Galatians 3:1-9
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness�
Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.†So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
God started this thing in you through faith. You heard the Good News and believed and accepted the gift of Jesus Christ. You received the Holy Spirit who began to transform you from the inside out. All of this came through faith. So why would you think that now, your works will perfect you?
God told Abraham to look up at the night sky. Look at all of those stars. That’s how numerous your descendants will be. One of those stars was lit for me. Through faith in Jesus, I have been grafted into Abraham’s family. It is a family of faith; a family of Grace. After all, what I could not do for myself, God did for me.
