Paul and the Nature of the Law

I don't know what week is this week for 5 and a serious kind of leading into Glaceon and we're in the end of the book of Galatians now last week. We took a look at Galatians chapter 1 and chapter 2 and I've expressed Paul is passionately defending the purity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in and it's the gospel has come under intense attack and hit Paul himself is come under intense attack and we we saw that and in chapters 1 & 2 some of the accusations that he's he's dealing with but I don't think we have a good comprehension for the The intensity of the pressure that they are under express it this way, you know Peter. And Barnabas are not weak men. These are Spirit-filled bold empowered Believers and yet Peter remember in the when he stood before the Sanhedrin after price, maybe months later. And as he they tell him we want you to hush up about this declaration. What is statement in response to that is it's an ax for 19 and 20 and Peter and John they reply and they they they tell these did the same in the crucify Jesus the Same men that they were hiding in fear from after Jesus's crucifixion and and they they respond which is right in God's eyes to listen to you or to him. You can probably hear that. The silence is as they said that and they say you be the judge about that question. But as for us we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and what we have heard that was in a bold bold statement. If you remember they got beaten and in what their prayer was after that beating Lord, give us more boldness that we can be even more bold than that. And that will be fine here and in Galatians Chapter 2 is that Peter is caves buckles under the pressure and that Paul has to stand face-to-face. It says he opposed him to his face because he was condemned also, he says Peter you're wrong you're wrong aspect of the Gospel that said some intense pressure because Peter is not not a weak man. He's not he doesn't Buckle easy. Barnabas the same thing can be said for him, you know that Barnabas stood side-by-side with Paul in that first missionary journey. There's A persecuted they're beating their there. I mean it's it's rough going it it's scary and yet the courage to continue to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but it says the Barnabas in this moment, it does that he buckles as well and that you even Barnabas what Paul says he was led astray. He too was Swept Away by this all alone. And I want and that moment God mightily use Paul he gave Paul the courage and the strength to stand. I believe that God would have protected this gospel regardless, but but in in a natural sense at Paul, is that the board if you will between the gospel, it would have looked very very different had he not stood in that moment. I believe that Galatians is the first book first epistle written by Paul believe it was written just shortly before they go up to Jerusalem for that counselor. Again, I'll Stand boldly Indepence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so that's what that's what we're talking about here is that it's an intense pressure and I want to stay understand it wasn't a pressure from without was a pressure from within and the question that is upon them is found in Acts 15 and verse 1 or some juice that come to Antioch from Jerusalem in the end. They did declare unless you are circumcised according to the custom Top by Moses. You can't be saved then 4 versus later in verse 5. It says no to the Gentiles they must be circumsized and they must adhere to the law of Moses and then they must do so in order to be saved just the context of that that statement and so this is the the the context of the book of Galatians and I went to a meeting sometime ago and I just remember this lady statement one time. She had been delivered from drugs off the Got it done. Just an incredible work in our life. And but she said she went immediately from the bondage to drugs into this bondage of legalism where he and she said God had to break off this this word of religion off of her, you know, and she says between religion and Drug she says religion was the the the tougher follow it was a harder of the two to defeat to break off. That's why I guess I just want us to understand that this is it's an intense Pho it's a strong fellow and so and don't Paul to the to his last day on Tuesday is last death last day before he died. He was fighting fighting this this this Spirit of religion and legalism, but it always seems to come up so last week we we finished with verses 15 and 16 of chapter 2. I want to begin there today and we're not going to go much further. We're not going to get as far as I know. I thought I did but I want to dishes the climatic. High point of other dude of the Epistle of Galatians. I want to read it and I want to talk about it. SOS pause in supposing Peter to his face and and he makes this declaration. He says we ourselves we are Jews by birth and not Gentile centers yet. We know that a person is not justified by The Works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law if Because by the works of the law, no one will be justified. No one and I mean that's a strong statement. So the point does this key point the central point of Galatians is that