The Gospel is marked by more than law and freedom more than Earned Identity Galatians 3:1-3 – O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. [2] Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? [3] Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? I’m accepted by God because of what I do Galatians 3:10a – For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse Galatians 3:13 – Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us… Galatians 3:10b – “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” "Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning.” - Dallas Willard Galatians 3:3 – Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? The gospel is not the , it’s the The gospel is Inherited Identity Galatians 3:7-9 – Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. [8] And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” [9] So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. I’m accepted by God because of who I come from Jesus is not an Received Identity Galatians 3:13-14 – Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—[14] so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. I’m accepted by God because of what Jesus has done for me