HOPE

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

HOPE!  Everyone needs it.  Without it life can be very fearful.  But, more than anything, without the Hope of God and Jesus Christ, life can be full of terror.

My Sister in law, Robin, passed away recently. If her family (including myself) did not have the HOPE of her salvation which she received from Christ, we would have been more devastated that we were. If know the Hope of her salvation and our own.  We know we will see her again.

The big question is, do you have that same hope for yourself and your family?

"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ" -Titus 2:13

where is your HOPE?

A Very Long and yet short year-2015.

I did not realize that I had not posted in over one year. Sorry followers. Life has been hectic, which makes things complicated and yet has flow by so fast which makes it hard to do the tasks before us.

I hope this year was good for all, that your Christmas was wonderful and that the new year 2016 will bring you your hearts desires. Blessings!

 

END-TIME SIGNS AND WARNINGS PART 1

 

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (KJV) 

 "9 Even him {the anti-Christ}*, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

 

example:  http://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-the-gaza-war-in-5-minutes-thoughts-from-col-richard-kemp/

 

 

This is already happening in our time.  You can see it happening all over the world,  If you deny it , you are deceived yourself. God has said He will not allow evil in His presence, and just as He dealt with in since the beginning of man's time, when he sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden, He will continue discourage it even now.    Make no mistake, He is the God of love, but evil has no place in that love. 

Some have said we cannot reach the non-believers through scare tactics, but that is what God did throughout the whole Bible. He sent His prophets to tell the people to repent and return to Him or He would destroy them .  Should be any different.  We have  tried love, just as God did. But they did not listen then and they aren't listening now.

 

 

 

 

my input*

Jesus is coming sooner than many think!

KNOWING GOD IS KNOWING HIS WILL

Knowing God and His will is as easy as reading His Word.

Gen. 1:1-31  God created the heavens and the earth by the power of His tongue (Word).

 

Gen. 1:26  God created man in the image of Himself and those with Him, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. .."Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.."

 

God requires obedience:  Gen 2:15-17

 

 John 10:10
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).

 

 

1 Thessalonians 4:1-3

Amplified Bible (AMP)

4 Furthermore, brethren, we beg and admonish you in [virtue of our union with] the Lord Jesus, that [you follow the instructions which] you learned from us about how you ought to walk so as to please and gratify God, as indeed you are doing, [and] that you do so even more and more abundantly [attaining yet greater perfection in living this life].

2 For you know what charges and precepts we gave you on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,

 

 

Living in Gods will and living life abundantly are unified in His Word.

 

What you do for a living, where you work, how you live are all dependent on Living within His Will.  His will is shown in His Word.  Praying to know His will is only needed after you live as He has instructed and then seeking His guidance in your choices. Then you must listen for His instruction and heed it. 

 

Still not sure what to do?  Well you can't be lead by The Holy Spirit if you are not living how He said to.

 

And knowing God is living in a close relationship with Him, through obedience.

TODAY

Morning. Sunshine. Cold. God. Praise and thanksgiving. Rest. Blessings. New Mercies. Thoughts of God/Jesus. Pleasure. Study. The Word. Heart bursting with love and thankfulness. Not enough words to describe, praise and honor to God...forever. Continued blessings and love from above. Awesome God.

Are we like Job and claim our calamity is from God when it is from Satan?

 

 Job 1

8 And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns evil [because it is wrong]?

9 Then Satan answered the Lord, Does Job [reverently] fear God for nothing?

10 Have You not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him in the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

11 But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.

12 And the Lord said to Satan (the adversary and the accuser), Behold, all that he has is in your power, only upon the man himself put not forth your hand.

 

Job 2

 

6 And the Lord said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.

7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with loathsome and painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

8 And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your blameless uprightness? Renounce God and die!

10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept [only] good at the hand of God and shall we not accept [also] misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In [spite of] all this, Job did not sin with his lips. 

 

So we see that we, like Job and his wife, blame God for the world's  calamity, when it is Satan who fills our world with destruction and sickness.