no one is Justified before God except by Grace a gift through Jesus Christ Alone through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no aspect of of Works in which we can add to that or enhance upon that or you know, that's so that the corollary to that is this That last statement by The Works of the law. No one will be justified one will stand before God and declared to be righteous merely by The Works of the law by works that they can do in their own strength their own flesh. That's that's that is the central theme in so we're going to look at that today and the question that I want us to wrestle with. This is this of the nature of the law. What is the lawn mean? What is the the context in when when Paul speaks about the law? What does he mean by that statement that this has been a very debated very controversial very the Hot Topic through the years and and then and certainly has people that have grown up in a culture that honored and loved the law. Oh my I think it's even more controversial and then anyways more intense. And so I want to approach this the subject understanding that it is it is sensitive, but I still feel it that the book of Galatians and Paul did dresses it directly as I wanted directed approach it directly as well. So I used to think of the law as being a a very a complicated a subject matter in it. And I don't want to infer that. It's not complicated. It comes with you does come with complexity. I approached it. It's almost bewilderment. You know, it was confusing to me or I would spend myself dizzy trying to get my arms around it and then try to understand it and so a couple of years ago. It's it's been probably five or six years now, but I was challenged to take a look at what the what does the log mean? What is the what what is the implications of the law? So I begin to study it and I began to wrestle with it and it was just confusion months on this something I worked on just continue I couldn't let go of it and but there was this moment in time and there's there's been two points in my life where scripture just literally just at all, you know, is it jump off? Scream but it was all but that you know, it was just and I just began to weep and cry because the Lord and in that moment just be there was a veil that was lifted and then and I saw all the law in a much clearer States. That's what I'm going to try to communicate today the voice that I did it. Was that breakthrough moment for me that aha was in 1st Corinthians chapter 9 verse 19 through 21 Santa I want to go there and I want to start this the sermon really from this vantage point and Paul is writing to the Corinthians and he makes this declaration. Mrs. Bordeaux, I am free from all I have made myself a servant to all that I may win more of them to the Jews. I became a Jew in order to win the Jews to those under the law. I became as one under the law but myself. Though though not being under the law myself, but I might win those under the law to those outside of the law. I became as one is outside the law not being outside the law of God, but under the law of Christ that I might win those outside of the law. So there's a there's a lot a lot going on there. And so I want us to take some time and just dissect. What is Paul trying to communicate in the in this these versus. Well. First of all paulus you certainly see his heart for the gospel and then he's trying to reach two different groups of people two classifications of people those under the law and those outside of the law. And you can they would correlate to those under the laws that are the Jews those outside of the law of the Gentiles you have this this two classifications of people now. Paul does not consider himself to be in in either Camp really and Saint Paul is dramatically saying he makes the state. I'm no longer under the law, you know, which he was certainly under the law for much of his life as a Jew and is a Pharisee of a Pharisee of Pharisees, but he makes this statement. I'm not under the law longer under the law. So Paul is just spoken of of law in three different context the law the law of Christ and the law of God. So, how do we how do we make sense of this? I've got a diagram for his to consider here. But today just got to diagramming. What what Paul is describing I believe. Chapalas not under the law but he is under the law of Christ. I want us to consider logically with that with that infers that the law cannot be the same thing as the Lost tribes. You cannot be under the law and you know, you can't be under the law of Christ and not be under the lot, right? You know, if there's one the same things these are distinct from one another. In fact, there's I would even say that there is no overlap between these two things. There's no place where he can stand under both, right? Use either under the law is under the law of Christ. And so these these two categories if you will have law they have to be distinct from one another so I know that's the first that's the first conclusion that I draw that's just not to at this point. I'm just trying to logically understand would don't rush ahead and try to make sense of okay. What does that mean? What's the law? What's What will Diamond do that for now? I just want us to grasp. What what Paul is trying to communicate. So another statement is he makes here. Is that he is not outside of the law. I'm not outside of the law of God. I'm not outside of that since I'm not under the law but I am not so not outside of the log. So there's a nice drawing some distinction there as well. So I want us to just understand that the Law whatever that is. There is a very clear distinction between the law of Christ and the law and but there's also he's drawing some distinction between what he refers to as the law of God and the law and so and I want to further just say that given that

