Monday, July 26, 2021

BLESSINGS IN POWER VER REVEALED EVIL

My Dear Precious Child,
    Paul had heard that some Jewish Christians from Jerusalem had come into Galatia after he left with the desire to entice the men to be circumcised and become obedient to the many Laws of the Jews in order to be justified before me.  Paul clearly told the Galatians that they had been bewitched with a spell cast over them, people who had actually seen Jesus Christ crucified on the cross.  Not only did he tell them that they had been bewitched but he wrote that he had a question to ask them, that being how had they received the Holy Spirit, whether it was by observing Jewish law or by having faith in Jesus Christ?  (Galatians 3:1-4)
    He asked them in the letter how they could be so stupid, after beginning in the Spirit they had succumbed to being justified by the Jewish Law.  He asked them if they had had such a wonderful experience of the Holy Spirit for no purpose at all?  He put them to a test of asking them again if it was because of their observance of the Law or because they had faith was the reason that I had lavished My Holy Spirit upon them and done wonderful works in their behalf?  He reminded them of Abraham who believed Me and it was accounted to him as being righteous, that meaning that believers are like sons of Abraham.  He quoted scripture to them that the justifying of the Gentiles was by faith and not by observing the Laws. (Galatians 3:5-9)
     Paul spoke truth when he wrote that people who depend upon observance of the Law are under a curse because it's written that, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by everything written in the book of the law and carry it out."  (Genesis 12:3)  He wrote that it should be obvious that no one is justified in My sight by the Law because I said that, "The just man shall live by faith."  (Hebrews 2:4)  He stated that the Law does not depend on faith in Me but instead depends on the person obeying the Law.  Faith is by Me and the Law is by man. 
    Christ Jesus delivered people from the power of the Law's curse by himself becoming a curse for us as it is written, "Curse is anyone who hangs on a tree." ( Deuteronomy 21:23)  It happened so that through His sacrifice for the sins of the world that His actions might cause the Gentiles to inherit all of the blessings that I set aside for Abraham, making it possible for the Gentiles to receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith and not by observing any laws. (Galatians 3:10-13)   To explain it, Paul wrote that words cannot be added to a man's will after he dies or words added to change it.  It has already been validated.  Paul wrote that the promise says that promises were spoken to Abraham and his descendant, as if it applies to many, but the promise applied to only one, Christ.  He affirmed that a promise made to Abraham's descendant applied only to Christ.   So a legal document set aside by Me cannot be set aside by anyone 430 years later, nor can His promise be nullified.  He wrote that if a person's inheritance came through the Law, it no longer is conferred upon the person by a legal promise.  It was by My promise that I granted Abraham his promise, meaning Christ Jesus was the promise.  (Galatians 3:14-18)
    So what was the purpose of the Law?  It was given to reveal the transgressions of the devil and his angels to be valid only until the person came to earth to whom the promise was made, Jesus.  So the Law is not opposed to My promise.  No.  If the Law was given so that it would bring My life to live in people, then it would be because of the Law, not faith.  The promise is because of faith, not observance of Law.   Before faith came into being with Jesus Christ, everyone was under Law, under a monitor of the Law to reveal the works of the devil as being evil, but now that faith is here it's no longer necessary to use the Law as a monitor.  Every person is a son of God because of their faith in Me because you have been born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.   All of you have clothed yourself with Christ.  There does not exist among believers a Jew or Gentile, a man or woman, a slave or a free person.  All are One in Me.  Paul wrote that if you are a believer and belong to Christ, then you are a descendant of Abraham because of My Holy Spirit living inside of you, so you are a descendant of Abraham and are able to inherit all of My promises.  (Galatians 3:19-29)
    No person can "obey" his or her way to inheriting My promise of the Holy Spirit.  He is a gift, a promise that I made to My children.
    Your Father of Glorious Promises

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