Sunday
Morning: October 5, 2003
Text: Galatians 5:1-5 "Stand
fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2. Behold, I Paul say unto
you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3. For
I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the
whole law. 4. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you
are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5. For we
through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait
[present middle] for the hope of righteousness by [ek, out from] faith."
Romans
3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which
is by [dia, through or by means of] faith of [or from] Jesus Christ unto
all and upon all them that (that continue to) believe
[present active participle]:"
Romans
4:11 ". . . circumcision, a seal of
the righteousness of the faith which he
(Abraham) had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the
father of all them that believe [present active participle], . .
. that righteousness (of the faith) might be imputed unto them
(who continue to believe in the present tense) also:"
Romans
4:12
"Them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also [the] (ones
who continue to) walk [the ones walking, present active
participle] in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham."
Luke
8:13 ". . .when they hear, receive the word
(of the kingdom) with joy; and these have no root, which for a while
believe [present active], and in time of temptation
(tribulation) fall away [present active] (a process)."
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait for the
hope of righteousness by faith."
Acts
24:26 "He (Felix) hoped also that
money should have been given him of Paul, that
he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with
him." (That did not happen, hope frustrated)
1
Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall depart (not continue) from
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait
[present middle] for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Romans
8:23 ". . . we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting [present middle participle] for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body."
Romans
8:25 "But if we hope for that
(the placing of sons) we see not, then do we with patience [endurance]
wait [present middle] for it."
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait
for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith
is the substance (support) of things hoped [present
active participle, adjective modifying “things”] for (things that
are real), the evidence [confidence] of things (real)
not seen (are real)."
Hebrews
11:6 "But without faith it is impossible
to please him: for he that cometh (evidence of faith) to
God must believe that he is (substance), and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek (evidence of faith)
him."
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait
(waiting [present middle] for the righteousness not hope) for the hope
of righteousness by faith."
1
John 1:9 "If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
Matthew
6:33 "But (continue to) seek [present
active] ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
. . ."
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait for the
hope of righteousness by [out of] faith."
Galatians
2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified
by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed [aorist (salvation)] in Jesus Christ, that
(having been saved) we might be justified (to stand approved)
by the faith of Christ . . ."
Colossians
1:22-23 "In the body of his flesh through
death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in
his sight: 23. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled,
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, . . ." (do
not fall away)
Romans
1:17 "For therein [gospel of
Christ] is the righteousness of God revealed
from [ek, out from] faith to [eis, leading to] faith (continued):
as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
Acts
14:22 "Confirming the souls of the disciples,
and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must
through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of
God."
Luke
22:32
"I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not"
Galatians
5:5 "For we through the Spirit [one
word, dative case, in/with spirit] wait for the hope of righteousness by
faith."
The word Holy
occurs zero times in Galatians.
The word Spirit occurs 18 times
in Galatians.
The words “Holy Spirit” and the word “Son”
do not occur together in a single verse in the New Testament.
Galatians
4:6 ". . . God hath sent forth the Spirit
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."
Mark
14:36 "And he said, Abba, Father, all
things are possible (confidence) unto thee; take
away this cup (I do not like) from me: nevertheless not what
I will (I will drink this cup), but what thou wilt
(the will of the Father)."
Galatians
3:2-3 "This only would I learn of you, Received
ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing [thing
heard, noun, genitive, singular] of faith? 3. Are ye so foolish?
having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"
Galatians
3:5 "He therefore that ministereth [present
active (through teaching)] to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles
among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by [ek, out of] the hearing [thing
heard (by preaching/teaching), noun, genitive, singular] of faith?"
Romans
10:17
"So faith comes [out] from hearing [thing heard (by preaching/teaching),
noun, genitive, singular], and [the] hearing [thing heard (by preaching/teaching),
noun, genitive, singular] by the word [spoken word] of Christ
[God]."
Luke 8:10-11 "And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries
of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they
might not see, and hearing (the incorruptible seed) they might
not understand. 11. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of
God."