Jesus is the perfect representation of the father here on Earth. He perfectly represented the father given that Jesus is as one with the father has two can be given that then the law of Christ in the log garden gloves. They have to be closely while more than the same. I just want to give us that thought so I want to build a little bit here. So if being under the law is a synonym for being a Jew and in that it is you're in this passage. He says to the Jews. I tried to drive it became as a Jew in order to win some to those under the law stating that phrase again. And so did these two under the law and Jews are one in the same thing are cinnamon synonyms and in Paul's eyes, I believe. So the question then how does one become into how does one become under the law? Well one must be circumcised first do it. We we talked about that and these past weeks is that circumcision was the entryway into the the Covenant the old Covenant is that there was the act of signing a contract if you are that's how you entered into Covenant relationship with God and that's how that was. The initiation act if you will follow on question that it is well as well then how does one stay in Covenant relationship with God in the old Covenant? Well, they must keep the law. They must keep the Covenant law. That's the contract. That's the the stipulations of how do you remain in in relationship with God in the in that Covenant? So you have these two classes of people and I have the second diagram to follow and Daniel if you can show that and comparing it's not working. Haha, okay. So what are these two classes classifications of people those under the law on those outside the law and this question comes up and it's it's supposed to Paul because he he Echoes it back and Romans 3 and verse 1 when he asks Holden what advantage then does that you have that that's a question that's being a so so if we're no longer under lapa then does that mean this is all been in vain does it all mean this is nothing is it is this unimportant and pause response to that. You know, what a band just the Jew or what value has circumcision he says much in every way in verse to to begin with he says the Jews were entrusted with the Oracles of God and it continues that thought but I want us to understand that the Jews had a better understanding of who God was his snared nature his character and if you understand God's hard if you understand his character in his nature and you try to live up to that Nae True to his heart. You're going to have better families. You have better cities. You have better Nations government better better better get a better health. You're going to have emotionally mentally physically spiritually Their Blessings all around there's there's much advantage to being under the law and mental problem and it's and it's it's it's a critical problem that we we find that in Galatians 2 in / 16. We're Paul when we read for by The Works of the law. No one is is going to be justified before God that the law was powerless to justify people now in Hebrews chapter 10 and verse for that the author of Hebrews impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Let that sink in the blood and gold bulls and goats could never take away sin only the blood of Christ, but that's a significant disadvantage and so it just a few versus later 7 versus later in Hebrews 10 verse 11. It says that every presense daily Ida service offering repeatedly the same sacrificed which can never never take away since it was powerless to take away sins now, so wild the Jew Had great Advantage. There was one aspect. That they both shared salvation Lee speaking. The old Covenant was powerless to redeem. It was powerless to save. That's the point. So if we go on the diagram 3 wild at Jus had advantage in many ways in this life, but in internally they were still lost and in need of Christ and the net is salvation Lee speaking Ray had no advantage to the Gentile dude in that sense. They both depended upon the blood of Christ to take away their sins. So, In this diagram here, let's keep going here. And so So we have a better sacrifice the blood of Jesus is able to wash that sent away. The New Covenant has better promises. Hebrew says it is a better high priest and every way shape and form the New Covenant is superior to the old. I want to take that just a step further and just say that there is nothing inferior about the New Covenant. It is Superior in every form every aspect every way. There is nothing nothing. Nothing that was Superior in the old Covenant to the new that that's Jesus was Superior in every way shape and form and that includes law. The old Covenant law is not superior to the New Covenant law, but I want us to to grasp that so.

