Now the promises (covenants,
agreements,) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his
Heir). He, God does not say, ‘And to the seeds (descendants, heirs)’ as if
referring to many persons, but, ‘And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir)’,
obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than Christ] (the
Messiah). This is my argument: The law which began 430 years after the covenant
[concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot annul the covenant
previously established (ratified) by God, so as to abolish the promise and make
it void. For if the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the law
[as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on
the promise: however God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue
of His promise (Gal 3:16-18).
Nothing
can override God’s promise
The promise of God cannot be
overridden by any circumstance or event. No power can annul the Promise of God.
God Himself cannot rescind His promise. It is not that God has no power to
cancel His promise. He has and He can but God is eternally bound by His
promise. If He does, part of what made Him to be God will be at stake. God
protects His name and honour so He cannot renege on His promise. He is not man
that He should make a promise and fail to bring it to pass (Num 23:19).
Satan and his agents Can't
Again, no power can annul
what God has promised you. Satan and his cohorts cannot declare the promise of
God null and void. Witches and wizards can’t. They can make their enchantments
but they cannot revoke the promise of God. They may cast spells and attempt to
bewitch you in a bid to make you forsake the promise God made to you. But the
promise of God for your life will surely come to pass if you cling onto it in
faith and belief. Has God said a thing to you? Stand by it. Refuse to hear
another word. Has God made a promise to you? Believe it. Snub anything to the
contrary. Cling onto faith in Christ Jesus, for faith in Jesus Christ is a step
to the realisation of the promise of God.
“O you poor and silly and
thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or
bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom – right before your very eyes -
Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed
as crucified? Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the (Holy)
Spirit as a result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing
[the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]? [was it from observing a law of
rituals or from a message of faith]? Are
you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life
spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by
dependence] on the flesh? (Galatians 3:1-3).”
In Gal 3:1-3, Apostle Paul
was reproving the Galatians for failing in their faith. They went back into a reliance
on the law instead of faith in Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ is the ultimate
objective of the promise of God. In other words, you who have heard God clearly,
who cast a spell on you that you are now doubting God and lacking in faith?
The
Law can’t
“You shall therefore keep My
statutes and My ordinances which, if a man does, he shall live by them. I am
the Lord (Leviticus 18:5).”
Even the law that requires
perfect obedience as a standard of living cannot overrule the promise of God
(Lev 18:5). Listen beloved, the promise God made to Abraham was not set aside
by the law given to Moses. The inheritance God gave to Abraham was by a promise
not according to the law. The promise still subsists because God never at any
point in time withdrew His promise. This is because the promise was made to
Abraham and his Seed. The Seed the scripture refers to here is Christ
(Messiah). Though Abraham and the patriarchs are dead, the promise is still in
force because Jesus Christ is immortal. He lives forever. As soon as you
receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and saviour you become a child and inheritor
of the promise; entitled to the favour of God. And once you receive and claim
any promise of God in the name of Jesus Christ it subsists forever.
Again, if this promise to
Abraham and his Seed is enough for salvation then why would you not believe God
in other areas of your life? If the strict laws of God did not bar you from
being saved why should any human law or bye law stop you from moving forward in
life. Beloved, the divine grace of God is contained in the promise He made to
you, not in any human law or the law enacted by the state through an act of
parliament or a bye law set by an institution/company you are working for.
Stick
to the promise of God
Is the law passed by the
parliament in your country saying anything contrary to what God has promised
you? Stick to the promise of God. Are the rules and regulations operating in
your place of work opposing the promise of God for your life? Stick to the
promise of God. Anything contravening the promise of God is meant for the trash
bin. Amen! Beloved your inheritance (future, birthright, bequest, heritage,
blessings, breakthroughs, etc) does not depend on you observing the bye laws
made by the institution/company you are working for neither does it depend on
the economic system of the World. There may be a threat to sack or retrench you
but I tell you when it runs contrary to the promise of God for your life it
will hit the rock. You are a child of promise! Praise the LORD!!
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