KEY TEXTS: REFLECTION SCRIPTURE READING: John 3:14-16 SCRIPTURE READING FOR SERMON: GALATIANS 3:10-14 MEMORY: Proverbs 1:7 CLOSING: 2 Corinthians 9:8 We continue to look at how God used the Covenants with Abraham and with Moses for different purposes. But both are completed in Christ and the salvation He offers to all who will trust him by faith. Remember: Faith came first! Galatians 3:9 1. ABRAHAMIC PROMISE Galatians 3:6-14 Blessings of Abrahamic Covenant: God's A great nation Own land Personal GOD HAS A GREATER PURPOSE FOR THE IN OUR LIFE than WE can see, too! See Romans 4:9-12 The righteous/just live by ! 2. THE PROMISE Galatians 3:15-22 Galatians 3:10-11, 19 The Law was given to reveal and sinners. Quote: “The principal point … of the law … is to make men not better but worse; that is to say, it sheweth unto them their sin, that by the knowledge thereof they may be humbled, terrified, bruised and broken, and by this means may be driven to seek grace.” (Luther, quoted in Stott, Message of Galatians, 91) JESUS REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE! Jesus the requirements of the Law. Jesus offered his life in our place. Jesus promised the to empower us. 3. THE PROMISE KEEPER Galatians 3:22-26 See Galatians 3:16