In Hebrews 7 verse 12 Hebrews touches on this and he says when there is a change in the priesthood there must necessarily be a change in the laws as well. And I touched upon this a couple weeks ago, but the the levitical priesthood Was baked right into the old Covenant. It was just the part of the old Covenant law, but Jesus the great high priest was not of the tribe of Levi. What did Hebrews the saying is that is that there had to be a change in law there had to be a change in Covenant there had to be a change in order for there to be a high. Priest of the tribe of Judah high priest who is Jesus there had to be and so in Romans chapter 10 and verse for Paul writes for Christ. He says is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes Christ is the end of the law now specifically for the end of the law for righteousness now in the old Covenant the way that you were Justified before God was you had to live the Covenant in Perfection, right? You had to keep the Covenant in Perfection. That sounds good in 24 of the all of Israel said, yes, we will do that. But the trouble is that they couldn't do it and neither could anyone that ever came after no one could hold up and they could none of them. Could it here perfectly? Every condition little Mop as soon as you slipped and fell you'd broken in the covenants and then you were condemned by the Covenant but the Paul says that Christ in terms of his is the end of the law for righteousness. No one receives righteousness through the law. They couldn't before they can't after our righteousness is a gift imputed To Us by by Christ alone. It's is given to us by Christ. So in Hebrews 10 verse 13, it says that in speaking of a New Covenant, he makes the first one Obsolete and what is becoming obsolete and in growing old is ready to banish to see what does he saying Covenant? Jesus makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old it's ready to go to vanish. It's ready to the fade off into the history. So again, I ask this question. This is the quest the central question. The day is when Paul speaks of law. What is he talking about? What it what is he speaking of well, Who did John chapter 1 verse 45 cuz there's a there's an interesting when we hear this phrase the law. It's often in context to scripture sew-in in John 1 verse 45. It says that Philip he found the Faneuil and he said to him we have found him of whom Moses and the law and also the prophets wrote Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph. So the law and the prophets are is how they referred to scripture. So the lies that the first five books of scriptures the pentateuch and if you if you think about it the The Books of Moses are our covenant documents Genesis describes how Israel came to be. The people of the Covenant Exodus tells us tells them how they entered into the Covenant Leviticus tells them. How do I adhere to the Covenant and then in numbers and Deuteronomy? Is this the the Halo the Covenant is to be lived out and in daily life. There's a lot of overlap there but but the Covenant document so it makes sense. When you think of calling the law. It's describing what the Covenant law looks like how it's to be practice how it's to be lived out Hand Luke chapter 24 verse 44 Jesus uses this phrase. And in Jesus says, these are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the law of Moses. So he eat he brings a little bit more detail about everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets in the Psalms must be fulfilled. So he he's a Reading the law which would you which is a common the law and the prophets the law and the prophets but Jesus when he speaks of uses the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms. So the first five books he calls them the law of Moses Paul in acts 28:2 as he is in prison. He's in Rome. He's facing death. He he he preaches and he shares the gospel with the Jews. There are in the wrong and it says this and verse 23 when they had appointed a day for him. They came to him at his lodging in great numbers from morning till evening. He expounded to them testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses. And from the prophet. That's why I'm probably belaboring at somebody I want to Stonehurst and it the law of Moses is referred to as the first five books of the Bible. That's that's the title for it. It's a shortened version. I believe it when pause this is a premise of mine it when Paul says the law and it he's speaking of the law of Moses referring to his law of Moses there synonyms for pause just an abbreviated shortened form of that. So I grew up. with the

With the doctor and called it the two laws and it's a very it's a very tidy kind of clean doctrine that there were two aspects of all coming at law. There was God's law and then there was the law of Moses and that Christ's death the law of Moses fell away and it was it was gone. And then the law of God remained and it is what I found was that in practice, you know, it's very simple sounding but in practice it wasn't so simple because it seemed like no two groups could agree upon actually what blonde what aspects of Love belongs in which Camp, you know? No that's God's will I belong to this? I know it's not what I'm saying is that no two groups can seem to agree upon what blond in in in one or the other and so in practice while it sound simple and practice it it was problematic. There's a second problem with it. And that's the gospel writers themselves didn't seem to understand that distinction. They they didn't view scripture within that life when they talked about the law and the prophets in the law of Moses and the prophets in the song does Jesus. He's loving it at all together into one one law so that I want us to understand that some of the problem continues I believe in it. So let's look at what's dive into some depth here in Exorcist 24 in verse form. It says that Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. So this is Moses writing in a document to a book and heroes early in the morning and he built an offer at the foot of the mountain and 12 pillars according to the 12 tribes of Israel drop down 2 verse 7 and it continues then he took this book of the Covenant any Reddit in the hearing of the people. Ml Vistaril said all that the Lord has spoken we will do and we will be obedient that's there entering into the Covenant. So it was commonly thought that that's the law of Moses. What what what Moses wrote down in the book this the law of Moses, but nowhere in scripture. Do you find that that is specifically called out as being the law of Moses noticed that it's referred to here as the book of the Covenant. It's it it's referred to as the book of the covenant What will continue on in Exodus 34 and we start to look at is there a distinction between really the Ten Commandments in the book of the law between God's law and the law of Moses. Is there a breakdown is there a distinction that we can can we can make so I'm 28 chapter 34 of Exodus. It says that he was there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights and he ate neither bread nor drank water and they wrote on the tablets and look at us on the tablets the words of the Covenant the Ten Commandments. So what scripture saying is that the Ten Commandments are also part of the Covenant that sits the words of the Covenant continue onto Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 13 and I don't want us to I want you to receive this text and it says that he declared to you his Covenant. That's what she commanded you to perform. That is The Ten Commandments and they wrote them on two tablets of stone.