And what else do we do?  We blame the evil of people's lives for their calamity, saying like Job's friends that he has reaped evil for his evil.  Yet that is not so. I agree that evil begets evil, but that does not mean that those who do no evil will still not receive evil in their lives.

How many times have people asked; why have good people fallen, or received death or evil in their lives?

We can see by God's Word that Satan causes destruction and not God. 

It is for us to study God's Word and seek His wisdom and truth.

Will you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

How can I Bear Fruit?

Today as I did my daily devotional, one of the scriptures I read, John 15:4, which I am familiar with, struck a cord in my heart and mind.
One of the things I want to do in my life is become closer to God and be lead by the Holy Spirit to do God's will.
I want to share the truth of God and the Word~Jesus, with the world to draw others to Christ.

Let me start by sharing the scripture in context.

John 15

New King James Version (NKJV)

The True Vine

 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. ² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³ You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

⁵ “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. ⁸ By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

⁹ “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

 

As many times as I have read this scripture, the words: "⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me."

I never let the last part:    "unless you abide in Me."  sink in to my heart and brain.

If I do not abide in Him, His Word, His Will which is His Word, I cannot bear the fruit.

I would be like a cut off branch that has no root, no nourishment, no life.

I felt so bad when I realized all the sermons I gave to others, I was not following the message God had given me. STUDY, PRAY AND SEEK HIM!  How could I have expected the people to obey and listen if I was not doing the same.

 

Ephesians 2:10  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

 

1 John 4:7-8   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

 

All these scriptures have one think in common, knowing God and living in that knowledge.

 

If I don't stay in His Word, in His presence, then I am nothing, have nothing and will be nothing.

God said:

 

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8-10

 

 This is true, but, we know His ways and His thoughts when we read His Word, learn His Word, and listen to His Word made flesh, Jesus Christ.

 ^"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. "

2 Corinthians 5:17

 

When we study His Word, when we repeat His Word, when we live in His Word we become a branch that bears much fruit. And that fruit will lead us to being fulfilled in His Name.

To some of you this will be old knowledge, but to me it is Life more abundant.

 

In His Service, Always,

Susan

MY LORD and GOD

     Wow! Life can take so many twists and turns, sometimes it is hard to stay focused on what is important in life.
     This past week has been a struggle for me. I lost track of my priorities, and it was like falling down a hill and not being able to grab a hold on to anything, but before I hit the bottom of the hill, Jesus reached out to me and grabbed me by the hand and said, "Hang onto Me!"
   I cannot help but give Him thanks and honor and glory for His faithfulness in my life.  It is so easy to walk away from Him, and not realize you have done it.  Have you ever been in the store shopping with your spouse or a friend, and realized you were standing alone?  Thank God, He is actually right there all the time. We panic, and twist and turn and then realize He is right behind us all the time. He never left, but we have turned from Him.

Today He reminded me that He is there, always. Now I have to admit, I didn't walk away and fall into sin, but let my mind get so caught up in the daily living and doing and being, that even though I was still active in study and prayer, I lost sight of the One who matters, the One who cares and The Only One who is important.
It is so important for us to focus on Him, His Word, our relationship with Him.  We let the fact that we cannot see Him in physical form, keep us from seeing Him otherwise.  Now maybe this doesn't make sense to you, but to me it does.  I love to hold my husbands hand, or have him hug me close. It is only natural that we desire these things, because of the body we live in. We relate to touch, sight, smell, feelings.  Because God and Christ are Spirit beings we have trouble relating to them.  We also are a Spirit being, and we have to practice living in the Spirit. One day that is how we will live, but today we have to adjust to speaking, seeking and living as Spiritual beings.
Now, I hope I have made sense to you.  And I hope you will follow me on my journey.  I know my posts have been few and far too much time between.  But I will attempt to make them more often.  So if you want you can follow me through my life with God and Christ, and maybe find a way to walk in yours too.

In Christ's love and fellowship, Susan

 

TEACHING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Everyone these days has a difference of opinion about what we should teach our children.
Like everyone else I have an opinion.  Here is mine:

I believe we should teach our children the ten commandments of God, because under law or not, they tell children what is right and what is wrong.

