(Disclaimer: This transcript is auto-generated and may contain mistakes.) Amen Galatians chapter 3, so I think I could preach this sermon 10 times And I think I would get better at it every single time and I would be better at explaining it probably the 10th time So I'm gonna try it tonight I mean, I just can't spend you know 20 days on a sermon But you could probably spend 20 days on this sermon just to try to explain it to try to explain it in a way that does the chapter justice is Is a challenge but I'm gonna try to do that this evening so the Galatians what is what's going on here? So Paul is writing to the Galatians. The Galatians are a Gentile nation Galatia is you know somewhere up by Turkey somewhere. It's a you know, it's it's not they're not Jews. Okay, they're not Jews They are Galatians that Paul has preached the gospel to in the past and then he has found out someone has come into their church Or people or a person or whatever and has been preaching a perverted gospel has been preaching a gospel of Of course works, right? I mean, what do we see of all the perversions of the gospel that we see today is the same So it's all just different twists of works. That's what's happening here that's why Galatians is such a great book for us because We're gonna deal with the same exact things that Paul is explaining away here You know in Paul the nice thing about Galatians chapter 3 and the beauty of Paul is you know He could have just said, you know, it's not of works, you know John 3 16 John 3 36 you could have just just read off a few Bible verses to but oh no Oh, no, Paul. He goes into this in-depth explanation using You know the gospel of the Old Testament and tying it all together With the gospel that he preached to them and you know, he's trying to look what is he doing? He's persuading them He is trying to persuade them Through the Word of God and through his knowledge of the Word of God look at Galatians chapter 3 in verse number 1 Let's step through this The Bible says Oh foolish Galatians who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ Have evidently set forth crucified among you this only would I learn of you received you the spirit by the works of the law Or by the hearing of faith, so he goes right into this this explanation against works based Salvation against a gospel of works so to speak and he says look, how did you receive the spirit? He's like basically he's saying how did you get saved in the first place? We know we received the spirit You're sealed by the Holy Spirit Ephesians chapter 1 when you get saved, he's like, how did you receive the spirit? He's like did you receive it through the law or did you receive it through faith? He's like he knows that these people at least, you know, most of them the original ones or whatever He knows they're saved. So he's like, how did you receive the spirit in the first place? He's like did you get saved through the law or did you get saved through faith? He starts there. Okay chapter verse number three Are you so foolish? Having begun in the spirit. Are you now made perfect by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain if it be yet in vain? So he's saying look are you you know, you were saved by grace through faith not by the law, you know It's not of works. You know that he's like, you know, are you made perfect now? You're gonna continue now now that you're saved you're gonna start believing, you know in works to make yourself perfect or to make You know to unit change your doctrine now that you're saved He's like what's going on? And then he says he's like you've suffered so many things You know, I think about you know Christians today or Christians today or churches today even around the world or whatever think about all the false Christians today around the world that are persecuted look they're persecuted in vain They're persecuted in vain because they're not even they're not even believing the right gospel I mean, it's it's you know, all you're persecuted you're giving up everything you're giving up your life You're suffering all for false teaching Is what Paul is saying here? Okay. I mean so many people do that today look at Galatians chapter 3 verse 5 He therefore that ministers minister it to you the spirit and worketh miracles among you Do he it by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? He said once again somebody that came out and preached the gospel of the Spirit to you the gospel of faith to you He's like he does it. He didn't do that by the law He did it by faith even as Abraham now we really get into it in verse 6 Even as Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness Let me just read a few more verses and then we'll go back to this know ye therefore that they which are of faith The same are the children of Abraham now he could have just left it at these two verses right here He said Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. So he said, you know, Abraham was saved through belief That's what he just said. Okay, and then he said those that believe, you know, they they that have that same faith Are children of Abraham? Let's go to Galatians chapter 4. I mean that could pretty much wrap it up right there But no, he's gonna just open this thing up and just tie it all together and dig right into it Look at verse number 8 in the scripture for seeing that God would justify the heathen through faith preached before the gospel unto Abraham Saying in thee shall all nations Be blessed. So I want you to underline the gospel unto Abraham So what Paul is saying here is that that Abraham had the gospel preached unto him That's what the Bible is saying here. Now. Look, what is the gospel of Abraham? Is it the same gospel? Is it a different gospel turn to Genesis chapter? 