The Law Enslaves the Believer - Page 3 of 3 (series: Lessons on Galatians)

by John Lowe
(Woodruff, S.C.)

FOOTNOTES

i For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
ii For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
iii But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
iv For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
v Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
vi But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
vii For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
viii Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
ix I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
x Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
xi They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.
xii And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
xiii Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
xiv The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
xv Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.