Children of Abraham?

That’s what Paul claimed, in Galatians 3:7, for every child of God! Everyone who has trusted Jesus God’s Son for salvation!

“Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.” Again, this is Galatians 3:7, King James Version.

Everyone “out of” faith (“ek” is the preposition, translated “of” in our Text), having been born-again via reliance, trust, confidence, (hence “faith”) in Jesus and His Shed Blood on the Cross.

Faith in Jesus saves!

But here, Paul says it also makes one a (true) “child” (“huios,” a masculine plural noun meaning “descendant”) of Abraham!

Not in a physical sense, of course.

There is no Jewish blood flowing in the veins of any given (gentile) Believer in Christ! Not literally so, of course!

But he or she (the trusting Believer) has become a spiritual child (brother, family member) of Abraham, because Abraham also is related to God, to God’s Son Jesus, via believing faith! A son of daughter of Abraham that great man of faith!

The Judiazers (Jews who still trusted Moses for salvation) bragged and bragged on being physical descendants of that great man!

But Paul just told his gentile converts in Galatia that THEY were the descendants of Abraham too, without circumcision or Sabbath worship or those numerous dietary laws being adjunct (necessary) for their kinship!

No, they were related by faith!

“BY FAITH Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” Hebrews 11:8

“BY FAITH Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Of whom it was said, that in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” Hebrews 11:17-19

Amen!

Now this does NOT mean that we saved gentiles have displaced the nation of Israel and negated all God’s promises to that (some day) converted People! 

It does mean that we (along with every other true Gospel believer since Adam, including Abraham) are “by faith” followers of Almighty God, His Son, the Holy Spirit (the Godhead) … again by faith! (Implied … NOT BY WORKS!) 

Wow!

In that sense, Paul boldly declared, unashamedly preached: “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”

— Dr. Mike Bagwell