Galatians 3:5-9
5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
God does wonderful things we cannot explain, including giving of His own Spirit to live in us! This is not obtained by reason or hard work to clean us up to be able to approach God, but by hearing and trusting who God is and what He has done in Christ for us. Abraham did this and that trusting faith in what God said as absolute and reliable truth brought the righteousness of God in His eyes as He looked at Abraham after that. We are his descendants who likewise believe God in Christ, and are so justified by Christ’s righteousness in that trusting belief that has acted to rely on God. This same Abraham was told also that we of all nations would be called to so trust for God’s righteousness and the resulting salvation from our sins’ due punishment. We are truly blessed along with Abraham in this faith in God’s salvation!
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