the
18:26law was not God's plan. It was added
18:30because of transgression, having been
18:33ordained through angels by the agency of
18:38a mediator until the seed would come to
18:42whom the promise had been made.
18:45So, we've got a promise made to a seed,
18:49and we got the absence of a seed. So,
18:51until the seed can come again, the
18:53promise can't attach
18:56to anything but the seed. All right? So,
18:58we got a lot of transgression, and the
19:00law is added. And Paul tells us who the
19:04law was given through. Who was the law
19:06given through? It was ordained not
19:09through God in his essential heart. It
19:12wasn't the Lord coming down and saying,
19:14"This is the the revelation of my love
19:16for you." It was ordained through angels
19:19and through a mediator. So, we've got
19:23Moses and angels. Why does Paul tell us
19:26that the law was an add-on and that it
19:29was given through angels and a mediator?
19:31Cuz he's trying to tell us it's not
19:33really a manifestation of God's
19:36essential nature.
19:37God's essential nature is promise and
19:40love.
19:41But he needed to bring in this law. He
19:43needed to bring restrictions to the bad
19:45kids
19:47because of their real bad behavior. It
19:49was an add-on because of transgression
19:51until the seed could come.
19:54But as soon as the seed can come, as
19:56soon as the promise can come, in short,
19:58as soon as the Holy Spirit can come to a
20:01church again, then the promises of
20:03Abraham can attach to those who are born
20:06like Isaac was born of the spirit.
20:10Okay, having been ordained through
20:12angels by the agency of a mediator
20:14mediator until the seed could come to
20:17whom the promise had been made. Now, a
20:19mediator is not for one party only,
20:22whereas God is only one.
20:24Hmm, that's quite a statement from the
20:26Apostle Paul. God is only one.
20:30Ding ding ding ding.
20:32Is the law then contrary to the promises
20:35of God?
20:36May it never be.
20:38The law wasn't contrary. It didn't stop
20:40the promises.
20:42It was actually holding people over.
20:45It was a tide me over. May it never be.
20:47For if a law had been given which was
20:49able to impart life,
20:53that's the spirit again, then
20:55righteousness would indeed have been
20:57based on the law. But the scripture has
21:00shut up everyone under sin so that the
21:03promise by faith in Jesus Christ might
21:06be given to those who believe.
21:10But before faith came, we were kept in
21:13custody
21:15under the law, being shut up to the
21:18faith which was later to be revealed. We
21:21were in custody. Hold these people in
21:24custody. What does custody mean? That
21:26means under arrest.
21:29We were shut up in custody until faith
21:32could come. So it's like the Lord said,
21:35"I got this whole congregation of
21:37Israel. I want to put them in custody.
21:39How long should they be in custody?
21:41Until the spirit can come, until faith
21:43can come. And as soon as faith can come,
21:45we'll unbind the law cuz the law was
21:47just to tide people over until they
21:49could encounter God through the spirit.
21:55But before faith came, we were kept in
21:57custody under the law, being shut up to
21:59the faith which was later to be
22:01revealed. Therefore, the law has become
22:03our tutor.
22:06That's like our our mean school teacher
22:09who is able to whip us if we misbehave.
22:12Our tutor to lead us to Christ
22:15so that we may be justified by faith.
22:19But now that faith has come, we are no
22:22longer under a tutor.
22:25We are no longer under a tutor. We don't
22:27need a tutor. Do you stay in school your
22:30entire life? Let's hope not. There's a
22:32graduation moment. And the graduation
22:34moment is when faith comes into your
22:36heart, when you actually trust God and
22:39through that trust can come into the
22:40presence of God, the God who works
22:43miracles among you and provides you with
22:45the spirit. And if that power and
22:48presence comes into your life, then that
22:50was the whole point.
22:54For you are all sons of God through
22:56faith in Christ Jesus.
22:59For all who are baptized into Christ
23:04have clothed yourself with Christ.
23:08>> [snorts]
23:08>> To be immersed at baptism, water baptism
23:12plunges you into Christ.
23:15He says to the Corinthians, you were
23:17baptized into Moses through the cloud
23:19and through the sea, but we are baptized
23:21into Christ.
23:23Salvation is not found outside of
23:25Christ. Salvation is not found outside
23:27of him, by him, or because of him. It is
23:30found in him. You need to be inside of
23:33him. And baptism plunges you, it
23:36immerses you into Christ.
