Grace Message:
Gal. 4:19. My little children, of whom I travail in, birth again until Christ be formed in you,
See v. 19- here Paul said (or rather Jesus said through the writer, Paul)– I TRAVAIL IN BIRTH AGAIN until Christ be formed in you.
Now there is a full message in this verse alone. This verse alone proves that it was Jesus who travailed in birth for us to have Christ FORMED in us.
See that in order to have Christ FORMED in me, then I must be a woman with child = having the seed of God in me to bring forth a Son of God, in the likeness of God, of God’s dear Son, this then shows that Jo is the woman with child, travailing in birth to bring forth Christ in ME.
This is our hope of Glory: that if Christ is formed in me, then I will receive that glorified body like unto his Glorified Body. This is Grace. It is not possible under the law covenant. If so, then Jesus would not have had to die to TRANSLATE US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON.
Now why is he travailing in birth again? Because of what is going on in the church – they returned to the vomit of keeping law. They fell from Grace; therefore Christ was not being formed in them. He has to travail again to get them BACK TO GRACE.
THAT IS ALSO MY MISSION – TO HELP GET YOU TO GRACE, so Christ can be formed in you. Else you will never have that glorified body, = eternal life.
(Whew! didn’t mean to go all of that; but it was there, and I just had to).
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
(Why was Paul in doubt of those his converts? read on —-)
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Now there is the reason, they desired to be under the law again.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
For it is written, rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Gal 5: 18. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Now take this verse back to 11Cor. 3 where he shows that the Spirit is freedom from the law. The Spirit is Christ; the Spirit is the N.T. Covenant. The law is of the flesh.
Galatians 5
- Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Now what is that yoke of bondage he said not to be entangled again with? He makes it clear that is the law.
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
7. Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
V7 is saying that if you go back to law you are not obeying the truth. The law was given my Moses BUT GRACE AND TRUTH BY JESUS CHRIST. = TWO DIFFERENT COVENANTS. THERE IS NO SALVATION UNDER THE OLD COVENANT, BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL LOOKING TO OF FIERY JUDGMENT AND INDIGNATION FROM THE LORD.
I have posted here so many times Acts 15 where the Apostles told them not to go back to the bondage of law. They said to the question going back to keeping the Law of Moses, We gave no SUCH COMMANDMENT.
I say if you want salvation, you best go by the Apostles’ word; not this modern day bunch of reprobates = churches.