ࡱ> -/,7 bjbjUU &$7|7| l8 $_ LL(tttttt  $ 5 Qttttt tt  tjtt t  t@ H80 / 0_   This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3:2. First faith 3:6-9. . . faith of Abraham Second- law 3:10-14. . .curse of the law Third - faith 3:15-18. . .covenant of Abraham Fourth - law 3:19-22. . .purpose of the law: Reveal transgressions Fifth - faith 3:23-29. . .heirs of the covenant Sixth - law 4:1-7 . . .bondage to covenant The Law of Moses can not void that which was established first. 3:15 Gods covenant with Abraham is still valid because: a) It was before Moses Law b) It is irrevocable c) It can not be broken Literally:  I speak as a man which means  I speak from a human point of view.  Covenant is the word diaqeke /  diatheke It comes from the verb  to place between two See Genesis 15  this is a unilateral covenant Recounted in Hebrews 6:13-15  Set aside from aqeteo /  atheteo and means  to render without place or standing, to abrogate, to annul.  Add to is distassw /  distasso  to make additional prescriptions If a covenant is to be invalidated it must be: a) annulled b) imposed with new conditions which are opposed to its original spirit and purpose as in Esther 3:12-14 and 8:8-9 Judaizers where not harmless but were making additions to the covenant that annulled it. Works added to faith annulled the covenant because you would have to abandon faith. Anyone claiming to be saved on the basis of works plus faith is still lost or is a deceived believer. Hebrews 10:26 2:1 drift away 3: 17, 18 disobeyed (disbelieved), unbelief 6:6 fall away The sin of Hebrews was Jews not embracing the New Testament gospel and revelation of Jesus 3:16 If the recipients of the promises of Abrahams covenant were to Abraham and his immediate descendants then they could easily have been fulfilled before the giving of the Mosaic Law. But what does the scripture say? It says seed. Gen. 12:7 Gen. 13:15 Gen. 24:7 The promises were not fulfilled before Moses The promise was to Christ Consequently Gods blessing of justification by faith. 3:18 restates verse 3:12 Note:  Gave it to emphasis is on free gift. Also note use of the word  grace  Law and  promise have no definite article with them in the Greek. [For example,  law is nomou not tou nomou.] This means that Paul is speaking of them here as two principles. (Opposing principles.) gave is in perfect tense meaning it is permanent. gave is from the Greek word charizomai which denotes not a gift but a gift given out of the spontaneous generosity of the givers heart. (Huposchesis is the Greek word for an offer based upon a mutual agreement. But it is not here.) Grace has the same root and meaning as gave So this is not referring to an undertaking of two mutual parties but upon one party doing a free act of giving and expecting no pay for it. If salvation were a mutual agreement it would have to be by law. PAGE 2 PAGE 1  @Nh x D0JmHnHu0J j0JU 6CJ]OJQJ5\H*:<i;ij6jlj,jl J N ^`  + R  % ? @ r  ,.d` 0^`0;RSBC&`#$^`$&P1h/ =!"#$% i8@8 NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH <A@< Default Paragraph Font, @, Footer  !&)@& Page Number $:<i;ij5656+R%?@r2; R S    B C 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000@0@0@@0@0    !!SZ  % x ~ QS{~ !NQ{ ""*/6V Z j  3333333333333333Galyn WiemersJC:\My Documents\This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3.docGalyn WiemerszC:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\AutoRecovery save of This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3.asdGalyn WiemerszC:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\AutoRecovery save of This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3.asd@~ ~ ԇd~ } L p@ppp@pp @UnknownG:Times New Roman5Symbol3& :Arial#qhs&s& !Z20 28This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3:2Galyn WiemersGalyn Wiemers Oh+'0 ( @L h t 9This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3:2thisGalyn Wiemers alyalyNormalWGalyn Wiemers 3lyMicrosoft Word 9.0t@~@Vә@,  ՜.+,0  hp|  i  9This is the 3rd section of his alternating answer to 3:2 Title  !"#%&'()*+.Root Entry FI001TableWordDocument&$SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8$CompObjjObjectPoolI0I0  FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q