Series Summary
In this series, called 3:16, we will be exploring several significant passages in the Bible that are located at the 3:16 chapter and verse marker in their respective books. These passages cover a wide range of variety, from a variety of authors, covering a variety of topics, through a variety of time periods of Israel’s and the church’s history. The only common denominator in this series is where each of those passages is located in the Bible, at a 3:16 mile marker.
You likely already know that all Scripture is inspired by God. That fact is stated in 2 Timothy 3:16, which is one of the 3:16’s we’ll look at in this series. But while all Scripture is inspired, the chapter and verse designators are not. Those came later – the Old Testament around the 13th century, and the New Testament a little later. They were added to help make it easier to find a particular passage, especially when someone was trying to manipulate a bulky, awkward scroll instead of a book. But, even though the verse numbers aren’t inspired, it’s curious that so many weighty passages are found at the 3:16 mile marker. Maybe God knew that we needed some things to be easy to remember.
In this series, we will be looking at several different passages that are found at 3:16, in different books of the Bible. In some cases, we may only look at the verse, or maybe two or three. For others, we may need a good portion of the chapter in order to understand it completely. But all of them are found at the 3:16 point. Among the 3:16's we'll examine are John, Genesis, Proverbs, Colossians, Daniel, Ephesians, 1 Peter, 2 Timothy, and more.
It'll be unique. It’ll be enlightening. And we hope you’ll join us as we examine the 3:16’s of the Bible!
Sermon Summary
Paul wrote Galatians, in part, to correct some of the mistaken teachings that the church there had taken in, including that teaching of the Judaizers, who taught that in order to become a Christian, one must first conform to the customs and traditions of the Jewish people. In response to this, Paul writes a detailed description of the differences between the Law, given to Moses, and the Promise, given to Abraham centuries earlier, and fulfilled in Christ.
Paul then describes how, as those who have put on Christ, we too, are heirs according to the promise, and we have all of the benefits and privileges that come with that. In order to understand what that means, we need to understand the differences between the Law and other Promise, and then we need to live as if we are children of the Promise.