Promise Versus Law
(Galatians 3:15-25)
I. God has given an unchanging promise (Galatians 3:15-18).
A. God made an unchangeable covenant (3:15).
B. The covenant was according to the promise made to Abraham and his Seed (3:16).
C. The promise takes precedence over the law (3:17).
D. The promise cannot be superseded by the law (3:18).
II. The law had a limited purpose (Galatians 3:19-25).
A. The law was temporarily added to reveal sin (3:19-21).
B. The law shuts us up together under sin (3:22-23).
C. The law was our tutor (3:24-25).
Application: You are freed from the law in order to freely serve God in Christ.