Sermon Notes from Sunday, 4.6.13, on Galatians 3.15-26

Here are the sermon notes from Sunday, 4.6.13, on Galatians 3.15-26.  You can get these notes in PDF and the sermon audio at sermons.heritagepark.org.  You can also get the audio via our podcast on iTunes.

Galatians

8 – A Contract, a Prison Guard, and a Tutor 

Galatians 3.15-26

Three Roles the Law Plays

            Contract (v.15-20)

• Doesn’t change previous covenants (v.15-18)
  
• Defines the terms of the relationship (v.19)
  
• Identifies responsible parties (v.20)
  
  Prison Guard (v.21-23)
  

• Will not and cannot release us from rendered judgment
  
• Carries a sense of bondage / captivity
  
  Tutor (v.24-26)
  

• Charged with supervision of children until they grow up
  
• Sense of impersonal / distance
  
  Do we throw out the Law?
  

• In a sense, yes – it is not the source of righteousness
  
• In the best sense, no – it is the course of righteousness
  
  Three Aspects of OT Law
  1. Civil Law – governed the nation of Israel
  • Dismissed when God allowed the nation to be dissolved
  2. Cultic Law – governed the congregation of Israel 
  • Dismissed when Christ died on the Cross
  3. Moral Law – governed the people of Israel
  • Never set aside, only affirmed, deepened, and summarized in NT

Any religion without the Gospel will be marked by captivity and distance