The Ten Commandments in the old Covenant. Are there any Grill on there their they're tied together continue on and Deuteronomy 9 and First Time chapter 9 verse 9 when I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone Moses says that the tablets of the Covenant he calls him refers to him as the tablets of the Covenant that the Lord made with you. I remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I neither ate bread or drink water. Continue on to the Solomon is he's dedicating the temple that he built to the Lord and in Solomon says this and in Kings 18 verse 21, he says there I have provided a place for the Ark in which is the Covenant. In which is the Covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt Hebrews chapter 9 and verse for says author of Hebrews says having the golden altar of incense in the Ark of the Covenant covered on all sides with gold and which was the golden urn can holding the Mana and Aaron staff that budded and the tablets of the Covenant The Ten Commandments were integral to the Covenant. They were part of the Covenant there. I don't see a way to break these cleanly into two halves. That's that's what I'm what I'm trying to do share with you and I want you to wrestle with me about so we have this book of the Covenant and yes, it is placed in this side of the Ark that's what it did have. That's that's significant and then the tablets of stone that initially has been written by the Finger of God and later bye-bye Moses himself after Broke the originals but they're in the center of the Ark of the Covenant but I want you to understand that they both reside in the Ark of the Covenant. They're both Covenant documents that there's there's not a clean way to tidy way to differentiate between the two. so

we we come to another question then is is it if there is a distinction between the law and the law of Christ then then what is it? And what is the law of Christ? What it what is that all about Paul tells us what the law of Christ is in in Galatians. And so I am thankful that he gives us some some definition to help us understand and Galatians. 6:2. Paul says bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill. The law of Christ loved price is about loving others enough caring about others enough to stop and a lift the burdens off of your shoulders and neck come alongside them to comfort to see if the minister to them that's the law of Christ the love of God. I said that the law of God and the law of Christ and they have to be unified just as Christ and his father are one one glacius 5 and verse 14 polishers this but the whole lot he says is fulfilled in one word. You shall love your neighbor as yourself and all the wisest is fulfilled by that one thing remember what Jesus how his response was to the person tell us what the great commandment is the greatest commandment. You said love the Lord with all your heart all your soul on your mind and love your neighbor as yourself. Mrs. On these don't depend all the law and the prophets and everything. This principle to Bear one another's burdens to love your neighbor to love others. I want you to think about that for a second. I want to say that the law of Christ again is is in no way no form. No shape inferior to the old Covenant law and there's no there's no aspect of of of loving God and loving your neighbor. That is the does not go cover everything that the Ten Commandments covers and then much much more besides. I I want want to understand it's it's a much higher standard of living. In fact, there's many things I could do I could illustrate that that technically don't break the the the Ten Commandments but clearly break the heart of Christ the law of Christ, you know, if I have somebody at work then I'm unhappy with and I just I don't like him at all. And so I just want to make your life miserable. I take the tire stem and I deflate their tires and Can you break any law office breaking of the Ten Commandments but I surely didn't love them and I surely broke the Loft rice. I had it but we can just follow that could name thousands of things that are covered under the heart of the law of Christ. So This concern though. I didn't I want address it because it's a legitimate concern and so I don't want to pass over it lightly. But if the old Covenant then it is done away with then what has become of the Ten Commandments, but that's the great question. Right? So if the if the cold, that was done away with it was if it was replaced by the New Covenant in Christ, then what became of the Covenant law what has become of the Covenant law. And in the question that is is often the Aston and it's over then what are we saying or what are you say but can people live Lawless lives. Can we live lives that you know, can I go on rob a bank this afternoon? Can I can I murder someone this evening? Can I commit adultery? Can I you know it just continue on and so I want to address that question and I submit again that the law of Christ is Superior in every way shape and form it in. No way is inferior soap. The point I I want us to wrestle with is it? when we hold on two old Covenant law in order to protect

