“Adopted Heirs Get the Inheritance!”
Galatians 3:19-4:7
Purpose: The promised inheritance is given to those who believe in Jesus Christ
- God’s Purpose for the Law, to Lead You to Christ (Gal 3:19-24)
The questions Paul is answering? (vv. 19, 21)
The Law Fuels our Failure (v. 19)
It was added until Christ would come (vv. 19-20, 23)
The Law is not contrary to God’s promises (v. 21)
The Law cannot impart life (v. 21)
Can the Law do anything to save a person from sin?
See also 2 Cor. 3:5 & 1 Tim. 1:8
Everyone, Jew and Gentile, is shut up under sin by
the Law (v. 22-23)
See also Romans 5:20-21 & Romans 7:5, 7-8
The Law is mediated, But God’s promise is Direct!
See Hebrews 2:1 & Acts 7:52-53
The Law is a tutor to lead us to Christ (v. 24)
- God Adopts Heirs in Christ by Faith (Gal 3:25-29)
Baptism as Adoption (see Romans 6)
No discrimination, circle all the “all’s” in the text
Who can be a child of God then?
Romans 1:16; 10:11-13; Col. 3:6-11
- Without Christ, Enslaved! In Christ, Free! (Gal 4:1-8)