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New Testament Survey


3. The announcement to Abraham by God of justification through faith: Galatians 3:8
4. The heirs of the blessings of Abraham: Galatians 3:9
C. Deliverance from law and works through Jesus Christ: Galatians 3:10-14
1. The curse on those under law and works: Galatians 3:10
2. The inability of law and works to justify: Galatians 3:11-12
3. Deliverance from the curse through Jesus: Galatians 3:13-14
a. The means of deliverance from the curse: Galatians 3:13
b. The purpose in deliverance from the curse: Galatians 3:14
D. The limitations of the law and its relation to faith: Galatians 3:15-14:7
1. The covenant of faith with Abraham: Galatians 3:15-18
a. The covenant was binding: Galatians 3:15
b. It was to Abraham and his seed: Galatians 3:16
c. The promise was not altered by the law: Galatians 3:17
d. The inheritance is not through the law but by promise: Galatians 3:18
2. The true place and purpose of the law: Galatians 3:19-29
a. The temporary nature of the law: Galatians 3:19-20
b. The inability of the law to produce life: Galatians 3:21-22
c. The law was an instrument to bring us to Christ: Galatians 3:23-29
E. The contrasts of law and faith: Galatians 4:1-7
1. The illustration of the position of an heir as a minor: Galatians 4:1-2
2. Application of the illustration to believers: Galatians 4:3-6
a. Bondage as minors: Galatians 4:3
b. Free as sons: Galatians 4:4-6
3. The conclusion for the believer: Galatians 4:7

II. An appeal to the Galatian believers to drop their legalism: Galatians 4:8-31

A. Accepting Jewish legalism is a return to bondage: Galatians 4:8-11
1. Their past condition of bondage: Galatians 4:8
2. Their deliverance from bondage: Galatians 4:9
3. Legalism is returning to bondage: Galatians 4:9-10
4. Their actions cause concern to Paul: Galatians 4:11
B. The appeal from his relation to them: Galatians 4:12-20
1. An appeal for them to adopt Paul's position: Galatians 4:12
2. A reminder of his past relation to them: Galatians 4:12-14
3. The change in their relation to him: Galatians 4:15-18
4. The travail he is experiencing for them: Galatians 4:19-20
C. The appeal from the two contrasted covenants, law and grace: Galatians 4:21-31
1. A question to those desiring to be under the law: Galatians 4:21
2. The story of Abraham's two sons: Galatians 4:22-23