Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14
by: Dorothy Noel.
Paul’s logic can be hard to follow. To help, I sometimes like to flip the order of his writing. Verses 6-9 can be summed up as: Abraham was blessed because he was a believer. That blessing extended to all nations because God planned on justifying all people through faith. The sons of Abraham are all those with faith because Abraham was righteous through his faith in God. Verses 13-14 become: Through faith we receive the promise of the Spirit since we receive the blessing of Abraham because Jesus fulfilled the law on our behalf. No matter which way we put it, from the covenant of Abraham to this day and forevermore, faith is central to the gospel and a crucial part of God’s plan.