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The Law Complements the Gospel Because It Combatted Sin until Christ Arrived & Reveals Our Need for Christ
Galatians 3:19-22
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.
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The Law Complements the Gospel Because It Arrived after Christ Was Promised
Galatians 3:15-18
In a sense, there is no bigger question than the one Galatians attempts to answer: How do we relate to God? Do we experience God as a reward for good works? Do we gain fuller and more complete revelation of him by keeping more of his law as revealed in nature, conscience, or Scripture? Or do we encounter God by his grace? Do we enjoy him through faith in his promises?
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The Gospel of Grace Brought the Spirit to Us
Galatians 3:10 -14
Through this passage over the past couple of weeks, we’ve examined two reasons the gospel of grace transfers us from curse to blessing: it shows us the way of faith and that Christ is the one to consume the curse. The third reason the gospel transfers us from curse to blessing is that it brought the Spirit to us. Because Jesus died and rose, when we believe in him, we become recipients of the Holy Spirit (cf. Eph. 1:13-14, 2 Cor. 1:22). He is God, and he makes his home in us. Paul explained this truth this way:
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Paul Used the Example of Abraham to Demonstrate Gospel Truth
Galatians 3:1-9
The book of Galatians is a letter detailing a struggle for the gospel of grace. Paul was a first-century apostle, and God's purpose for Paul was to send him to the non-Jewish (Gentile) nations with the good news of Jesus.
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The Gospel is Worth Every Sacrifice and Asks for Our Ongoing Trust
Galatians 3:1-5
As Paul is writing to the Galatians, he pivots toward defending gospel doctrine to help them turn back to Jesus and the sufficiency of His cross. He poses a series of rhetorical questions, each highlighting some of the beautiful benefits of the gospel. Through Paul’s initial questions that we studied last week, we saw how the gospel unleashes the Spirit and supplies the necessary resources to become complete. Today, we’ll examine two more questions Paul asked to help them see the gospel afresh.
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The Gospel Unleashes the Spirit & Supplies Resources to Become Complete
Galatians 3:1-5
When Paul went to Galatia with the gospel, he had clearly and powerfully depicted Jesus for them. He had publicly portrayed Jesus Christ as crucified to the Galatians (1). He had set Jesus and his cross before their eyes (1). With power, clarity, and boldness, Paul had brought these Galatians to the foot of the cross. It was like they had seen the cross, not just with their eyes, but with their souls. But now they were turning from Jesus and the sufficiency of his cross—and Paul could not believe it!
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A Gospel-Aligned Life is Lived by Daily Faith
Galatians 2:20b-21
Following Paul’s public rebuke of Peter for bowing to the fear of man, he moves into sharing a beautiful picture of what life should look like when justified by faith in Christ. In our past two posts in Galatians, we saw how the gospel-aligned life is free and for God, is totally identified with Christ, and today, we will see how it is a life of daily faith, a dependence upon Jesus.
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A Gospel-Aligned Life Is Totally Identified with Christ
Galatians 2:20a
Our post today picks up with Paul sharing from his heart about a gospel-aligned life—what our life justified by faith in Christ should look like. He confronted Peter for bowing to the fear of man and withdrawing from non-Jewish believers in Antioch, and continued with a beautiful teaching about the type of life the gospel is meant to produce. Last week, we saw that the gospel-aligned life is free and for God. Today, we see how it is totally identified with Christ, connected to him in his death and burial, but also his resurrection.
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A Gospel-Aligned Life is Free and for God
Galatians 2:17-21
After Paul confronted Peter for withdrawing from the Gentiles in Antioch and not living in line with the gospel, Paul beautifully taught about the life the gospel is meant to produce. Once you are justified by faith in Christ, what should life look like? This passage gives us three ideas. It describes the beauty of a life in line with the gospel—gospel life.
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Live in Step with the Gospel: Part 2
Galatians 2:11-16
Our passage today details an account of Paul having to publicly confront Peter, who, out of fear of man, had divided himself from the Gentiles after being unified with them. Last week, we saw one way this passage encourages us to live in step with the gospel: by uniting under it. Today we’ll explore two more ways to live in step with the gospel.
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