The Abrahamic Covenant - God promised Abraham land, a seed(child), many descendants and that he would be a blessing to all peoples (Gen 12 & 15). That covenant was . Abraham was declared righteous when He believed the promise of God. The Mosaic Covenant - The law said if you do this then you will live. It was a covenant. The law never saved anyone (Gal 2:16). The promise to Abraham did not go away when God gave the law to Moses (Gal 3:16). 1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. • We are like children who have an but are not old enough to receive it. • We need a to protect us and prepare us to receive the inheritance. • The is that guardian (Gal 3:22-24) until we are ready to receive our inheritance by faith. 4a But when the fullness of the time had come, • We needed time to see how hell bent on sin we really were. We needed to see the importance of sacrifice and redemption. We needed to learn that our only recourse was total submission to our Heavenly Father. 4b God sent forth His Son, • He was sent, not created at birth. He is eternal. He is the Son of . 4c born of a woman, • This means that Jesus was fully man. He became one of us. We call it the incarnation. He is the Son of . 4d born under the law, • He grew up under the guardian of the law but unlike us, He didn’t it. 5a to redeem those who were under the law, • As the Son of God who was perfect and the Son of Mary who was man, only He could the demands of the Law of Moses. 5b that we might receive the adoption as sons. • His birth was not enough. He would to pay the price for our adoption and satisfy the law. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” • The Spirit is the of our adoption as sons of God. 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. • He became a Son of so that you could become a son of .