Galatians 3:1-22

Wed Jul 27 11:49:11 PDT 2011

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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July 27, 2011

 *(From: GALATIANS #3 - 3:1-22)*

 *D. 3:1-6 A DEFENSE FOR THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE*

*a. 3:1 DECEPTION LEADS US FROM BASIS OF CHRIST'S DEATH*

*O* aNO*e*-toi [453] GaLAtai, tis huMAS eBASka-nen [940],

*O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you,*

hois kat' oph-thalMOUS I*e*SOUS ChrisTOS pro-eGRAph*e* [3788] es-tau-r*o*MEnos
[4717]?

*before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?*

 *b. 3:2 THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT: ON BASIS OF FAITH, NOT WORKS OF LAW*

TOUto MOnon THEl*o* maTHEIN [3129] aph' huM*O*N,

*This only would I learn from you,*

ex ERg*o*n NOmou to PNEUma eLAbete, *e* ex a-ko*E*S [189] PISte-*o*s [4102]?

*Did you receive the Spirit from works of law, or from hearing of faith?*

 *c. 3:3 Are you so foolish? having begun in Spirit, are you now perfected
in flesh?*

HOUt*o*s aNO*e*TOI [453] es-te? e-narXAme-noi [1728] PNEUma-ti, nun sarKI
e-pi-teLEISthe [2006]?

 *d. 3:4 Did you suffer so many things in vain? if indeed in vain.*

toSAUta ePAthe-te [3958] eiK*E* [1500]? ei ge kai eiK*E*.

 *e. 3:5 MIRACLES ARE WROUGHT BY FAITH, NOT BY WORKS*

ho oun e-pi-cho-r*e*G*O*N [2023] huMIN to PNEUma, kai e-nerG*O*N [1754]duNAmeis
[1411] en huMIN,

*Who therefore supplies you the Spirit, and works miracles among you,*

ex ERg*o*n NOmou, *e* ex a-ko*E*S [180] PISte-*o*s [4102]?

*is it **from works of law, or from **the** hearing of faith?*

 *f. 3:6 Even as Abraham believed :God, and it was reckoned to him for
righteousness.*

kaTH*O*S A-braAM ePIsteu-sen t*o* The*O*, kai e-loGISth*e* [3049] auT*O* eis
di-kai-oSUn*e*n [1343].

 *E. 3:7-22 BLESSING OF FAITH AND PURPOSE OF LAW HARMONIZED*

*1. 3:7-9 FAITH: THE BASIS OF SPIRITUAL SONSHIP WITH ABRAHAM*

*a. 3:7 Know then that who are from faith, these are sons of Abraham.*

GiN*O*Ske-te [1097] Ara HOti hoi ek PIS-te-*o*s, HOU-TOI huiOI ei-sin
A-braAM.

 *b. 3:8 GOD FORESAW GENTILES IN THE CHURCH BY FAITH*

pro-iDOUsa [4275] de h*e* graPH*E* HOti ek PISte-*o*s di-kaiOI [1344] ta
ETHn*e* [1484] ho TheOS,

*And the scripture, foreseeing that :God justifies the nations by faith,*

pro-eu-*e*g-geLIsa-to t*o* A-braAM, [HOti] E-neu-lo-g*e*TH*E*son-tai
[1757]en soi PANta ta ETHn
*e*.

*preached the gospel afore to Abraham, saying, [that] In you shall all the
nations be blessed.*

 *c. 3:9 So then who are from faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.*

H*O*Ste hoi ek PISte-*o*s eu-loGOUNtai [2127] sun t*o* pisT*O* A-braAM.* *

 *2. 3:10-14 FAITH IN CHRIST: THE ONLY WAY OF DELIVERANCE FROM THE LAW*

*a. 3:10 SCRIPTURES PRONOUNCE A CURSE UPON LAW-KEEPERS*

HOsoi gar ex ERg*o*n NOmou eiSIN huPO kaTAran [2671] EIsin: GEgrap-tai gar
[HOti],

*For as many as are of works of law are under a curse: for it is written
[that],*

Epi-kaTAra-tos [1944] pas hos ouk emMEnei [1696] PAsin tois

*Cursed every one who continues not in all the things*

ge-gramMEnois en t*o* bibLI*o* [975] tou NOmou, tou poi*E*sai [4160] auTA.

*written in the book of the law, to do them.*

 *b. 3:11-12 CONTRAST BETWEEN FAITH WAY AND LAW WAY OF JUSTIFICATION*

HOti de en NOm*o* ouDEIS di-kaiOUtai [1344] paRA t*o* The*O*, D*E*lon [1212]
:

*Now that no one is justified by law before :God, is evident:*

HOti, Ho DIkai-os [1342] ek PIste-*o*s [4102] Z*E*se-tai [2198];

*because, The righteous shall live by faith;*

ho de NOmos ouk EStin ek PIste-*o*s: all', Ho poi*E*sas auTA Z*E*se-tai en
auTOIS.

