GALATIANS - Quiz - Chapter 3

[Albert Finch]

1. When Abraham believed God's promise, that was the time he had ____________ imputed to him (Genesis 15:6). Paul says _______ was reckoned to Abraham about 14 years before he received the sign of circumcision (Romans 4:9-11). therefore, circumcision, or any other outward act, cannot be a prerequisite to _______________ with God.

2. Everyone who puts faith in Christ is a true child of____________, whether he is a Jew or Gentile by birth.

3. The Jews misinterpreted scripture to believe that the physical descendants of Abraham were the heirs of Abraham's blessings and God's covenant. God's covenant was with Abraham and his seed (singular), not seeds (plural). This singular seed was __________. the fact that all nations would be blessed through Him was a reference to the fact that Gentiles would be _____________without becoming Jews.

4. The only way for anyone to partake of Abrahams's blessing is by __________. That's the way Abraham received the blessing and that's the way we must receive it too.

5. "Cursed be he that confirmeth not ALL the word of this law to do them." Those who trust in the law must keep every word of the law perfectly or they come under the _____________(Deuteronomy 28:1-14). Since all have__________(Romans 3:23), no one can ever attain to the blessing of the law through his own effort. We must put faith in the grace of God and received the blessing as a __________(Romans 6:23).

6. Under Law a person got what he______________. Under faith, the New Testament believer receives ___________ because of what Jesus did for him. Any departure from faith, especially a departure back to the Old Testament law, ______________ then Christ died needlessly (Galatians 2:21) and is the worst sin of all.

7. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by__________ our curse for us. Now, through Christ, we will never receive any _________ from God even though we all still disobey the law in some way.

8. If a man's covenant, contract, or agreement was drawn up and ratified, then no man could break the agreement or add conditions to it. Likewise, God's covenant with _______________ was in force 430 years before the law of___________ and was superior to____ law. The law of ___________ was only a temporary addition which would cease to have any effect once the ___________came.

9. If the law (the 10 commandments) was not given to bring justification then why was it given?

It was added to the covenant of Abraham to magnify our sin (Romans 7:10:11), and therefore remove any false ideas we might have of saving ourselves. It ruled ou the possibility of self-salvation and made us ready for the covenant of_____________.

10. When Christ came, He put and end to the law for__________ (Romans 10:4). Anyone who advocates the keeping of the law for the purpose of ____________ with God is going back to an Old Testament system of law that has been abolished (Ephesians 2:15) and is making the work of Christ void in this life (Galatians 2:21).

11. God's promises were made to Abraham and his seed, Christ. Christ was participating in the covenant agreement on __________. Jesus had no need of being justified through faith. Therefore, as our representative, the promise was made to ____________, and since we are "________" we receive the benefits.
We are also guaranteed that this covenant will not be voided by our performance because the promise was made to _____________ and not to us. We are the beneficiaries of His goodness, not ours.