something that we reviews precious and I think there's an immense value on the Ten Commandments. I'm not I'm not speaking against the value. But when we try to protect that what we're saying is that there was something about the old coming up that was Superior to what was been given to us in Christ. And I want us to be a dick understand that that were making that whether consciously or not we're making that distinction. There's something more valuable in the old then in the new the second point that I wanted to point out to us is that Paul is not Lawless Paul is not in any way shape or form Wallace. He's not opposed to to law Paul proudly Proclaim that I am under the law of Christ. That's not someone that is that is antilog Aeropostale or or opposed to the standards in the Holiness and the character of God. So I want us to the grass that Paul is not saying that you can live a lawless life. In fact Paul addresses that very question because I think he was being How did with that question so Paul Paul are you saying that they want and then God's just okay with it while you dress is that question in Romans chapter 6 in first one when you ask this this this question and it's it's it's he's answering a question that he's been asked many many time. What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin? That Grace may be a question. Can we just live when we want because God's grace is just going to cover and so it just like it doesn't matter that end in his response to that is by no means that I love the way the King James phrases that God forbid. This is absurd. This is this is this is so far from the heart of God. How can one he says who died to sin still living it? How can you do that? Do you not know that all of us would have been we've been baptized into Christ. Jesus were baptized into his death. We were buried there for with him by baptism into death in order that Justice. Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father. We too might walk in newness of life. You saying that you've been resurrected with Christ? You are a new creation. There's a notice of life to you. How can you live back to the old flesh the old ways in verse 6. He he he continues that thought and he says for we know that our old self was crucified with him at Christ so that the body ruled by send might be done away with that. We should no longer be slaves to send no longer slave to send if you send your a slave to it and Paul says elsewhere and so just understand that there is there is no way shape or form a Grace that that just allows for descend to be done at will just reckon with recklessly it will so the question then again and I wrestle with it. So what's the Ten Commandments done away with. That's the question that is often a stand and it's a it's a loaded question. And I don't like the question though. It's phrased it all because my responses is that what do you mean by that because that can be interpreted in so many different ways what I want to suggest though is that it was replaced and that it was relocated. It was replaced and it was relocated. So the first it was replaced by a superior law the law of Christ. But it was also it was relocated was relocated from tablets of stone is relocated from the Ark of the Covenant and look where we're we're God moved it and 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 3 Paul writes and you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by US Written. He says not with ink he's referring to the book of the law of Moses wrote down all the words of Ghana in a book. So it's written this letter that Christ is delivered by us you it was not written with ink but with the spirit of the Living God not he says on tablets of stone. That's that's the other half of the Covenant. It wasn't written on tablets of stone either he's saying but on the tablets of the human heart it was written on your heart. God is putting his character. His law is his nature right into your DNA. Is it were right on your heart? Jeremiah 31 verse 31 Jeremiah prophesize of this coming reality 700 years in advance of Christ name says behold, the days are coming declares the Lord would I will make with you and New Covenant the New Covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah and he says it will not be like the Covenant that I made with the father's their fathers. So they don't come in is not like the new they're fundamentally different on that day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt my coming at they broke the why was their husband declares the Lord for this is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days declares the Lord. I'm going to put my law within them statement within them and I'm going to write it on their hearts. He says and I will be their God and they will be my people and no longer show Each one teach his neighbor and he is brother saying know the Lord for they will all know me. The least to the greatest declares the Lord for I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sins no more magnificent statement. It's a heart of God. It's the proclamation of Jesus was going to bring in the New Covenant. This week bring