15 Turn to Genesis chapter 15 and let's look at you know What happened here? Okay. Let's look at the gospel of Abraham in Genesis chapter 15. Look at verse number one How is Abraham saved we've got we've got to start there look at Genesis 15 verse 1 The Bible says after these things the Word of the Lord came unto Abraham in a vision saying Abraham I'm sorry in a vision saying fear not Abraham I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward and Abraham said Lord God what wilt thou give me seeing I go childless He had no children at this point and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus Abram said behold to me thou has given me given no seed and lo one born in my house is mine air He's saying like a servant is gonna be the the heir to my house He's gonna inherit everything because I have no children and behold the Word of the Lord came unto him saying this shall not be thine Air, but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thine air He said he's like, you know, you're gonna have a child of your own flesh of your own body and he says and he brought him forth abroad and said look now toward heaven and tell the stars that thou be able to number them and he said unto him so shall thy seed be and He believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness Look what it says there it says and he believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness so Abraham his faith in the Lord is What you know God looked at him as righteousness now I'm going to show you you know what that gospel unto Abraham actually was as we get a little bit further into this But look, this is how Abraham was saved just to wrap it up right here I mean just to say how was Abraham saved is because he believed in the Lord Okay, it's just he saved the same the same way you're saved by belief in the Lord by trusting in the Lord Go back to Galatians chapter 3 and look at verse number 8 of Galatians chapter 3 Look at verse number 8 of Galatians chapter 3 The Bible says and the scripture foreseen that God would justify the heathen through faith Preach before the gospel unto Abraham saying and thee shall all nations be blessed. So here the Bible is saying that all nations All nations of the world are going to be blessed through Abraham. How is that possible? How is that possible? Look at Galatians chapter 3 in verse number 9. So we've looked at the the gospel of Abraham We're going to look at that a little deeper in a few minutes But now I want to talk about the blessings of Abraham. How are these nations blessed through? Abraham look at Galatians chapter 3 in verse number 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham for as many are as are of the works of the law are under the curse For it is written Cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law that do them This is referencing Deuteronomy chapter 27. It's like cursed is everyone that doesn't follow all the law Okay, so look everyone before they are saved is cursed in this way Everyone because no one follows all the law For all have sinned and come short all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Verse 11, but that no man is Justified by the law in the sight of God. It is evident. He's like it's obvious. It's obvious that no one has kept the whole law You will see that as you go out soul winning that is a universe almost universal Unless you find some real wackos out there, which you will but most people know That they have broken the law that they have broken God's law that they are a sinner That's usually a pretty easy one to get past with people. It's evident for the just shall live by faith and The law is not of faith, but the man that doeth them shall live in them Christ hath Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law verse 13 Being made a curse for us for it is written cursed as everyone that hangeth on a tree This is referencing Deuteronomy chapter 21 saying someone that is hung is not to be left there overnight You know, it's a cursed. It's a curse to be hung It's a curse to be killed in that fashion to be hung from a tree to be hung from a cross like Jesus was He was he was that was a curse to do that He was a cursed for doing, you know when that happened to him and that was the whole point He was a curse for us. Look at verse 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might receive the promise Of the Spirit through faith underline that word promise Brethren I speak after the manner of men though It'd be but a man's covenant yet if it be confirmed no man disanaleth or addeth thereto now Abraham now to Abraham and his seed where the promise is made and he saith not and to seeds as of many But as of one and to thy seed which is Christ now turn to Genesis chapter 22, you're like what? Turn to Genesis chapter 22 So he's talking about the law it can't make you perfect, you know The law can't make you perfect. You can you cannot be justified by the law in the sight of God. That's obvious He says that's obvious. You know that now he's like saying the blessing of Abraham is gonna come on the Gentiles You say what is the blessing of Abraham turn to Genesis chapter 22? We know the gospel we know the gospel of Abraham he believed in the Lord He trusted in the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness Just like you trusted in the Lord and that was counted to you for righteousness Because you can't be as we just read in these few verses you can't be look It's impossible for you to be justified in the sight of God because that's the only sight that matters folks You might think you're pretty good. You know, that's the problem with everybody out there everybody out