*12 and the law is not of faith: but, Who does them shall live in them.*

 *c. 3:13-14 CHRIST'S REDEMPTION PROVIDES THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT*

ChrisTOS h*e*MAS e-x*e*GOra-sen [1805] ek t*e*s kaTAras [2671] tou NOmou,

*Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law,*

geNOme-nos [1096] huPER h*e*M*O*N kaTAra; HOti GEgrap-tai,

*having become a curse for us; because it is written,*

E-pi-kaTAra-tos [1944] pas ho kreMAme-nos [2910] ePI XUlou [3586]: HIna eis
ta ETHn*e*

*Accursed every one hanging on a tree: 14 that unto the nations might come*

h*e* eu-loGIa [2129] tou A-braAM GEn*e*-tai en ChrisT*O* I*e*SOU;

*the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus;'*

HIna t*e*n e-pag-geLIan [1860] tou PNEUma-tos LAb*o*-men diA t*e*s PIste-*o*
s.

*that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through :faith.*

 *3. 3:15-18 BASIS OF PROMISE: ABRAHAMIC COVENANT, NOT LAW*

*a. 3:15a Brethren, I speak after man's manner.*

A-delPHOI, kaTA ANthr*o*-pon LEg*o*.

 *b. 3:15b A COVENANT PROPERLY ENACTED CANNOT BE VOIDED*

HOm*o*s anTHR*O*pou ke-ku-r*o*MEn*e*n[2964] di-aTH*E*k*e*n [1242], ouDEIS
a-theTEI [114],

*Though but man's covenant, no one makes it void,*

*e* e-pi-di-aTASse-tai [1928].

*or adds to it when confirmed.*

 *c. 3:16a Now to :Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his :seed.*

t*o* de A-braAM erR*E*th*e*-san [4483] hai e-pag-geLIai [1860], kai
t*o*SPERma-ti
[4690] auTOU.

 *d. 3:16b THE PROMISE TO BE VALIDATED THROUGH THE DEATH OF ONE SEED: CHRIST
*

ou LEgei, Kai tois SPERma-sin, h*o*s ePI polL*O*N;

*He says not, And to seeds, as of many;*

all' h*o*s eph' heNOS, Kai t*o* SPERmaTI sou, HOS es-tin ChrisTOS.

*but as of one, And to your :seed, which is Christ.*

 *e. 3:17 THE LAW, FOLLOWING ABRAHAMIC COVENANT, DID NOT VOID IT*

TOUto de LEg*o*: di-aTH*E*k*e*n [1242] pro-ke-ku-r*o*MEn*e*n [4300] huPO tou
TheOU,

*Now this I say: A covenant confirmed before by :God, the law,*

ho meTA te-traKOsi-a kai triAkon-ta Et*e* ge-goN*O*S,

*which came to be four hundred and thirty years after,*

NOmos [3551]*,* ouk a-kuROI [208], eis to ka-tarG*E*sai [2673] t*e*n
e-pag-geLIan.

*does not disannul, to make the promise void.*

 *f. 3:18 THEREFORE INHERITANCE DEPENDENT ON PROMISE, NOT LAW*

ei gar ek NOmou h*e* kl*e*-ro-noMIa [2817], ouKEti ex e-pag-geLIas:

*For if the inheritance is of law, it is no more of promise:*

t*o* de A-braAM di' e-pag-geLIas keCHAris-tai [5483] ho TheOS.

*but :God has granted it to :Abraham by promise.*

 *4. 3:19-22 PURPOSE OF LAW: TO SHUT UP TO FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE*

*a. 3:19a **What therefore is the law? *Ti oun ho NOmos?

 *b. 3:19b TO HOLD TRANSGRESSORS DOWN TILL THE PROMISE FULFILLED*

t*o*n pa-raBAse-*o*n [3847] CHArin pro-seTEth*e* [4369],

*It was added because of transgressions,*

Achris an ELth*e* to SPERma h*o* eP*E*Ggel-tai[1861]:

*till the seed come to whom the promise has been made:*

di-a-taGEIS [1299] di' agGEl*o*n [32] en cheiRI meSItou [3316].

*ordained through angels by a mediator's hand.*

 *c. 3:20 LAW, NOT THE COVENANT, HAD A MEDIATOR*

ho de meSIt*e*s heNOS ouk EStin; ho de TheOS HEIS es-tin.

*Now not of one is the mediator; but :God is one.*

 *d. 3:21a IS LAW CONTRARY TO PROMISE?*

ho ouv NOmos kaTA t*o*n e-pag-ge-li*O*N tou TheOU?

