Daily Bread – May 17, 2021 (The Second Day – Genesis 1:6-8) Galatians 3:18 – For if the inheritance comes from the Law, it is no more promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the Promise. When Adam sinned against God, all mankind came under the bondage of sin and death (Romans 5:12-21). When the human race lost their place with God through the sin of Adam and Eve, there was only one hope – that a Redeemer would come and rescue them from the power of sin and death. When God called Abraham, He separated unto Himself a man from whose seed would come the Savior, Christ Jesus. Through Christ Jesus, the inheritance of righteousness would come to all mankind through redemption. The Promise God made to Abraham would result in an opportunity for all mankind to be created in righteousness and true holiness, “and in you shall all of the families of the Earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:3; Galatians 3:8; Ephesians 4:24). Paul points out how the seed God promised Abraham was Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:16). It was because Abraham was willing to believe in the coming Seed that he was counted righteous (Genesis 3:15, 12:3, 15:6; Galatians 3:16). Until there is some means of redemption from the claim of sin and death, no man can find himself righteous before God (Romans 8:2). The death penalty that has claimed all mankind looms over each person’s life with a guilty charge of ‘unrighteous’ (Romans 3:10-19). When the Redeemer, Christ Jesus, was revealed to Abraham, he put his trust in that redemption; and by faith, found liberty – in part – from the bondage of sin and death (John 8:56; Genesis 22:8, 15:6). It was through Christ Jesus that the power of sin would ultimately be destroyed and the promise of the Holy Spirit given to all who would believe (Galatians 1:4, 3:14,22; Hebrews 2:14; Colossians 2:15; Romans 6:14). The inheritance God has given to us is the new creation that is born of God, to which Satan and his realm of darkness have no claims (1 John 5:18, 2:13-14; John 12:31; Romans 8:2; 2 Peter 1:3-4). He sent the Seed of the woman, Christ Jesus, to deliver us from the curse of sin through the washing and regeneration of the Holy Spirit (Genesis 3:15, 12:3; Galatians 4:4; Titus 3:4-6). It is the new nature that is righteous before God and brings forth the righteousness of God (Galatians 3:21, 27; 2 Corinthians 5:17,21; Ephesians 4:24). The inheritance could not come by the Law because the Law could not change the nature of man (Galatians 3:21; Romans 8:3; Galatians 4:3,25, 2:17,20). But through the Promise, we have received the inheritance of the Spirit and have become the children of God and heirs and joint heirs with Christ (Galatians 4:5-7; Ephesians 1:13-14, 17-18) Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 5/17/2021