there They're like, oh, you know, you know, you just got to live a good life and all this stuff and you know what? They're probably pretty nice people Maybe some of those are pretty nice people, but it doesn't matter. It's not their site. It's not our site. It's the sight of God It's impossible It's impossible. So let's look at the blessings It says that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ you say how is the blessing of Abraham? What does that have to do with Jesus Christ? This was Abraham look at Genesis 22 look at verse 1 first of all We got to read a little bit of context here This is when God Tested Abraham and it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham temp just means test Okay, it doesn't mean like he tempted him to sin or something. God can't you know, God will never tempt you to sin Okay, this is just another word for it's a synonym for he's gonna put Abraham through a test here Okay, and look, I mean Abraham didn't have a son now he has a son God fulfilled that promise Abraham now has a son Isaac. It's his only son It's his only you know son with his wife and he said unto him Abraham and he said behold here I am and he said take now thy son thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest and get thee into the land of Moriah And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son Enclaved the wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went to the place which God had told him then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off and Abraham said unto his young men abide here with the ass and I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again to You and Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering Lated upon Isaac his son and he took the fire in his hand and a knife and they went both of them together And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father and said my father he said here I am son and he said behold the fire in the wood, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering? so Isaac is obviously old enough here to understand that you know, they're missing something and Abraham said my son God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering so they went both of them together Now look many times and we're gonna start to see this many times the New Testament helps us understand the full meaning of the Old Testament where a normal Person like Myself or yourself could not just read the Old Testament without the New Testament here and understand the full meaning of it We might get you know partial meaning of it But now we get some real deep full meaning of the New Testament here or the Old Testament look at Genesis 22 verse 15 Now he's up there. He's about to Carry out this test that God has has given him to sacrifice his only son And there's no there's no indication here By the way that Abraham had any doubts or questioned God when he was going to do this You know seemingly extreme thing for the Lord look at verse 15 more evidence, by the way that Abraham believed the Lord More evidence that Abraham you say believed the Lord and what well everything Obviously he trusted God and everything here Look at Genesis 22 15 and the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven a second time and said by myself Have I sworn sayeth the Lord because for because thou had done this thing and has not withheld thy son thine only son That in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore and thy seed Shall possess the gate of his enemies Underline his there and In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed My voice this is showing the deeper meaning of the promise made to Abraham right here Go back to Galatians chapter 9. Keep your place in Genesis 22 So the Bible says so they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham so I mean look Did Abraham have many descendants? Yes, he did Did he have many descendants? Yes, he did all nations, but all nations are blessed through the seed of Abraham Well that only makes sense if that seed is Christ So that is what Galatians chapter 3 is Telling us here Is that that seed that true meaning of what that seed of Abraham is and how those? Blessings are carried through to the Gentiles that and look Abraham knew this here That's what the Bible says in Galatians chapter 3 when it says the gospel is preached on to Abraham It says that your seed, you know This Messiah this Messiah this seed will bless all the nations of the earth Well, you can't even say that that makes sense if you're talking about just a physical descendants of Abraham I mean you can't say that, you know that I mean the the the Israelites in the Old Testament had a hard time You know getting blessings on themselves Much less blessing other nations The only way that this makes sense and of course Galatians chapter 3 explains it to us is that you know, they were blessed Through the Messiah they were blessed through Christ. How are they blessed through Christ? They were blessed through the same way that Abraham Was saved they were blessed through getting what getting righteousness. How did they get it same way Abraham got it? through belief through Trusting the Lord verse 9. So then they which be of faith are Blessed it says they would be of faith Not they which follow the law or they would do good works or whatever. It says they are blessed with faithful Abraham That is the gospel There was preached unto Abraham that he believed and that is what was counted to him for righteousness Did I mean he had many descendants? Yes, but this is the meaning This is the seed the seed is Christ. This was the promise The Promise to Abraham right here. There were many promises given to Abraham There's covenants, you