July 6, 2025
Series: Galatians: The Gospel of Grace
Sermon: Faith and the Provision of Grace
Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29
“Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Galatians 3:23-29 NIV
INTRODUCTION: Which one are you putting your faith in; the law or Jesus?
1. Reveal Sin (Galatians
3:19)
“Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 NIV
“Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.”
Romans 3:20 NIV
2. A Guardian (Galatians
3:24)
“So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.”
Galatians 3:24 NIV
3. Set the Stage for Jesus (Galatians 3:23-25)
“Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.”
Galatians 3:23-25 NIV
Priority of Faith... (Justification by faith)
“Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,”
Galatians 3:25-26 NIV
“know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.”
Galatians 2:16 NIV
The Provision of Grace...
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—”
Galatians 1:6 NIV
“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!””
Galatians 2:21 NIV
CONCLUSION: Today, place your faith in Jesus!