In this day, we live in, many would prefer children go their own way. Unfortunately many have, and they have learned the wrong things and think they can do what is wrong with no punishment. Shootings, rapes, murder, stealing and even bullying have become the norm.  Many innocent children and people have suffered because of this.

The original Ten Commandments state:

The Ten Commandments

20 Then God spoke all these words, saying,

² “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^[a]slavery.

³ “You shall have no other gods ^[b]before Me.

⁴ “You shall not make for yourself ^[c]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. ⁵ You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, ⁶ but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

⁷ “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for theLord will not ^[d]leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

⁸ “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ⁹ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a sabbath of theLord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who ^[e]stays with you. ¹¹ For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

¹² “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

¹³ “You shall not murder.

¹⁴ “You shall not commit adultery.

¹⁵ “You shall not steal.

¹⁶ “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

¹⁷ “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Even if only the last 6 commandments were taught, it would make a difference in how people act and live.

Those of us who are "born-again" and have been sealed by the Holy Spirit unto salvation, still know the importance of living a good life. Sins still cause destruction to our body and mind and those around us.

Simple..yes, true... I believe so.
What do you think?

CREATION OF THE WORLD: GOD OR SCIENCE(FICTION) ?

THE TRUTH:

Genesis 1:1-13 (ASV)
¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
² And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
³ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
⁵ And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
⁷ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
¹¹ And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.
¹² And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
¹³ And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. 

Confirmation   #1


John 1:1-5 (ASV)
¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
² The same was in the beginning with God.
³ All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
⁵ And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.




John 1:14 (ASV)
¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.



Confirmation   #2


Hebrews 1:1-3 (ASV)
¹ God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
² hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
³ who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;




Confirmation   #3

Hebrews 11:1-3 (ASV)
¹ Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
² For therein the elders had witness borne to them.
³ By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.




PROOF:  YOU KNOW IT IS TRUE IN YOUR HEART AND MIND, TO DENY IT IS TO DENY YOUR GOD AND CREATOR.  WATCH AND SEE WHEN JESUS TAKES HIS CHURCH AWAY VERY SOON, AND THEN AGAIN WHEN HE COMES BACK TO JUDGE THE REST OF THE WORLD.




SCIENCE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY  IS NOTHING BUT SCIENCE~FICTION
CAN NOT BE PROVEN, CAN NOT BE BACKED. ITS FALLACIES WILL BE KNOW SOON.

FAITH/GRACE vs. LAW

There is a lot of misunderstanding in the church today, just as there was in the time of Paul, about being under law or grace. 
You might ask what I mean about law or grace, well let me explain for you.

Some churches are telling Christians that once they are saved, or born of the Spirit, they still must repent of their sins daily in order to be saved.


Some churches are telling Christians that once they are saved, or born of the Spirit, they are saved forever.

So how do we know which is right?

Be exploring and studying scripture we can find the answers; but let me warn you, if you do not study all scripture you can be deceived.  Depending on your Bible version, you can misunderstand what is written.

I am going to give you three different examples, one from the King James Version (which many people prefer), another from the American Standard Version, and finally from the Amplified Version.

We will look at the teaching of Paul to the Galatians.

Galatians 2:15-21 (KJV) ¹⁵ We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
¹⁶ Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
¹⁷ But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
¹⁸ For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
¹⁹ For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
²¹ I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Galatians 3:1-29 (KJV) ¹ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
² This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
³ Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
⁴ Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
⁵ He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
⁶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
⁷ Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
⁸ And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
⁹ So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
¹¹ But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
¹² And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
¹³ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
¹⁴ That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
¹⁵ Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
¹⁶ Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
¹⁷ And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
¹⁸ For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
¹⁹ Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
²⁰ Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
²² But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
²³ But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
²⁴ Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
²⁵ But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
²⁶ For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
²⁹ And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.


