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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Galatians 3:14 http://www.dailybiblestudy.org
14 That [hina] the blessing [eulogia] of Abraham [Abraam] might come [ginomai] on [eis] the Gentiles [ethnos] through [en] Jesus [Iesous] Christ; [Christos] that [hina] we might receive [lambano] the promise [epaggelia] of the Spirit [pneuma] through [dia] faith. [pistis] KJV-Interlinear
14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. NASB The blessing of Abraham refers to his justification, or as we call it, his salvation by means of faith, and not by means of works. There are two systems of justification. The first is by works, which man takes upon himself to do in an effort to gain the attention and approval of God. Cain is the first instance of this effort. The Tower of Babel is another attempt to rise up to heaven and be with God. The Law of Moses is the first instance of recording the law of works and demonstrating that it is a futile attempt on mans part to justify himself. In ancient times, God chose a people through Abraham's faith. The genetic descendants of Abraham were the genetic choice, but faith is the key to that choice. The gentiles were not of Abrahams descendants and therefore by symbolism were not the chosen people of God. So, not only was there a conflict in becoming a part of Gods chosen people, there was also a conflict in the method of justification. God made a promise, Isa. 44:3, also noted in Luke 24:49 and Heb. 11:39, of the pouring out of His spirit, but the Holy Spirit which also is the operational process and procedure of faith, cannot coexist with works. You can have one or the other, but not both simultaneously. You cannot comingle both efforts and expect better results. You can live by faith or by works, but to try using both will only set you back in your spiritual life. Therefore, due to these conflicts, someone had to live the Law perfectly in order to abrogate it and that means to remove it as a method of salvation and the spiritual life. Jesus Christ did that. He lived it, then discarded it. And one of the results of the Cross, was the abrogation of the Law, as it was not by works, but by faith that Christ went to and through the process of the Cross. This now legitimately opens the door of salvation to all peoples, and paves the way for the issuance of that promise that was made so long ago. The Spirit is now available to indwelling into all people who believe in Christ. And in doing so, the Holy Spirit creates the mechanism for your functional spiritual life. Without that initial faith for salvation, there is no Spirit to install and maintain an operational spiritual life. Did people have salvation available to them and the spiritual life available to them in the Old Testament? Yes of course. From Adam to Jesus, well over four-thousand years of history, there were people who believed in the promised savior and as such they were saved. But salvation had not been formally acquired. That acquisition did or occur until the Cross. But God made a promise of salvation and even though the crucifixion of Christ had not yet occurred, God kept up His end of the bargain, and kept that promise. We know from our study of Job, that Satan challenged everything, and so that is why believers in the Old Testament, when they died, went to Paradise, and not straight into heaven. There they waited, as it were, in a holding prison of sorts, until the Cross. That when Christ defeated Satan and won the victory of the Cross, then they were all released and are now in heaven. Today when believers die, they go straight to heaven with no temporary stop over anywhere else. The promise of salvation has been fulfilled. And this is the promise of the Spirit. Both of salvation, and His indwelling residence, and support of the spiritual life, such that ones spiritual life may be obtained and maintained by faith. Gods chosen people are all who believe in Christ. Gods support mechanism for all believers is by means of the Holy Spirit. Works is abrogated and of no use.
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
