INTRODUCTION We have seen that the lines of descent from Sarah and Hagar are fluid. We are now coming to the great truth that the family resemblance borne in these lines is also obvious. Sons of Abraham do the works of Abraham. The text today closes on the threshold of Paul’s great description of the …
Galatians 17
INTRODUCTION The lines of descent from Sarah and Hagar are fluid. In other words, physical sons of Sarah can become Ishmaelites through unbelief. Physical sons of Hagar can come in faith to Christ and be adopted into Israel. That which God uses to determine which way it goes is faith which He imparts as a …
Galatians 16
INTRODUCTION The meaning of the two sons in this passage is absolutely basic to all spiritual wisdom. If we listen to carnal whispers will get this all tangled up—and we must not. THE TEXT: Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that …
Galatians 15
INTRODUCTION The outline of Paul’s appeal is now plain. He then turns to make a personal appeal to the Galatians. Their potential apostasy involves much more than simply following an argument—although it includes that. That “much more” has to do with their personal relationship with Paul himself. THE TEXT: Brethren, I beseech you, be as …
Galatians 14
INTRODUCTION Not only do we have a contrast between the old Israel and the new, we also have a contrast between the old world and the new, between the old heavens and old earth, and the new heavens and the new earth. THE TEXT: Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto …
Galatians 13
INTRODUCTION We continue our discussion of the relationship of the old Israel and the new Israel. In making the obvious comparisons, Paul changes the figure slightly. THE TEXT: Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under …
Galatians 12
INTRODUCTION If our salvation is based on promise, not upon law, then what is the law for? What is based on the law? What role does it have? THE TEXT: Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was …
Galatians 11
INTRODUCTION We have learned that those who are under the law are under a curse. This is because being under the law does not mean that one keeps the law; rather, it means that one does not keep it, and is therefore under condemnation. How can sinful men be delivered from this state of condemnation? …
Galatians 10
INTRODUCTION We come now to the glorious example of Abraham, and the apostle Paul draws much gold out of the mines of Genesis. We will be occupied with this gold for much of the remainder of the third chapter of Galatians. THE TEXT: Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for …
Galatians 9
INTRODUCTION The reason there is a crisis in Galatia is because the saints have given the time of day to a teacher or teachers they ought to have ignored. Paul brings this basic problem home to the Galatian believers in a very pointed way. THE TEXT: O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye …