Galatians 3:20 (Amplified) says, "Now a go between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party (there can be no mediator with just one person); Yet God is )only) One person (and He was the Sole Person in giving that promise to Abraham, But the Law was a contract between two, God and Israel; its validity was dependent on both)."
While reading from Galatians 13, we see how God's promise to Abraham came 430 years before the Law was given through Moses. God Himself made this promise to Abraham all because of the fact that Abraham believed God. It was all based on Abraham's faith in what God had promised. There was no Law for Abraham to fulfill or ceremonies for him to follow. It was based on faith.
Now, we have entered into this promise of God's grace to Abraham by our faith. Just like it was with Abraham, so it is to us. There's no second party in this covenant or agreement. If by faith, we will only believe Him like Abraham did, then all can and will be fulfilled. Our blessing doesn't depend on whether we make a mistake or mess up, like it did under the Law. If they broke any part of the agreement or covenant, then God could not perform His part according to Galatians 3:20 which says, "The Law was a contract between two, God and Israel and its validity relied on both." This new covenant was entirely ratified by God Who swore by Himself. There was nothing left for us to do but simply, by faith, believe as Abraham did.
2Timothy 2:13 (Amplified) says, "If we are faithless (do not believe and are untrue to Him) He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character) for He cannot deny Himself."
This doesn't mean we can do anything we wish and still be led by the Holy Spirit. But, it does mean that if we make mistakes in our walk with Him, then He still honors His part of the promise in spite of our missing it. It's not like under the Law when God's covenant was based on our performance. He will not withhold His promise made to Abraham and His Seed, Who is Christ. The promise was to Jesus and not to us. Our faith in Christ Jesus qualifies us as the Seed of Abraham.
God has fulfilled His promise to Himself in Jesus. It's up to us now to believe His Word. If you will study Abraham and his walk with God, then you'll find how it wasn't Abraham who was perfect, but God. Jesus fulfilled the perfecting of this covenant of grace.
2Corinthians 10:5 (Amplified) says that, "(In as much as we) refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the (true) knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."
Even if I miss it (and I do at times), Jesus is where my faith is and it is His obedience that God is blessing me in and not mine. He made this covenant with Jesus and Jesus fulfilled it perfectly. He is where my blessings are set forth. It's Jesus' righteousness and not mine, His sanctification and not mine and His perfect sacrifice and not mine.
Even if I'm not perfect, He is. I bring my thoughts captive unto His obedience and not mine. This doesn't mean that we can live any way we want to, but we're not to be under condemnation and fear when we do miss it. I might not be where I should be yet, but thank God I'm not where I used to be. We are all growing and learning as we go. I don't believe that anyone who loves God isn't trying to please Him. Hebrews 11:6 (Amplified) says that, "Without faith, it's impossible to please God." When we miss it, then by faith we put it under the Blood of Jesus and continue running the race and don't quit.
It might take us some time before we realize our walk with God is dependent upon Jesus and our faith in His fulfillment of the covenant. Don't you realize that God knew we were far from perfect? He doesn't look at our imperfections, but He looks at the perfect sacrifice that has perfected us. God only sees the Lamb.
God already knew we were incapable of the faithfulness needed to walk out our end of the covenant. So, He has made covenant by Himself and can judge us by His faithfulness and not ours. We must, by faith, come to honor the sacrifice God has accepted for us and stand in His acceptance. It is God's goodness that brings men to repentance according to Romans 2:4.
God's Word declares in Romans 4:16 (Amplified) that, "Therefore, (inheriting) the promise is the outcome of faith and depends (entirely) on faith, in order that it might be given as an act of grace (unmerited favor) to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his (Abraham's) descendants not only to the devotees and adherence of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is (thus) the father of us all."
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