this to a conclusion today. We covered a lot of ground and then Paul uses this term law of repeated linked lations. And so that's why I wanted to bring the sermon and play now because we're going to be wrestling with this term the law throughout the Book of Galatians it so it's critical that I believe that we understand when Paul uses his term. What is he meaning my name really in this whole series is too full first not to break off of God's people these heavy yolks and these Burns that they were never intended to Karen. Do you remember what was testified by Peter in Acts chapter 15 in the Jerusalem Council, he makes this rather remarkable statement. Peter does inverse tan of chapter 15. He says now therefore why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the necks of the disciples that neither our fathers know we've been able to bear We've never been able to carry though. You would the weight of this this this law this Covenant. We've never been able to Bear up the so why are we trying to pass this on to another generation to Gentiles to new Believers? Why why are we doing this? But that's the question so my my aim is My yoke is easy and my burden is life Jesus. Like Jesus says, this is the this if we're carrying things that we ought not to carry this guilt the shame this feeling of never living up never never amounting to somehow always been a disappointment to God every time you turn around you say, I'm such a disappointment of failure and this is just to live in the freedom that we have in Christ the crisis. I know you stumbled. I know but my grace is sufficient for you. My grace is sufficient. You have given given my righteousness. It's something you're not learning at you and your way have deserved through your own Merit. It's a gift through Christ Alone by my second thing though is to lift the veil that we that we might see the glory of Christ with unhindered eyes. In 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 14 and I want to close with this. Paul shares but their minds he says they were made through all the speaking of the Jews for to this day the same Veil remains when the old Covenant is red. He says that it is not been removed because only in Christ is that Veil taken away even to this day when he says when Moses is read a veil covers their hearts, but when anyone turns to the Lord the veil is taking away now the Lord is the spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. He's quitting this veil with the old Covenant and they'll Covenant law you saying that this this Veil Is Still Remains from for many of his his fellow countrymen its fellow Jews and Penny says only in Christ. Is that Veil removed my fear today?

What's in my life? I've tried to live in two Covenants.

and it's been a struggle and it's largely a failure and I was trying to hold on to something that I think was really obstructing my The face of Jesus was not able to see Christ for fully for him who he was and was not able to appreciate the fullness of his glory because there was not in full but in Ark there was still available at that remained at the covered my heart and wasn't able to deceive fully the grace that The Wonder of what Christ did on my behalf on the crossed that kept me from this intimate relationship with him so he can Clues Paul dozen verse 18. I want this to be our prayers. This is my prayer for us that our heart might be this. And we all he says with unveiled faces. There's no Vale. There's no obscuring there's nothing that keeps us from seeing the glory of the Lord and that we are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing Glory which comes from the Lord. Who is the spirit. That's a beautiful this we look at Christ with unveiled phase. There is a a Gloria that comes upon us any moves as a transformed from glory and the greater glory. That's the work of Christ in our life. But as long as there is a bail or some semblance of it between us and him his purpose is not able to be complete it. So that's that's my that's my my hope for us today is that is that we would see Christ and all of his Beauty in in all of his glory. spray

Jesus I just want to honor you and I want again. Thank you. For the work that you did on the cross on our behalf. in Lord of this with pleasuring and it is with humbling broken heart that I receive it recognizing Lord that in my own strength in my own power my own will I could never measure up. I can never do it. I was powerless under the law only condemned but you came you came and you loved us enough to come. It's provide a way that we may stand before your father justify made righteous and made whole and I praise and I honor you for all eternity. I give you glory. I thank you. Oh Lord. I pray today that if there be any thing that that obscures my my vision of seeing your face to seeing your glory. I pray Lord, it would be removed. I pray that you would take it away. I want to see you with unobscured face without secured eyes and behold your glory and I pray Lord that you're you're very character. your nature consume I know that I would increasingly become more and more like you. I praise you and I already again amen.