*Is the law then against the promises of God?*

 *e. 3:21b LAW A TEMPORARY NECESSITY THAT CANNOT MAKE PERFECT*

*Be it not so: *m*e* GEnoi-to:

ei gar eDOth*e* NOmos ho duNAme-nos [1410] z*o*-o-poi*E*sai [2227],

*for if a law had been given which could make alive,*

ONt*o*s en NOm*o* an *e*n h*e* di-kai-oSUn*e*n.

*truly :righteousness would have been by law.*

 *f. 3:22 LAW SHUTS UP HOPELESS MAN TO CHRIST ALONE*

 alLA suNEklei-sen [4788] h*e* graPH*E* [1124] ta PANta huPO ha-marTIan
[266],

*But the scripture shut up :all things under sin,*

HIna h*e* e-pag-geLIa [1860] ek PIste-*o*s I*e*SOU ChrisTOU doTH*E* tois
piSTEUou-sin [4102].

*that the promise from faith in Jesus Christ might be given to the
believing.*

 *NOTE*: Do you have friends who have strayed from the straight and narrow
way, and ended up in a cult, etc.? We all have. What do you then do? Pray?
More?

 Paul did. When the Galatians were bewitched with the Judaizers, and forsook
“grace” and returned to “law” - he was heart-broken. He prayed. But he also
wrote. Galatians is one of the finest letters written in an attempt to
reclaim wandering souls.

 Note what he says to them first, *“O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified” (3:1)?*

 The “cults” do not know Jesus Christ *crucified*! They are bloodless cults.
With them there is no atonement - no redemption. Their leaders are dedicated
to the self-life, self-pleasure, self-enrichment - without seeking to please
God the Father, Christ His Son, or Their teachings in the Bible, God's Word.

 Sure - they quote verses here and there, taken out of context, and in line
with their life lacking self-denial, taking up their cross in identification
with Christ crucified - and failing to follow Him (Mark 8:34).

 The day will come, that with a bitter cry, they will confess that they were
“deceived - bewitched,” by false teachers of “another Gospel.” Look at Todd
Bentley - who received his revelations from a “lady angel”! Angels in the
Bible are neither feminine nor cherubs (baby angels). Such are traditions of
men. In the “Unity Cult,” and many others of like ilk - the teachers number
in women up to 80% - hardly the proportion we find in either the *Old* or
NT.

 Then see what Paul repeats twice concerning such false teachers - Galatians
1:6-9 - *“I marvel that you are so quickly removing from him that called you
in Christ's grace unto a different gospel. 7 which is not another: only
there are some that trouble you, and wish to pervert the gospel of the
Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a
gospel other than what we preached to you, let him be anathema. 9 As we have
said before, so say I now again, if any preaches to you a gospel other than
what you received, let him be anathema.” *This must be our attitude also
towards all false teachers who depart from Paul's Gospel, as he so clearly
set forth in his 14 letters.

 God made Paul the apostle to the Gentiles, the nations - all non Jews.
Indeed, he saw God's *mystery* of Jew and Gentile together as the *One New
Man*, and the relationship of both in Romans 11. He is adamant in protecting
us non-Jews from the Judaizers. We should be equally protective in defending
all believers from the false cults, who all teach “another” Gospel, and
bring down upon themselves the “curse” of God.

 Does this sound too strong? *Not* if you consider the value of souls in
God's sight! For is it worth it to play fast and loose with your soul under
false teachers, when the end is to end up under a curse with them? Hardly!

 The heart of Paul and the heart of God clearly shines through in this
letter to the Galatians. Here Paul clearly sets forth the stark division
between law and grace, and the danger and penalty of following teachers who
have departed from the latter.

 It is good to remember that in the Greek and English NT texts I have chosen
above, they form God's Bible Numeric Outlined Greek Interlinear NT. God's
signature is *numbers*. He chose the only 2 languages in the world (Greek
and Hebrew) with no numerical equivalents - to write His Bible in - 66 books
through 33 spelled-out writers. It can be mathematically proven that this
Greek Text set forth by God through Ivan Panin, is the “original” Greek
text, and the English translation of it is based on a 10-year production of
a Numeric Greek Lexicon, before Panin ever started producing the Greek text.

 Those who hate God and His Bible standards, don't have a leg to stand upon
in the light of this extraordinary text. Those who hate what the Bible says
about them - again - haven't a leg to stand upon. This should give courage -
encourage all believers, to stand boldly but lovingly with God in His Word.
Speak the truth in love. Persecuted for this? Of course! But with
“Eternity's Values in View” - who could then hesitate?

 I am committed to proclaim God's Word like Paul. Read 2 Corinthians 6 to
see what it caused him. But from his lips - *“These light afflictions are not
worthy to be compared with the glory to be revealed!”* I join Paul in
glorifying the Father through Jesus and His Word! Will you join me? Brother
Yun, “The Heavenly Man” of China, certainly has! - J.A.Watt

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