know given to Abraham and look you turn to Genesis 17 There's a covenant that was made with Abraham. There was a covenant a deal made with Abraham. Look at Genesis 17 Let's look at another one, but this one idea this one Promise made to Abraham that this seed would be Christ and that all nations of the earth Through belief in that Christ through faith in that Christ That is the gospel preached unto Abraham and that is how he will bless all nations of the earth Well, but let's just look at the Covenant of Genesis 17. Look at verse number one. I don't know why people get so confused About this covenant. It's very simple It's laid out several times in the Bible and it's just repeated every time they break it It's repeated again and again and again in the Bible Look at Genesis 17 1 and when Abram was 90 years old and 9 the Lord appeared unto Abram and said in him I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect and I will make my covenant between me and thee and will multiply The exceedingly there's we see another, you know Promise there and Abram fell on his face and talked with him saying as for me behold My covenant is with thee and thou shalt be a father of many nations Neither shall my name be any more called Abram but thy name shall be called Abraham for a father of many nations have I made thee and I will make thee exceedingly fruitful and I Will make nations of thee and kings shall come out of thee and I will establish my covenant a deal between me and thee and I seed after thee in their Generations for an everlasting covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy seed After thee that has everlasting implications for Christ right there, too, but it also has, you know immediate, you know Just you're gonna get this land right here You know It's a covenant and I will give unto thee and that I seed after thee the land where in thou art a stranger And all the land of Canaan, this is a specific deal here okay, this is a specific deal for an everlasting possession and And means here's the deal and I will be their God Look the Covenant here with the Covenant with the land is very simple He's like you do this and I will do this then you keep reading Genesis chapter 17 It talks about you know Circumcision and all these different things that they have to do and if they don't do those things and he's not their God anyway You know, that's it. You're done. No more land You know, you'd be you'd be thrown out I mean, that's what Moses and Joshua and everybody taught the whole time But look it goes on to talk about, you know, breaking the Covenant and being cut off from the people okay, but pretty much the entire Old Testament is about this covenant being breached and We see what happens when it's breached and look it wasn't breached by God as a matter of fact God constantly I mean we just got through the book of Judges God is constantly trying to fix the breaches of this Covenant But it was a deal between God and man with this land thing though. It go back to Galatians chapter 3 Galatians chapter 3 is just talking about a promise here. It's not talking about, you know, the land Covenant Okay, God is saying I will do this He's saying I will do this. He promised Abraham this It's kind of like the promise of Sarah. You will have a son. He just told her that So we see that the greatest promise given to Abraham look at verse 17 Okay, you know, this is what Paul I'm sorry in Genesis chapter 22 in verse 17. Let me read it again for you This is what Paul is talking about in Galatians chapter 3 16 right here He says that in blessing I will bless thee in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and the sand which is upon the seashore and thy seed shall possess the gates Of his enemies and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice This can only talk be talking about Christ It is the only way that this fits this this makes sense Christ is the seed and the promise of all the nations of the earth being blessed and this seed being Christ. Look All the nations of the earth being blessed. This is why Paul's bringing it up because like including the Galatians Including who he's talking to he's like look it's you This is why you need the New Testament in the Old Testament to complete God's perfect word By the way to explain his perfect plan because it all matches together Perfectly that being heirs there. They are heirs of Abraham under this promise. Look they're Gentiles They would never think that they are, you know heirs of Abraham. That's a Jewish thing. What are you talking about? He's like no through faith and through the gospel preached unto Abraham, which is the same gospel that was preached unto you You are heirs of this same promise If it's exactly turned to Matthew chapter 3, I mean if it's exactly what Jesus taught to Jesus was saying the same thing you wonder how many people actually caught all the things that these people were saying Jesus and Paul and all this when they were actually Saying it and they didn't have you know This this Bible sitting in front of us like we have today That's just what a blessing that it is that we can have God's, you know Complete word in front of us look at Matthew chapter 3 in verse number 9 Look what Jesus said and think not to say within yourselves. We have Abraham to our father. He's talking to the Pharisees They're like, oh, we're that you know, we're Abraham's children They're all prideful because they're Jews basically is what he's saying. We have Abraham to our father Look, you know the Jews today shouldn't be all prideful that they're Jews either Because why because for I say unto you that God is able to able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham Jesus