Faith or Works? (10): The Church’s Privileges After “the Faith” Has Come (Galatians 3:25-29) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Abrogation of the Mosaic Law
II. The Blessings of the Messianic Era
III. The Fulfilment of the Abrahamic Covenant
Martin Luther on Galatians 3:28: “The list might be extended indefinitely: There is neither preacher nor hearer, neither teacher nor scholar, neither master nor servant, etc. In the matter of salvation, rank, learning, righteousness, influence count for nothing. With this statement Paul deals a death blow to the Law. When a person has put on Christ nothing else matters. Whether a person is a Jew, a punctilious and circumcised observer of the law of Moses, or whether a person is a noble and wise Greek does not matter. Circumstances, personal worth, character, achievements have no bearing upon justification. Before God they count for nothing. What counts is that we put on Christ.”