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My brothers ,
it is the same as when a man makes a promise .
He makes it good and strong .
Then no one can break it or add anything to it .
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God made his promises to Abraham and to his Son .
The promise does not have the words ,
and to his sons ,
for that means many sons .
But it says ,
and to his Son ,
and that Son is Christ .
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Here is what I mean .
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four hundred and thirty years after God gave that promise to Abraham .
But it cannot break the strong promise which God made .
And the law cannot change Gods promise .
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Do we get what God has promised us by obeying the law ?
If we do ,
then we are not getting it by his promise .
But God gave it to Abraham by his promise .
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Why then was the law made ?
God gave it after he made the promise ,
because so many people were doing what was wrong .
The law was to be in power only until the Son came ,
the one to whom the promise was made .
The law was handed down by Gods angels with the help of a middle man .
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To need the help of a middle man there must be more than one person making the agreement .
But God is the only one who made the promise .
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Is the law against the promises of God ?
No ,
it is not !
If a law had been given that could give people life ,
then surely people would have become good people by the law .
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But the holy writings say it is like this .
The whole world is in prison ,
kept there by the wrong things they have done .
This was done so that people who believe in Jesus Christ would have the blessing .
This blessing was promised to those who believe .
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Before one came for us to believe in ,
the law held us in prison like slaves .
We were kept there until the one to believe in should come .
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The law watched over us ,
as if we were children ,
until Christ came .
Then God would put us right with himself through faith in Christ .
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But now that one has come for us to believe in ,
the law does not watch over us any longer .