is saying exactly what Paul is saying in Galatians chapter 3 He's like children of Abraham are just anyone that has the faith in the same gospel that we're all preaching together here is what he says Look at Romans chapter 2 Look at Romans chapter 2 We studied through the book of Romans and we saw this again and again and again You know Paul laying this out for the Romans more Gentiles, right? The Romans are again Gentiles the Bible says in Romans 228 for he is not a Jew which is one outwardly Neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh. Look, I don't understand why this is so misunderstood today The Bible here is saying but he is a Jew verse 29, which is one inwardly And circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit in the spirit means of faith not of works And not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God not in the letter letter of the law It's like spirit letter of the law. It's its opposites He's saying that you're you're you're a Jew if you're one inwardly Faith that's how Jesus says I'm able to raise up children of Abraham like these stones He's like it has nothing to do with who your father's father was nothing He said it's about the belief that you have that's what it is What this is the deep dive doctrine that Jesus was teaching Paul in Arabia for three years. This is the stuff Right here. Well Paul knew the Old Testament He knew the Old Testament. Jesus was simply putting it all together for him. I Mean Paul knew I mean he was a Pharisee of the Pharisees he knew what the Old Testament said and Jesus was just putting the puzzle together for him and explaining how it has just all played out and this was always the plan from the beginning That's what Jesus was explaining it what Paul is telling the Galatians and then Jesus told Paul in Arabia He's like, you know, I look he's like this was the plan. It just played out and he said you Paul You Paul will be the tool To deliver this message, I mean Jesus was the nail Paul was the hammer think of it that way To drive this thing home to get this nation this message to what to all nations To all nations of it. Well, you say what is it God? Oh, yeah, it's gotten it's it's gotten to all nations for sure So look back to relating this all back to Galatians and their heresy of worse bake workspace salvation Let me just recap where we've been so far Abraham's gospel number one Abraham's gospel was through faith Abraham's gospel that we just read about the gospel of Abraham was through faith. It's the same gospel as yours. All nations are blessed Through Abraham by that same faith by the exact same faith the means of this blessing Was the seed of Abraham which was Christ? That's the means of the blessing and anyone with that same faith is an heir of Abraham that's what we've seen so far Paul then continues He says this plan Okay, Galatians chapter 3 in verse number 17. He says this plan for the salvation of all nations Look at verse 17 and I say this That the Covenant that was confirmed before God in Christ the law which was four hundred and thirty years after Cannot disannul so he's saying he's saying right here. He's saying the Covenant that was confirmed before God in Christ He's like this this promise that was made to Abraham through Christ He's like the law Can't disannul it. He's like the law. He's like the law didn't even exist then he's like the law wasn't even there The law wasn't given for four hundred and thirty more years So how in the world? if Abraham who had this promise of this seed of Christ to come from him to bless all nations through him through that the Messiah would Come to him how in the world would you know that women would it suddenly go to the law and then back to? Christ and then back. I mean what you know people believe that though Okay, people believe that he's like look But look he's like the lie, but they can't believe that because of this verse right here Because it says the law which wasn't even there. I mean forget the fact that the law wasn't even there It says the law can't disannul it It says the law I mean forget the fact that they that 430 years Would pass before the law actually came to Moses forget that it says the law can't disannul the promise End of dispensationalism right there That's it. It cannot disannul that it should make the promise of none effect. I mean what? You know, it's not that complicated It's like look here's this great promise that God gave and then the law came 430 years later So right away logically you're like, okay Well, it's strange that you know It you know the law wasn't even there and People believe that the law saved people in the Old Testament and the law wasn't even there at that point, but Even if you want to believe some weird Grace Works grace works grace works guy in the cross grace. Everybody else works backwards forward I mean even if you want to believe that kind of hoop jumping weirdness You can't because of verse 17 here because the law can't disannul the promise Gave given to Abraham, that's it. I mean, how do we know that the law can't because the Bible just said so So you have to like not the whole Bible has to be true So you have to not believe certain parts of the Bible The law can't disannul it that it because because if it did what would happen it would make the promise of none effect It would make the promise worthless So the promise of Christ came before the law was even given and it can't be cancelled by it It's very simple. That's a great verse. That's a great verse Galatians 3 17 So look, it's more proof by the way that salvation has always been the same It's simple there's not Old Testament God New Testament God Old Testament salvation New Testament salvation