Galatians 3B: Promise, Law, and Substitution
- Galatians 3:6-22
- Steve Hart
- Mar 27, 2011
- Series: Galatians: The Freedom of Grace
According to Paul, Abraham was the first Christian. The sham Christians wanted the Galatian church to believe that their day-to-day acceptance from God was based on personal obedience and effort. But if that is true, then they've got a serious Biblical problem: Abraham, the father of their faith, was justified by faith, long before the Law came. Paul argues that the pattern in Abraham - God's promise received by faith - is the pattern of grace, from Genesis to Revelation.