Law Can't Nullify the Covenant

Paul's rhetoric and personal appeals in Galatians destroy the legalist approach to righteousness. He declares though Jesus' death in the place of sinners, we are redeemed from the curse of the law, and the blessing of Abraham comes upon all who trust in the promises of God. Not only so, but the Holy Ghost is sent to God's people because of Christ's work at Calvary.

Most precious of all, this blessing is based upon a promise God made to two very special persons, a promise that God treats as a contract that He refuses to break.

Paul reviews the nature of such contracts or covenants: that once they are entered into, no decent man dares break them or tries to change the terms afterwards.

Our nation is full of covenant breakers and deceivers who unilaterally alter or abolish solemn agreements and get away with it.

The Constitution is trampled under foot. Our government has buildings full of lawyers who spend the whole day crafting dishonest legal arguments to escape the law and Constitution. They have justified torture, theft, murder, spying and a host of other outrages that violate our Bill of Rights.

Paul's opponents were just such legalists, who crafted schemes to escape the very law they claimed to honor and impose upon believers. In fact, Jesus had denounced the very same iniquity in the very same party, the Pharisees.

The legalists Paul refutes were in fact the sort of dishonorable people that he contrasts with a Holy God, Who cannot and will not partake in such dishonesty.

Then Paul springs this glorious truth: God's promise to redeem men by faith was made to His Dear Son! Salvation rests upon the Father's covenant with Christ to save His people!