Salvation's by works grace period church period what you know, it's all the same. It's all the same Like I mean that's stuff. I mean you'll have somebody explain that stuff to you It's just really confusing and they don't even understand it themselves You know, it's confusing and here's the thing. It's not in the Bible. So There you go. It's not in the Bible and Galatians 3 17 just just blows it away So look, I mean and then he just says it again in Galatians 3 18 We'll get verse 18 first the inheritance be of the law. It is of it is no more of promise But God gave it to Abraham by promise said it was a promise And if it's of the law, it's not by a promise so it can't be cancelled 430 years later Wherefore and then you know, so then we just kind of end that right there Dispensationalism dead gospel the same the whole time now we go into verse 19. So now everyone's like, okay, you got me He's like, but what's the point of the law then? I mean, it's pretty much worthless It doesn't get you saved. I mean, what is what's the point? Well, he's gonna explain that to you now Look at verse 19 wherefore then serve at the law. He's like what good is the law then? He's like I have destroyed the idea that the law has anything to do with you being saved. What good is the law? It was added because of transgressions Transgressions Till the seed should come to whom the promise was made and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator What in the world? They say that that's one of the most confusing verses in Galatians, but it's really not that confusing So first of all, he's like where is where then serve at the lies? Like what's the point of the law the main point of this verse is this? Okay, the main point of this verse is it was added because of transgressions. That's the main point. Okay, the law was a management tool The law was a management tool to get them to the point of Christ That's what the law was for. It was a pragmatic device To keep the people in the land basically and it didn't even work because of the people were so bad But the promise like I said the promise of the land that's what we looked at that was always dependent on obedience to God The law was simply a management tool now What is this and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator? Okay Let's look at this for a minute. First of all, it was the law was ordained by angels Let's put that park that one for a second in the hands of a mediator, you know in the hands of man You know, most people would attribute this to Moses because God gave the law to Moses Okay, God gave the law to the man the mediator his mediator that he gave the law to which was Moses in In Exodus, okay. Now look turn to Acts chapter 7 and verse 53 and apparently Apparently when God gave the law to Moses to that mediator Apparently there was angels involved You say how do I know that? Well, I don't know because the Bible says so you know you say well I read you know Exodus and it doesn't say where the angels and what they're doing I don't know they're involved in there somewhere in some process They were there look at Acts chapter 7 Acts chapter 7 look at verse Look at verse 52 the Bible says which of the prophets have not your fathers Persecuted and have they slain and showed before the coming of the just one of whom you have now been betrayers and murderers Talking about the prophets the Old Testament prophets who received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it So there it is. There is angels in there somewhere. There was angels Look, you know what angels are turn to Hebrews chapter Hebrews chapter 2 Hebrews chapter 2 We'll just read one more and then I'll just explain it to you. Look at Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 2 Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 2 again talking about the law and You know receiving the law for if the word spoken by angels was steadfast and every transgression and disobedience Received a just recompense of reward. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? So here once again seeing that, you know, look the angels are involved in the disc in the giving of the law to Moses Somehow, you know what angels are they're God's messengers You know how many times when you know many times it will say that an angel is speaking You know what the angels are speaking God's words The angels are delivering not their words. They're delivering the words of God. So it makes perfect sense That angels would be now do I have to come up with some weird doctrine that says, you know There was four angels that walked on Moses's left side and the angels actually wrote on one of the tablets, you know I mean, so you don't have to get into all that weird stuff I mean the Bible doesn't even say, you know, they were involved in the process somehow It doesn't make sense that you know, if you know, they're angels Everywhere around the prophets that they couldn't even see that God when he's on the mountain given the law to Moses that angels are With him there. I mean, why is that such a stretch? So, I mean, that's what the Bible says. That's what happened All right. So look the by the point is that I mean that explains that verse I mean a lot of people just read that and they're just like what is that about? Right, but it basically just says that It was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. So it's talking about the law The law was you know ordained it was it was it was a management tool and it was given to A mediator a man and it was ordained by angels It was God helped was helped by angels to give it to man and you know Moses was the main man that you know received the law at the beginning. Okay, so look This was the point