10-08 - Galatians 3 8-15

paraphrased ‘enter the story’

   🕊️reading & study 🕊️

8 - The Scriptures long ago told how God would accept the nations because of their faith. This is why God told Abraham - the good news - that in him, all nations would be blessed. 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with, and like, Abraham. He is called the man of faith.

     10 The thing is, anyone relying on fulfilling of the law, to be accepted, are under a curse! For it’s written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t abide by, and do - all - that’s written in the Book of the Law.” {God iS life, and “is perfect” mt.5:48, so to stray in any tiny way in thought, word or deed is to become imperfect! Life as we presently know it is unavoidable, because no option to stray in Eden, would be creation as an Ant Farm. This imperfection/entropy is an all important contrast.}

     11 It’s proven no one is justified - before God - by the law. For it’s written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 And the law is not of faith, rather it’s a way, as it’s written, that “The one who does the law, shall live by all the law.” 13 And Christ redeemed and rescued/delivered us from that curse {and captivity} by becoming a curse for us. For it’s written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” — 14 so that to the nations the blessing of Abraham comes in Jesus Christ, so the promise of the Spirit is received through believing/faith.

     {🗝️? The only way to BE “perfect” is by God’s Spirit/Presence fully reigning upon the Throne of our Heart. We are the temple meant for God’s Spirit/Presence, as is creation itself. He is Life. There is no other “way”.}

     15 To give an example - even with a man-made covenant/contract, no one annuls it, or adds to it, once it’s been ratified. [And “faith” preceded The Law. Abraham was before Moses.]

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🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, 

usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

      {  } - thots

Tomorrow - Galatians 3:16-21

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’. 

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