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| Rev. Canon George Sinclair |
by Rev. Canon George Sinclair
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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday,
December17th, 2017:
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This broadcast talk is a shortened version of a
sermon I first gave at Church of the Messiah. It was part of a sermon series
though the whole book of Galatians.
Broadcast Notes:
"The Promise Of God To A Promise-Breaking People"
The Law and the Promise
15 To
give a human example, brothers:[a] even with a man-made covenant, no one
annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his
offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but
referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the
law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified
by God, so as to make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no
longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
19 Why
then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring
should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through
angels by an intermediary. 20 Now
an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
21 Is
the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had
been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under
sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who
believe.
23 Now
before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the
coming faith would be revealed. 24 So
then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be
justified by faith. 25 But
now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
Footnotes:
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NOTES:
- The trustworthy,
promise-keeping God promised to bless.
- The trustworthy God
“doubles down” to show that He will keep His Promise.
- The birth, life, death
and resurrection of Jesus Christ is God keeping His Promise to bless.
- “Needing-to-perform” is
a very different way to live, than living by “believing-God’s-Promise”.
- God gave the Law to
sell the problem.
- The Law was a
guardian/teacher/taskmaster until the Promise came; it was not the
Promise itself.
- Believe His Promise to
become His child - believe the promises of the Promise to live as His
child
PRAYER:
Father, Thank you for Jesus. Thank you that you
have kept your promise.
Thank you, Father, that Him, living his life and dying upon the cross and
rising from the dead, is you keeping your promise to us.
Make us disciples of Jesus, gripped by the Gospel
and living by believing your promise and living for your glory, in Jesus’ name,
AMEN.
Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church
of the Messiah
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