Last week, we began looking at how the law complements the Gospel, the first way being that it arrived after Christ was promised - over four centuries after the promise made to Abraham and his offspring.
Read moreThe Son Who Came To Make Sons: Why He Arrived (Galatians 4:5)
This verse shows us the fundamental way our relationship to the legal code of God's word shifted when we met Christ. (4 Minutes/1000 Words)
Read moreThe Son Who Came To Make Sons: When He Arrived (Galatians 4:4a)
The book of Galatians is one of Paul's earliest works. In it, he combatted the idea that faith plus works lead to salvation. He warned his audience about the danger of trying to obtain God's favor through the keeping of the law (and losing God's favor when disobeying the law). And, here, to bolster his argument, Paul seems to have quoted an early Christian confession. (4 Minutes/1000 Words)
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