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    The

    Gospel
    and
    the Law
    SUMMARY

    Every part of the Bible and all


    its history is really about the
    rejection or the unfolding of
    the gospel!
    INTRODUCTION
    There is no more practical question than
    that of the relationship of a Christian to the
    law of God. Whenever we hear the radical
    claims of salvation-by-grace, we immediately ask
    the following questions.
    •"If we are 'free from the law' does that
    mean I don't have to obey the law of God?”
    •“Why then should I strive to live a holy
    life?”
    •“What is the nature of my obligation (if
    any) to God's law?”
    Tim Keller:
    “The Bible is not a collection of “Aesop’s
    Fables,” it is not a book of virtues. Paul shows
    us in this passage that there is a complete
    unity in the Bible. There is a story within all the
    Bible stories. God is redeeming a people for
    Himself by grace in the face of human rebellion
    and human desire for a religion of good works.
    Martin Luther shows that he understands
    this when he says that Satan’s original
    temptation was to get us to not trust the
    love/grace of God, but to seek salvation
    through our won efforts. So all the Bible is
    about the unfolding of the gospel in stages
    through history.”
    READ Galatians
    3:15-25.
    1. What principle is laid down in v. 18a?
    Compare and contrast what it means to
    receive something by promise vs.
    receiving something by law?
    The principle is that the very concepts of
    “promise” and “law” are mutually exclusive.
    If I give you something because of what I have
    promised, it is not because of your performance.
    If I give you something because of what you
    have done, it is not because of my promise.
    Paul is adamant: either something comes by
    grace or works,
    because of the giver’s promise or the receiver’s
    performance.
    It is either one or the other.
    REFLECTION

    For a promise to bring a result,


    --->it needs only to be believed,

    -but for a law to bring a


    2. Why was the law of Moses not
    able to set aside or add to the
    promises spoken to Abraham?
    (You may wish to review Genesis
    15:9-18.)
    • Paul knows that some might see that
    Moses’ law arrived after God’s promises of
    salvation to Abraham and conclude, “Ah!
    This changes things!
    If we are to get the blessing of Abraham, we
    will now have to obey the law of Moses.”
    But Paul demonstrates that this is a
    false conclusion.
    3. What, then, is the purpose of the law?
    (vv.19-22) [Key: What do you think it
    means that we are “prisoners of sin?”]
    Paul shows that the law was “added
    because of transgressions” (v.19)
    until Christ came.
    He explains this idea in v.22 when he
    says: “The Scripture declares that
    the whole world is a prisoner of sin.”

    This is the purpose of the law: It shows


    us that we do not just “fall short” of
    God’s will, but that we are completely
    under sin’s power.
    4. In vv.23-25, how
    does Paul explain that
    the law “leads a
    person to Christ?”
    Paul uses two metaphors to characterize
    the way the law works in a Christian’s life.
    a)the law is a guard. “Before this faith
    came, we were held prisoners by the law,
    locked up until faith should be revealed”
    (v.23). The Greek words for “held prisoner”
    and “locked up” mean to be protected by
    military guards.
    b)the law is a tutor, a paidagogos. “The
    law was put in charge to lead us to Christ”
    (v.24).
    In the homes of Paul’s day, the tutor or
    guardian was usually a slave who
    supervised the children on the parents’
    behalf.
    • In both cases, the guard and the
    tutor remove freedom.
    • In both cases, the relationship
    with the “law” is not intimate or
    personal;
    • It is based on rewards and
    punishments.
    • In both cases we are treated as
    children or worse.
    Thus Paul describes all non-gospel
    based religion as being
    characterized by:
    a) a sense of bondage.
    b) an impersonal relationship with
    the divine, motivated by a desire
    for rewards and a fear of
    punishments.
    (c) anxiety about one’s standing
    with God.

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