Image © Pacific Press from GoodSalt.com Read for This Week’s Study: Gal. 3:21-25 ; Lev. 18:5 ; Rom. 3:9-19 ; 1 Cor. 9:20 ; Rom
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The Priority of the Promise – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: The law at Sinai did not do away with the promise made to Abraham, nor did it alter the provisions of the law. It was given so that people could recognize their sinfulness and need of God’s promise. Lesson 6, August 5, 2017 1. Have a volunteer read Galatians 3:15-18
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Friday: Further Thought – The Priority of the Promise
Further Thought: “In their bondage the people had to a great extent lost the knowledge of God and of the principles of the Abrahamic covenant. In delivering them from Egypt, God sought to reveal to them His power and His mercy, that they might be led to love and trust Him. Image © Stan Myers from GoodSalt.com He brought them down to the Red Sea — where, pursued by the Egyptians, escape seemed impossible — that they might realize their utter helplessness, their need of divine aid; and then He wrought deliverance for them. Thus they were filled with love and gratitude to God and with confidence in His power to help them
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Lesson 6 Commentary by Carl Cosaert at Good Word
“If God saves people by faith alone, why did He give the Law in the first place?” So begins Carl Cosaert in his discussion of this week’s lesson with colleagues at Walla Walla University. ( Audio presentation of 14 min 11 sec. ) Listen for a modern illustration of the relationship of the Law to the Promise. What resonates with me most in this presentation is the question of whether it is really possible to appreciate Christ’s sacrifice without first attempting to keep the Law on our own.
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Thursday: The Superiority of the Promise
“ ‘He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us’ ” ( Acts 7:38, NIV ) . In Galatians 3:19-20 , Paul continues his train of thought about the law not nullifying the covenant of grace; this is important because, if the theology of his opponents were correct, the law would do just that.
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