Study Guide
“Galatians 3: Faithfulness and the Promise of Christ”
Teacher Shingi provides key themes and facts from the provided source, “Galatians 3: Faithfulness and the Promise of Christ,”.  The overarching message emphazises salvation and righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, contrasting it sharply with adherence to the Mosaic Law. A significant portion of this commentary is dedicated to re-defining “faithfulness” in a biblical context, particularly as it applies to God and Abraham.
Key Themes:
1. “Justification by Faith, Not by the Law:“
The central argument of Galatians 3, and the core message of the commentary, is that salvation and righteousness are received solely through faith in Jesus Christ, not through adherence to the Mosaic Law. The Apostle Paul’s epistle to the Galatians is presented as an attack on those who tried to “mix the law of Moses and the faith of Jesus Christ.”
1. “Paul calls bewitchment to mix the the law of Moses and the faith of Jesus Christ.”
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” (Galatians 3:1)
2. “You cannot impose things of the law of Moses to those who are of the faith of Jesus Christ.”
3. The reception of the Holy Spirit is cited as proof of justification through faith in Christ alone:
“Received you the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” (Galatians 3:2)
4. Miracles and transformation are attributed to: the “hearing of faith,” not “works of the law.” (Galatians 3:5)
5. “For if righteousness came by the law, then Christ died in vain.”
“That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident. For the just shall live by faith.” (Galatians 3:11)
2. Abraham as the Archetype of Faith:
Paul presents Abraham’s faith in God as the foundational example of justification by faith, predating the Mosaic Law. His faith in God’s “word of promise” was “accounted to him for righteousness.”
“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” (Galatians 3:6)
1. Teacher Shingi references Genesis 15, where Abraham believed God’s promise of a seed.
“And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.” (Genesis 15:6)
2. This faith in God’s Word is contrasted with attempts to keep the Ten Commandments as a means of salvation. “You didn’t fulfill any part of the law or try to fulfill any part of the law to be saved… not the observing of the law, but the hearing of faith.” (Galatians 3:5)
3. Christ as Abraham’s “Seed” and the Fulfillment of the Promise:
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