Paul wrote in Galatians 3:12. these words: "And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them." By "law" Paul means "the legislation" God gave Moses in the wilderness, at Mount Sinai. (The Greek noun "law" translates … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … PAUL’S GREAT “DEFENSE OF THE FAITH!”
No wonder they, the Bible scholars, call the little Epistle of Galatians a "polemic." The Greek noun "polemos" means "war," in fact! And in those six chapters, Galatians, Paul is indeed "at war," spiritually. Theologically too, defending the faith … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … THE “CURSE” OF THE LAW!
Paul and the "Law!" And no matter what else he may have said about it, that august Body of 613 Commands God gave Moses for Israel to obey, the great Apostle nowhere in all His Literature (His Epistles) claims that the Law of Moses could "save" a … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … FAITHFUL ABRAHAM
I am a gentile. By birth, of course. But by what Jesus called "new birth" I am now "blessed" with "faithful Abraham!" But that is clearly Jewish in flavor, "Abraham!" Yes, and that is partly why the Apostle Paul wrote these words hundreds … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … PREACHING THE GOSPEL, TO ABRAHAM?
Our Bible Text today is Galatians 3:8 ... "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed." This Verse is literally "loaded" … [Continue reading]
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