Living Under Grace
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Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
gal 3:13-14
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
What is the promise?
What is the promise?
Who is the promise given to?
How is it given?
world - look up
We are Abraham’s seed
Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
not just rich - very rich
The blessing of Abraham - is righteousness (a gift)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Righteousness - blessing above all blessings
God treated Jesus like He was the world’s most wicked sinner, He treated us like we are the best person on the earth
Don’t be sin conscious, be righteousness conscious.
robes of righteousness
as you ought to be
For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Promise - not through law/you living right
preaching living right doesn’t make people live right
OT - about living right
NC - about believing right
When you are believing right, you will be living right
living right is fruit of believing right
no effect
when you believe that you are righteous by faith - the blessings of God will flow unabated in your life
Keys to living the grace life
1. say I’m under grace
when you say you’re under grace - you are declaring you’re not under the merit system
What is grace? undeserved, unearned, unmerited favor
late for work example
your heart comes into a place of rest
something restless about the law system (obey - you’re blessed/disobey - you’re not) if you blessings are dependent on your obedience / earning it, you’re never really secure.
I’m under grace - you set God free to bless us when we don’t deserve it.
the cross frees God to be God in our life when we don’t deserve it.
bring areas that trouble you under God’s grace.
(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”
And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
Glory - opinion, judgment, view
Thayer - 1st meaning - having a good opinion of God
Thayer - 1st meaning - having a good opinion of God
δόξα, -ης, ἡ, (δοκέω), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. most freq. for כָּבוֹד, several times for הָרָר, הוֹד, etc.;
I. opinion, judgment, view: in this sense very often in prof. writ.; but in the Bible only in (18).1
1 Thayer, J. H. (1889). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: being Grimm’s Wilke's Clavis Novi Testamenti (p. 155). New York: Harper & Brothers.
2nd meaning - splendor, brightness
2. Have a good opinion of God
Doesn’t have to be chapter & verse
God, because you love me...you’ll keep me healthy.
God, because I’m your child, you’ll never let that happen to me
God, because you are with me, you will not let this plane go down.
12 spies - the 10 had a bad opinion of God
Caleb
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Joshua/Caleb
If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’
Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
say, God is with me