What is absurd is the way you reject almost the entire Bible, to justify your traditions and doctrines of man. But you must do this because most of the scriptures, as I and others have shown you, condemn your preaching as false.
Gal. 3:
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
What promise?
Gen. 26:
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
This was the promise Paul is speaking about.
17 And this I say,
that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ,
the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect
Abraham had God's Laws, except one, the Levitical Priesthood. Levi wasn't even born yet so it is impossible for this law to have been "ADDED" to God's Law until much later.
Paul Continues.
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
The Jews were "Bewitching" the Galatians into following their doctrines and traditions of men they called "The Law of Moses" which included Levitical Priesthood "works of the Law" for remission of sin.. They taught that unless you followed
their Law, you could not be saved.
Matt. 24:
4 For
they (Not God)bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men's shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Acts 15:
1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren,
and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses,
ye cannot be saved.
Acts 15:
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God,
to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
We know from Jesus that these mainstream preachers were not teaching what Moses taught.
John 7:
19 Did not Moses give you the law,
and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Paul is addressing these concerns in this chapter.
Abraham was forgiven his sins and accepted by God "apart from" "without" the Levitical Priesthood. But He was blessed for obedience to God's Commandments and given the promise as it is written in your Bible.
The Jews taught that the inheritance of the Kingdom of God came by their traditions and these "works of the Levitical Priesthood" as commanded by Moses. But Paul teaches that these "Works of the Law" didn't exist during Abraham's time, yet he was given the promise.
The he asks:
19 Wherefore then serveth the law?
You preach that this statement means EVERY LAWOF GOD in the Old Testament, but that preaching can not be supported by scripture. Paul is talking about the "Works of the Law". Feast of Unleavened bread is not a "work of the law" for remission of sins. Thou shall not commit adultery is not a "Work of the Law" for remission of sins.
It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made;
What was it "ADDED" to? What was being "Transgressed"?
Your preaching that "High days, feasts, 10 commandments, levitical law, sabbaths..." were all ADDED because of transgressions is not only false, it makes no sense.
There has to be a law that was transgressed. Abraham had God's Laws, commandments and Sabbaths. He didn't have the Levitical Priesthood "works of the Law" for remission of sins.
21 Is the law(the Added law) then against the
promises of God? (given to Abraham because of obedience)God forbid: for if there had been a law given which
could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
What law was designed to remove sins, thus giving life? Feast of Tabernacles? Thou shall not steal?
No GP, the only Law that was created for the remission of sins was the Levitical Priesthood given 430 years after Abraham that was "ADDED" to the Laws he kept, "Till the Seed should come."
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that
the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came,
we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith
which should afterwards be revealed.
This isn't talking about Abraham, He already did what was required. He repented, turned to God, and brought forth works worthy of repentance. He was not "kept under the law" (spiritually dead) He already had the proper Faith.
This is speaking to the law ADDED 430 years later.
24 Wherefore the law (Added 430 years after Abraham was blessed for keeping God's Commandments) was our schoolmaster
to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
This Added Law was the "shadow of things to come". The sacrifice of Christ symbolized by the blood of goats.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
When the people Paul spoke to understood that the Levitical Priesthood was a shadow of Christ's Priesthood, and they understood that the "Levitical Priesthood Works and deeds of the Law" for remission of sins were a showdown of Christ's blood, then they will understand there is no longer a need for the blood of goats or Levitical ceremonies.
26 For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus. (for the remission of sins)
Not by the "ADDED" Levitical Priesthood "works of the Law" (for remission of sins)
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have
put on Christ.
This means we listen to Him and His instructions, not the Pharisees or any mainstream preachers who transgress God's Commandments by their own traditions.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:
for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye
be Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise.
But don't make the same mistake the mainstream preachers of Jesus ' time made.
They created their own traditions and doctrines. They created their own image of God after the likeness of man. They created their own High Days and rejected God's Instruction.
Yes, they call themselves "Children of Abraham.
John 8:
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children,
ye would do the works of Abraham.
And what were the works of Abraham? Why did God give Abraham the promise?
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Paul preached that were are not justified by those priesthood "works of the Law" for remission of sins that the mainstream preachers were preaching at the time.
He preached to be like Abraham.
Rom. 2:
13 (For not the hearers of the law
are just before God,
but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Just like God said about Abraham.
I know you can't hear these words, but others are reading. I hope they might.
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