Galatians 2:15-21 (ASV) ¹⁵ We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
¹⁶ yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
¹⁷ But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
¹⁸ For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.
¹⁹ For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.
²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
²¹ I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

Galatians 3:1-29 (ASV) ¹ O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
² This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
³ Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?
⁴ Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.
⁵ He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
⁶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
⁷ Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
⁸ And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
⁹ So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
¹¹ Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;
¹² and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
¹⁴ that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
¹⁵ Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.
¹⁶ Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
¹⁷ Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
¹⁸ For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.
¹⁹ What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
²⁰ Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.
²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.
²² But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
²³ But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
²⁴ So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
²⁵ But now faith that is come, we are no longer under a tutor.
²⁶ For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
²⁷ For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.
²⁸ There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.
²⁹ And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

Galatians 2:15-21  Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹⁵ [I went on to say] Although we ourselves (you and I) are Jews by birth and not Gentile (heathen) sinners,

¹⁶ Yet we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but [only] through faith and [absolute] reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). [Therefore] even we [ourselves] have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law [for we cannot be justified by any observance of the ritual of the Law given by Moses], because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God).

¹⁷ But if, in our desire and endeavor to be justified in Christ [to be declared righteous and put in right standing with God wholly and solely through Christ], we have shown ourselves sinners also and convicted of sin, does that make Christ a minister (a party and contributor) to our sin? Banish the thought! [Of course not!]

¹⁸ For if I [or any others who have taught that the observance of the Law of Moses is not essential to being justified by God should now by word or practice teach or intimate that it is essential to] build up again what I tore down, I prove myself a transgressor.

¹⁹ For I through the Law [under the operation of the curse of the Law] have [in Christ’s death for me] myself died to the Law and all the Law’s demands upon me, so that I may [henceforth] live to and for God.

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

²¹ [Therefore, I do not treat God’s gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its very purpose]; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through [observing the ritual of] the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain. [His death was then wholly superfluous.]

Galatians 3:1-29  Amplified Bible (AMP)

 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?

² Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the 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?]

³ 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?

⁴ Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing (to no purpose)—if it really is to no purpose and in vain?

⁵ Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?

⁶ Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action).

⁷ Know and understand that it is [really] the people [who live] by faith who are [the true] sons of Abraham.

⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel [foretelling the glad tidings of a Savior long beforehand] to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations [of the earth] be blessed.

⁹ So then, those who are people of faith are blessed and made happy and favored by God [as partners in fellowship] with the believing and trusting Abraham.

¹⁰ And all who depend on the Law [who are seeking to be justified by obedience to the Law of rituals] are under a curse and doomed to disappointment and destruction, for it is written in the Scriptures, Cursed (accursed, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment) be everyone who does not continue to abide (live and remain) by all the precepts and commands written in the Book of the Law and to practice them.

¹¹ Now it is evident that no person is justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God) through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with God [the just, the righteous] shall live by and out of faith and he who through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with God shall live.

¹² But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith].

¹³ Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);

¹⁴ To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.

¹⁵ To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, [if] even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed).

¹⁶ 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 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).

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ 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.

¹⁹ What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added [later on, after the promise, to disclose and expose to men their guilt] because of transgressions and [to make men more conscious of the sinfulness] of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it [the Law] was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels [and was given] by the hand (in the person) of a go-between [Moses, an intermediary person between God and man].

²⁰ 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 party in giving that promise to Abraham. But the Law was a contract between two, God and Israel; its validity was dependent on both].

²¹ Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer [spiritual] life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law.

²² But the Scriptures [picture all mankind as sinners] shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that [the inheritance, blessing] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to [all] those who believe [who adhere to and trust in and rely on Him].

²³ Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),

²⁴ So that the Law served ^[a][to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.

²⁵ But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood).

²⁶ For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

²⁷ For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.

²⁸ There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male ^[b]and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

²⁹ And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham’s Seed], then you are Abraham’s offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise.

Now I would ask you, what do you believe?
 I know I believe once saved always saved, but I also know that once I accepted Christ as my Savior and became a born again Christian, I was expected to conform to the workings of the Holy Spirit and change my life, I am not allowed to go on sinning, for in doing so I risk being in contempt.  But that is a whole different study.