The Righteous Shall Live By Faith

 

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

Galatians 3:10-14

 

Galatians 3:10-12

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not faith, rather, “The one who does them shall live by them.”

 

Paul makes three points about living by faith in Jesus as opposed to living based on the law.

 

First, if we are going to live depending on the law to make us right with God then we must obey all the law all the time. James 2:10 says, “For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.” If we fail to obey even one part of the law, we are guilty of disobeying all the law.

 

Second, the righteous shall live by faith. We as disciples of Jesus are to live by faith, not by following rules.

 

Third, the law is not faith. Faith is trusting in what you cannot see & trusting in what you do not possession yet but know you will, based on who God is & what God has promised. Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith we can please God. So, since the law is not faith, then we cannot please God by trying to keep the law.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about living by faith, not the law, & trusting that faith in Jesus as Savior & Lord makes us righteous.

 

Galatians 3:13-14

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us – it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree,” – so that Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

 

In this passage Paul makes it clear that everything comes through Jesus.

 

Since the law has put us under a curse, it is Jesus who redeems or frees us from that curse. He did it by becoming a curse for us by being crucified on a cross.

 

We are recipients of the promise that God gave Abraham, that through him all the families of the earth will be blessed through Jesus. Even if we are Gentiles & not physical descendants of Abraham, through faith in Jesus we have become spiritual descendants of Abraham & heirs of God’s promises.

 

We receive the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit through Jesus. It is when we surrender our lives to Jesus that we receive the Holy Spirit & are sealed in Jesus for eternity.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about trusting Jesus to redeem us from the curse of the law & make us spiritual descendants of Abraham who receive God’s promises & are filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

Being a disciple of Jesus is not about by following a list of rules. Being a disciple of Jesus is about having a faith relationship with Jesus where He is your Savior & Lord & trusting Him with every part of your life.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls,

Joe