05/07/23- Pastor Jason Norvell - You-See

Key thought: You thought you were fair-you-see, but you were really sad-you-see, because when it’s only God-you-see, it changes both you and me.

Key passage: Galatians 6:1 – 5 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.  And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.  Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.  For we are each responsible for our own conduct.

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Galatians 3:17 – 19 This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses.  God would be breaking his promise.  For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise.  But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.  Why, then, was the law given?  It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins.  But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised.  God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.

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Galatians 3:21 – 25 Is there a conflict, then, between God’s law and God’s promises?  Absolutely not!  If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it.  Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law.  We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.  Let me put it another way.  The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.  And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

 

GOD-YOU-SEE