Galatians:  Building a Faith that Liberates

“You Belong to Christ”

Galatians 3:15-18

^{Galatians 3:29}If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

^{Galatians  3:14}He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

When God says He loves you, He means it. (3:15-18)

      ^{Galatians 3:16} The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. ¹⁷What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. ¹⁸For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.  

1.  Through Christ you can have new life.

Philippians 4:13

“ I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength”  

2.  In Christ you can receive God's abundant love and care.

2 Corinthians 1:20

“For no matter how many promises

God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ”  

3.  By Christ, God alone makes all this posible.

Genesis 15:8-15

“the covenant previously established by God” (v 17)

“God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise” (v18)  

With Abraham, God alone walked though the sacrificed animals

On the cross, Christ alone died as our sacrifice for sin

Have you given up on God?
Have you doubted God’s love?
Do God’s promises seem distant?
Are you trying to do it your way instead of God’s?
Are you living “through Christ”?