23:39For all who were baptized into Christ
23:43have clothed yourselves
23:45with Christ. You've put on the Lord
23:48Jesus. You've clothed yourself with
23:50Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek.
23:52There is neither slave nor free man.
23:55There is neither male nor female. You
23:58are all one in Christ. You are all one.
24:02He doesn't say
24:05when he says there's neither slave nor
24:06free, he says there's not many.
24:09Your old identity, you don't have any
24:11longer. You don't have a Gentile
24:13identity. You don't have a Jewish
24:14identity. You don't have a slave
24:16identity, a male identity, a female
24:18identity. If you've been immersed, you
24:21have one identity. It's Christ.
24:25You are all one in Christ. That's the
24:28main point he's making. So, the
24:30difference is not
24:32that you used to be this and you're now
24:34that. It's that you used to be many and
24:38you're now one.
24:40There's salvation in only one place.
24:44Do you understand? You are now one in
24:46Christ. Now, here's where it gets
24:47exciting.
24:50And if you belong
24:53to Christ, so to be baptized into Christ
24:56is to
24:57sell yourself, to be purchased by
24:59Christ. If it's to be belong to belong
25:01to Christ.
25:03If you belong to Christ,
25:06then you
25:09are Abraham's descendants, heirs
25:13according to promise.
25:14Now, the word here is translated as
25:17descendants,
25:18but that's a mistranslation.
25:20It's the same word he used when he said
25:25that the promise was made to Abraham and
25:27his seed, not referring to many, but to
25:31one. Well, that's the same word he uses
25:33here. He says, "Because you're one,
25:36you are Abraham's seed." One seed is
25:41what the Greek is here. You are
25:42Abraham's one seed. You are Abraham's
25:45heir according to promise.
25:48In short, Jesus is who's predestined.
25:52Jesus is the predestined saved one. And
25:56if you are immersed and clothed in
25:59Jesus, then you are Abraham's seed.
26:03Because you're not a slave, you're not
26:05free, you're not male, you're not
26:07female, you're just one
26:09if you're in Christ. And Christ is
26:12Abraham's seed.
26:14He doesn't have many seeds, so this is
26:15mistranslated here. And of course, this
26:18is a perfect parallel to what Paul says
26:21in Romans 9 and uh
26:25and 7 and 8, you know, the the familiar
26:28passage there where he says,
26:30Romans 9:6,
26:33"But it is not as though the word of God
26:35has failed. For they are not all Israel
26:38who are descended from Israel, nor are
26:41they all children because they are
26:43Abraham's seed,
26:46but through Isaac, your seed will be
26:49named.
26:51That is, it is not the children of the
26:54flesh who are children of God, but the
26:56children of the promise are regarded as
27:00descendants or seed. It's the same word.
27:04So, the whole question is,
27:07are you a child through the promise of
27:11the Spirit
27:12or through the works of the law? What
27:14did Jesus call the outpouring and
27:17baptism of the Spirit on the day of
27:19Pentecost? What did he call it before it
27:21came?
27:23Tarry in Jerusalem until [music] you
27:25receive the
27:27promise of my father.
27:30Wait in Jerusalem until you [music]
27:32receive what the Father has promised.
27:36What did Peter call it? For God has
27:38poured forth this which you now see
27:41>> [music]
27:41>> and hear, for the promise is for you and
27:46for your children.
27:47And what did the writer of Hebrews call
27:49it? These all died in faith, not having
27:52received what [music] was
27:53promised.
27:55So, the promise is that we [music] can
27:58be born of the Holy Spirit. Whatever
28:01gets us that is faith.
28:04And that
28:05reality of life in the Spirit is how we
28:08should judge our walk with God.
28:10If our works of the law give us a
28:13baptism of the Spirit, a God who works
28:16miracles and provides us with the
28:17Spirit, great. Let's keep doing that.
28:20But if they don't, let's go back to what
28:22gives us that because that is the point.
28:25That's how [music] we are immersed.
28:27We're baptized by one Spirit into one
28:30body. That's how we're clothed with
28:31Christ and become part of that one
28:34predestined seed
28:37that is Jesus.
28:38Jesus is what is eternally secure. The
28:41body of Christ is eternally [music]
28:43secure. It's eternally predestined. Your
28:46membership in it is in question.
28:48That's why he's saying that they could
28:50fall from grace. You could depart and
28:53rebuild what God tore down.
28:56But we can also stay in him,
28:58be found in him, not having a
29:00righteousness of our own.
29:04>> [music]

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