Remember Who We Are #20

 

In Galatians 3, Paul is confronting the tendency we have to go back and try to live life to please God on our own, when he concludes the chapter in verse:

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

In the bigger context of our series of studies, Paul reminds us that We Are Redeemed.  When we put our trust in Christ as savior, we have been bought back from sin and death through Christ's sacrifice on the cross.  As a result, something else is true: We have the Holy Who helps us live this new life in Him. Neither our salvation nor our life afterwards are by any effort, energy or accomplishment on our part. It is all Christ.  We also have as a result the "blessing of Abraham", which is faith.  Just like Paul says in his letter to the Ephesians,  faith is also part of God's gracious gift.  All the struggle was done on the cross. We need to trust Him for our salvation and for the strength we need to continue on this journey of faith.