Outline
3:1-5 Paul’s argument for faith alone from Galatians experiences
3:6-14 Paul’s argument for faith alone from the Scriptures (OT: Abraham, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Habakkuk)
3:15-29 Connections between the law and the promise of God relating to the sonship of God through faith

As the false gospel of observance of the law continues, Paul exclaims the pinnacle of the true gospel in chapter 3.  Paul argues that the law intended to guide us to Christ put us under a curse because of our sins. From this curse of the law, Christ redeemed us by Him being a curse for us, crucified on the cross - “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” (v. 13)  

So, we who are in Christ by our faith in Him are no longer under the curse of the law, but rather all sons of God through faith (v. 26).  And, there is no wrongful ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender distinctions that hurt relationships, rather there are restorations, first and foremost, our relationships to God and to one another as Christ unites us in Him through faith in Him (v. 28).

I wonder what hindrances we would have in embracing this true gospel of faith in Jesus Christ alone.  I’m not just talking about an initial moment that you put your trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.  What I am talking about is how we are prone to falling back to a lifestyle, living to earn God’s favor by our meritorious deeds, even after embracing God’s gift of grace in faith.  

Somehow, with your service to God and little more good deeds to your neighbor, you expect God to bless you by anticipating an unexpected grade, a relational fulfillment through a boyfriend or a girlfriend, a dramatic change in your parents or in your family situation, or etc.  If there is no betterment for any of these in your daily life, you rapidly run to a conclusion that the blessing and the presence of God aren’t there for you and replace the joy in the Lord with an enjoyment and temptation in the world.

When all we needed was and is Jesus saves!  

Watch and listen to the song below, “Embracing Accusation” to the end. What this song is about is that our enemy Satan comes to accuse us of our sin that we are cursed for we can’t abide by the law.  This accusation is true and embraceable for there is some truth to it, but a half truth.  The full truth is in Christ who saves the cursed. The song is by Shane and Shane, and the skit was put together by some church somewhere, coordinated to the song.  Read and meditate on Galatians 3:10-14 one more time as you listen to the song. 

Embracing Accusation by Shane and Shane with Skit

The father of lies 
Coming to steal 
Kill and destroy 
All my hopes of being good enough 
I hear him saying cursed are the ones 
Who can’t abide 
He’s right 
Alleluia he’s right! 

The devil is preaching 
The song of the redeemed 
That I am cursed and gone astray 
I cannot gain salvation 
Embracing accusation 

Could the father of lies 
Be telling the truth 
Of God to me tonight? 
If the penalty of sin is death 
Then death is mine 
I hear him saying cursed are the ones 
Who can’t abide 
He’s right 
Alleluia he’s right! 

Oh the devil’s singing over me 
An age old song 
That I am cursed and gone astray 
Singing the first verse so conveniently 
He’s forgotten the refrain 

JESUS SAVES!