is it was a management tool and this was a two-way agreement. We already looked at that you do this You stay in the land. Okay. However, the promise to Abraham and his seed was a one-way promise It was just a one-way promise now, this is what I really want you to understand here Galatians chapter 3 19 is explaining the purpose of The law and how the law was given through this mediator. That was a man that was Moses now Look at Galatians chapter 3 and verse 20 now a Mediator is not a mediator of one But God is one so The point is is that when taken with Galatians chapter 3 19 and verse 20, let me read them both It was added because of transgressions till the seed should come To whom the promise was made and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator now now a Mediator is not a mediator of one but God is one So here is what he's saying is a better deal turn to Hebrews chapter 8 Turn to Hebrews chapter 8 So you're saying a mediator is not a mediator of one but God is one but God is one Go to Hebrews chapter 8 and verse number 6. The law was a management tool to keep the people the promise is Better the promise is better Now look at Hebrews chapter 8 and verse number 6 the entire book of Hebrews is how Christ is The better deal, okay Christ is the better sacrifice Christ is the better priest, you know There was all these things that were a picture of things to come in the Old Testament the sacrifices You know the blood of bulls and goats the priests that would you know do the the work of the the sacrifices? But Christ is better than all that. He's a better sacrifice He's a better priest and look at Hebrews chapter 8 in verse number 6 But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry by how much more is he the mediator of a better covenant? It's a better deal and he's a better mediator Is what he's saying. He's like it's a better deal which was established upon what? better promises Look Christ is the mediator Right Moses was you know given the law it was a management tool We're trying to patch to this name these people together and get them to you know to Christ Basically, but Christ is the mediator He's the mediator and there will never be another one needed and this is deep. Once again, it's the promise It's the promise God handles look God handles this covenant a covenants usually between two people right a Covenants between two people but here's here's why it's a better deal and it's a better promise you got the covenant between God and the nation of Israel right you do this and I'll do this Or you know, I'm your God and you can stay you know in the land It's two parties here. But here's the beauty of this covenant. God is one God is both parties God made the promise and God the Son fulfilled it That's the that's the beauty of Galatians chapter 3 18 and 19 is yeah, there's a covenant but here's a better one and There's a mediator but here's the better one. God is one God did both sides of it He made the promise God the Father made the promise and God the Son fulfilled it That is the beauty of What Paul I mean you understand what he's doing in Arabia for three years now It makes sense, right? God is explaining this deep Doctrine to Paul. Look at Galatians 3 21 Is the law then against the promises of God again? He says look, okay. I believe you. This is the best promise God forbid he says for a third been a law given which you could have given life Verily righteousness could have been by the law Look, he's saying is The law against the promise of God. He's like no God forbid. It's like the law couldn't give life The law couldn't give righteousness the law what the law can't make you perfect is what he just said and it makes sense if you're if you're a logical thinking person and You realize that you're a sinner and you realize that you sin look the law can't make you perfect Can the law can you get better at keeping the law? Yes Could you ever fix that you never you that you messed up the law in the past? No, the law can't take away that you've the fact that you've already broken it You know, it's you know Verse 22 but the scripture hath concluded all under sin that by the promise that The promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe But before faith came we were kept under the law shut up unto the faith, which should afterwards be Revealed he's like look before you believed you were kept under the law turn to John 3 turn to John 3 36 Before you believed before faith came before faith came to you you were under the law You were under the law and you were shut up to that Which afterwards you were not shut up to look at John 3 he that believeth on the Sun hath everlasting life You know put that aside for a minute We'll look at the part that you never look at and he that believeth not the Sun shall not see life But the wrath of God comes on him No, it says the wrath of God abideth on him look folks It didn't come upon you the wrath of God to those that didn't believe it didn't come upon them. It was already there The wrath of God is upon those now It's presently there upon those that don't believe That's what Paul is saying when he says that you know you were kept under the law before faith came Before faith came before you got saved you were you were under God's wrath You were under the law and guess what? Righteousness cannot come by the law So before you believe before you got saved you were in trouble So if you ever had that feeling if you ever had that feeling like, you know, man, I got saved like That was close. You're right to have that feeling Because if you got if you got saved especially later in life, I mean anyone could really say this but especially later life I mean look you had the wrath of God