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04/28/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Kris Brackett – We look at three ways that Christians today answer the question – How does the Old Testament law relate to New Testament believers. We also find six purposes that the Law was given in Galatians and other passages.

04/21/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Tim Brown -The apostle Paul anticipates the probable argument his adversaries, the Judazers, would likely make against what he had just proved. The heart of his answer is to show that the covenant with Abraham was an unconditional covenant of promise relying solely on God’s faithfulness, whereas the covenant with Moses was a conditional covenant of law relying on man’s faithfulness.

04/14/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Kris Brackett – After proving that Justification by works of the Law is impossible due to the merciless demands of the law, Paul explains that it is also unnecessary because believers have a substitute, a Messiah who was cursed for us. Paul proves that Jesus was a Cursed Messiah and we look in OT passages to see the need for a representative (Gen 3:15; Job 9:1-3 and 32-35; the picture of the substitute (Lev. 16), and the prophecy of the substitute (Isaiah 53).

04/07/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Kris Brackett – Paul justifies the doctrine of justification by faith: The effect of the Law. Paul shows that the law is not our friend but instead our accuser that makes justification by works of the law an impossibility.

3/24/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Kris Brackett – the Example of Abraham

The blessing of the gospel – salvation and justification – is extended to the nations through faith in the same way as it was extended to Abraham, the believer.

3/17/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Kris Brackett – Weak faith becomes mature faith.Weak faith still saves. Disobedience or partial obedience has consequences.

Paul refers to Abraham to prove that justification is by faith alone by showing that Abraham’s faith preceded circumcision by demonstrating the foolishness of trying to supplement faith in order to gain standing with God.