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Gal 3:15-17
15 Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ.
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How am I to deal with this idea? The whole idea here is that Christ is the promise God made to Abraham. That through Abraham Christ would come into the whole and the all of this world, or land would belong to him forever. I think that is clear as mud. Maybe I should be including many more scriptures to complete the thought, then maybe not at this point. I do know that I certainly am thankful God made that promise. I would much rather live according to his promise then according to the law. And the promise was even made before the law, now that I can grab onto. Which came first the promise of the law, the promise, of course, and thus the law cannot supersede the promise or be added as a condition of the promise. No rules of man can be added to that promise either. No denominational doctrines can be added to that promise either. Not a single thing can be added or override the promise. All I really have to concern myself with is being a part of the promise. When I look past these words to the rest of this section I do understand that if Christ is that promise, if he is the seed and I am in Christ, I am part of the seed. I am a part of the promise. But I am getting ahead of myself. I am still stuck on this promise verse law thing. I am sounding like a broken record. I do not have to live under the law. I cannot live under the law because it is way to extensive and not a single person can live to it’s standard. I still don’t understand why people what to establish more laws, more rules, more regulations to live by, when those who tried to live under the law could not. What purpose do all this rules serve anyway? They only prove, like the law, I need Christ. I am convinced all I need is Christ. So what do I do with all these rules of the church? What do I do in dealing with my fellow believers who are bond to living under the rules, or current law? There clearly is a set of correct and incorrect behaviors which define a person as either as lost or saved, as an unbeliever or a believer, as a good Christian or just not so good misguided Christian. If I abide by all their rules I am than considered a good Christian. It does not really matter who I am inside, as long as I act in accordance with the rules on the outside, for they judge my on my outward appearance. But God judges my heart and that is far more important. So do I openly oppose their rules and live my life based on faith in Christ or do I still live based on faith, and simply allow them to believe I am in submission to their rules so as to not offend them? I think Paul was openly opposing the rules of those who were trying to impose them on those in Galatia. So then it is settled.