on you. You were walking around. I mean think about how scary that is You're all saved here tonight But think about how scary that is you were walking around on this earth with the wrath of God abiding on you Before faith came before you got saved. It's scary and it should be But that's that's what the Bible says look at a Galatians 3 24 Wherefore Wherefore now he goes into even more detail of the use of the law wherefore The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ. Look it shows us that scary Situation of that wrath abiding on us. That's what the law shows us. The law shows us our guilt. It's our schoolmaster It's our teacher to bring us to Christ to bring us to that faith the law Look, the law can't save you but it can show you that you need to be saved That's that's what the Bible is saying here that way that we might be saved that we might run to be justified by faith It says but after that faith has come we are no longer under a schoolmaster For you're all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus great verse there for as many as you as you have been baptized into Christ Have put on Christ. Well, you have to be baptized to be saved turn to Acts chapter 2 what just happened here Look at Acts chapter 2 look at Acts chapter 2 verse 38 if I had a million You know if I had a penny for every time, you know Somebody quoted this verse to me by saying you have to be baptized to be saved But let's see if that's actually what it says. Let's just actually read it Look at Acts chapter 2 in verse 38 And then Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Christ Jesus Christ for the remission of sins And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost so look, I mean He says repent which means what I mean repent. It doesn't say repenting your sins. We know that we're not gonna get into that Repent means turn from what you believed before and believe on Christ. So this person just in that one word repent is Saved how do I know that because many places in the Bible dozens and dozens and dozens of places in the Bible It just says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved So those verses would all be true or would all be false If it if you had to be baptized as well This verse could just as well say look baptism is a good thing baptism Is it something you should do after you get saved baptism is a great ordinance in the Bible. It's a great obedient thing to do Once you get saved, but look it could say repent and install carpet You know and you'll be saved because you know he that repents and Puts away chairs will be saved he that repents and you know changes the tire on his car will be safe All those things are true Because we're painting believing is what saves you Okay, so that's why you'll have a couple verses that say that repent repent and be baptized repent ye and you know be baptized It's as long as you have all those verses out there that say believe on and and you're saved That's what is necessary to be saved It's it's it's a very short logical test go back to Galatians chapter 3 Look at verse 28 Look at Galatians chapter 3 in verse 28 The Bible says there is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither bond nor free There is neither male nor female for you're all one in Christ Jesus He's saying all these of the all these things of the flesh mean nothing as far as salvation goes He says, you know, you are all heirs and in verse 29 and a few be Christ's then and he wraps it up again now he instead of just saying those two verses back in You know verse number I don't have it open with me right now, but let me go back there real quickly instead of just you know saying those two verses in verse Verse number nine and Verse number Six and seven and just ending the chapter now, he goes to that whole Dispensation about the blessings of Abraham about the seed of Abraham about the gospel of Abraham Then he ends it with pretty much the same statement saying if you be Christ and your Abraham seed and heirs According to the promise your Abraham's seed meaning, you know in that case you're an heir Okay, so seed has a double meaning but the gospel of Abraham was talking about the seed being Christ and the seed Being the Savior of the world and people that have faith on that. That's how all nations are blessed Okay, so in this case he's saying look you want to be Abraham seed give faith in Christ and then your heirs according to the Promise there's a lot of promises, but this is the promise Given to Abraham that that that one that covenant that God covered both ends of That covenant that God made the promise God the Father and God the Son fulfilled Okay, so what what the gospel is the same? What did we learn the gospel of Abraham is the same gospel that we have? All nations are blessed through this faith through this faith that Abraham had that's through That seed the means of that blessing is the seed which is Christ Anyone with that same faith is an heir is a seed of Abraham is an heir of Abraham the law Required a mediator which was Moses, but Christ is the better mediator Christ is the mediator He's he's that he's the better priest. He's the better sacrifice. He's the better mediator That that's Hebrews right there, okay, so look this is a great a great chapter and it's just a great dispensation against works based salvation using you know in explaining and explaining Abraham and the promises and the covenants that were given to him and it really shows you what Abraham understood and What Abraham believed when the Bible says that he believed God that he trusted in God he knew exactly What God was planning for him and he trusted in that and he was saved. Okay, let's bow our heads and have a word