Faith

Galatians 3

6 In the same way, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” 7 The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.

8 What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would declare the Gentiles to be righteous because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.

I’ve been writing a lesson on faith this week for our student ministry. Faith is an action word. When Paul speaks of “putting your faith in Christ” here, he doesn’t mean that we simply acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, we must act on that acknowledgement. To follow Christ requires action...tough action...counter culture action...on our part. The real children of Abraham are those who follow God’s Word and obey it. We are those who proclaim Jesus to be Messiah and live accordingly!