Declared righteous simply through our faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:1-14.

Pause for thought

We must not be like the old timer who wore a belt to keep his trousers up, but to be on the safe side wore a pair of bracers as well! This is funny but not so funny when we consider that some believers have similar thoughts. Being weak in faith they are tempted to add a bit of Law (legalism) to the gospel just in case the grace of Jesus Christ is not sufficient. Be warned adding to the Gospel is no gospel at all 1:7,2:16, 3:3.

One of the weapons of the evil one is to divert Christian’s eyes from the Cross of Christ and towards the Law. But like these Galatians we have no excuse because Paul had taught them just as we have been taught what the death and resurrection of Jesus was about and that His gift of salvation is by grace through faith alone 3:1.

We Christians have been given greater weapons that will always overcome the lies of Satan, The chiefest of these is the indwelling presence of God the Holy Spirit, and the truth of scripture. Paul is confronting the lies that some Galatians were believing, by reminding them and us that his Gospel was directly given to him by God, and was attested by the Holy Spirit and is indeed itself the Word of God 1:15-17, 2:2.

Every Christian is the beneficiary of what Christ has done for them, that is, what they could not do for themselves
by keeping the Law, that it is only by faith in Jesus Christ that we are forgiven for our sins and made right in Gods site, and we receive the Holy Spirit 3:13-14.

memory verse

Through the work of Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing He promised to Abraham, and we Christians receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14 N.L.T.

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