Paul teaches us in Gal 3:22 that, "the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Think about this...you and I were confined under sin by SCRIPTURE, BY SCRIPTURE so that THE PROMISE might be given to us by faith who believe. I don't have time to dive into that...but I pray that you did not blow by those words as you read...like I did:) You and I were confined under sin by scripture! The next thing that POPS IS The word promise and promises shows up multiple times in Galatians 3. Take a look!
| Gal 3:14 | receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. |
| Gal 3:16 | Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. |
| Gal 3:17 | ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. |
| Gal 3:18 | it is no longer based on a promise; but God has |
| | but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise. |
| Gal 3:19 | seed would come to whom the promise had been made. |
| Gal 3:21 | Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? |
| Gal 3:22 | so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might |
| Gal 3:29 | then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise. |
As I was reading through those verses my mind ran to 2 Peter 1:2-4 where Peter tells us that "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
So in Galatians we learn that we were confined under sin by scripture so that the PROMISE might be given to us by faith to those who believe and here in 2 Peter we learn that in and through the promise and promises we are invited to be partakers of the divine nature. PLEASE LET THAT HIT YOU LIKE A HURRICANE!
BE QUITE! BEEEE QUIET! BE STILL! LISTEN! LISTEN TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER!
Pursuing HIM...your fellow partaker of the divine nature!