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3:1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by1 the flesh? 4 Did you suffer2 so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?
7 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify3 the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”4 12 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit5 through faith.
15 To give a human example, brothers:6 even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. 20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave7 nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
[1] 3:3
[2] 3:4
[3] 3:8
[4] 3:11
[5] 3:14
[6] 3:15
[7] 3:28
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I often joke that cyclists like wearing disguises. We travel incognito. If you haven't ridden with a group of cyclists you may not know what I mean, but take note the next time you see a cycling club out for a ride. Everyone is wearing their club jersey. They're all wearing black spandex shorts. They all have on helmets and wrap around sunglasses. So unless you actually ride right alongside a person and talk to them, it's hard to tell one rider from another. I've ridden right past cyclists I know well going the other direction on a street or trail, and I didn't even recognize them because of their equipment and kit. It's hard to tell the men from the women, or the younger riders from the older ones until you get up close and personal.
In a sense, Paul says something similar about Christians in Galatians 3. "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (vv. 26-28). Paul says there's something similar about Christians as well. We are all wearing the same kit, "for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ."
Every one of us who is a Christian has been robed in the righteousness of Christ. We are seen in God's eyes as holy and without sin for Jesus' sake. But it's not only in God's eyes, because when we are born again we begin to clothe ourselves with Christ, that is put on Christ's character so that we become more like him. As we grow in Christ-likeness we begin to look more and more alike since our words and actions are a reflection of the Son of God who lives in us (Gal. 2:20).
There's another sense in which we are alike as well, and that is in our rights and privileges as those who belong to Christ. I've occasionally met a woman who was offended by verse 25: "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ." She thought Paul was being chauvanistic, and that he should have said that we are all sons and daughters. On the contrary, Paul was being the exact opposite. In the culture and society where Paul lived women did not posses the same rights and privileges as men. Therefore, by saying that we are all sons of God, whether male or female, Paul was saying that we have the same status, the same privileged standing, and the same inheritance regardless of our sex.
Because in Christ there are no distinctions. All who come to him in faith are declared righteous by God. All who come to him are forgiven and free. All who come to him have the gift of eternal life. All who come to him are being transformed into his image. So we are all one in Christ, thank God!
7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the LORD. 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
5 “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, 6 if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
8 “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the LORD. 12 Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel. 13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer, 14 therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of Ephraim.
16 “As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. 17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. 19 Is it I whom they provoke? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves, to their own shame? 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.”
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God told Jeremiah to make his next proclamation from the Temple gate. To the people of Israel the temple had become something like a lucky charm. As long as the temple of the LORD stood in Jerusalem, in the minds of God's people nothing evil could befall them. In a certain sense, the temple had become to them something like the bronze serpent of Moses, which Hezekiah had to destroy because it had become an idol to which the people burned incense. In their minds, they were free to pursue their evil ways simply because the temple, the sign of God's presence, was in their midst. As a result, they had turned it into "a den of robbers," where wicked people would go through the motions of sacrifices and offering without any repentance. Jesus used this language to describe the abuse of the temple in His own day, when He drove out the moneychangers (Mathew 21:13). Jeremiah reminded them of the fate of Shiloh, the former capital of the Northern Kingdom. It was now destroyed, and the prophet warned that God would do the same to His own temple. By destroying the sign of His presence among His people, God was threatening to drive them away from his presence. God then commanded Jeremiah not to pray for His people, since He would not listen because of the wickedness and sin from which the people refused to turn away. Not only did they continue to abuse one another with their evil deeds, but they persisted in their idolatry as well. Parents even included their children in the baking of cakes to be offered to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, known as the Queen of Heaven. Ironically, God's judgment on Jerusalem would come from Babylon, where they would be led into captivity. It was as though God was saying, "If you want to worship the Queen of Heaven, I will send you to Babylon so that you can be closer to her." Things had gotten so bad, that it seemed as though Israel pursued idols in a deliberate effort to provoke the LORD!
61:1 Hear my cry, O God,
listen to my prayer;
2 from the end of the earth I call to you
when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the rock
that is higher than I,
3 for you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the enemy.
4 Let me dwell in your tent forever!
Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah
5 For you, O God, have heard my vows;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6 Prolong the life of the king;
may his years endure to all generations!
7 May he be enthroned forever before God;
appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!
8 So will I ever sing praises to your name,
as I perform my vows day after day.
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