{"id":1042,"date":"2010-10-13T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2022-11-18T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:46:10","slug":"galatians-321-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Galatians 3:21-22"},"content":{"rendered":"

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The law came after the promise and was inferior to it. Was the law in opposition to the promise?<\/h3>\n

Certainly not! (v.21) \u2014 God forbid. It is incomprehensible. The law reflects God’s righteousness. The promise reflects God’s grace.<\/h3>\n

life (v.21) \u2014 lit. make alive, spiritual life<\/h3>\n

truly (v.21) = really, not just seemingly or pretending<\/h3>\n

righteousness (v.21) = (here) life \u2014 all that came via the promise<\/h3>\n

Romans 8:3-5 \u2014 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The failure of the law to give life wasn’t due to a fault in the law but in those to whom it was given.<\/h3>\n

Scripture (v.22) \u2014 Deuteronomy 27:26; Psalm 143:2; Romans 3:9-20<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

confined (v.22) = shut up, as fish in a net \u2014 with no excuse<\/h3>\n

under sin (v.22) \u2014 under sin’s dominion<\/h3>\n

that (v.22) = in order that<\/h3>\n

promise by faith (v.22) \u2014 promise (which is given) by faith<\/h3>\n

faith in Jesus Christ (v.22) \u2014 His worthiness to be believed<\/h3>\n

The law demanded righteousness but could not give it.<\/h3>\n

The apostle then asks the question, “Is the law then against the promises of God?” The answer is that the law and the promises are not in conflict because each has a distinct function. The law is a ministry of condemnation. The promises are a ministry of salvation. The law judges a person on the basis of obedience or disobedience. The promises judge man on a basis of faith. The law, whose ministry is one of condemnation, was not intended to express God’s attitude towards man. God’s attitude towards man is one of grace. The law is not the basis of God’s judgment of man. A sinner who rejects Christ, goes to the Lake of Fire for all eternity, not because he has broken God’s laws, for his sin is paid for. He goes to a lost eternity because he rejects God’s grace in the Lord Jesus. The law is a revelation of the sinner’s legal standing, and as such condemns him. It cannot therefore justify him, as the Judaizers claim. \u2014 Wuest, page 107.
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