March 10 - Galatians 3:6-9

March 10 - Galatians 3:6-9

So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 

Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”  So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Were it not for Paul’s constant reminders, we would easily forget that Abraham didn’t have the Law to tell him how to have faith in God.  That didn’t happen until Moses got there – many hundred years later.

But, Abraham had a close relationship with God.  When God said, “Go,” Abraham went.  Now, Abraham disobeyed God regularly and saw the effects of that disobedience, but because the relationship between the two was so strong, he figured it out, repented and moved forward.

The glory of God’s covenant with Abraham was not just about the promise to make him into a great nation, but also that all peoples on earth would be blessed through him.

The Lord had said Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.  I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:1-3)

We are part of that blessing.  The entirety of earth is part of that blessing.

God is so good to us … He desired that we be part of His kingdom from the beginning of His covenant with Abraham.  That, too, is grace.