Do you ever worry about being good enough for God? Do you wonder if He is pleased or angry or is He someone who is rolling His eyes at you? How debilitating that must be! And more important what a waste of time as a follower of Jesus!
Moving from the questions (v1-5) which expose the false teachers who are insisting on circumcision and the need to live a Jewish life to be acceptable to God, Paul brings in Abraham. The father of the Jews is Abraham and he lived by faith and it is the people of faith (not works) that are his children.
“So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.” (Galatians 3 v 6-7)
God looks for faith; works with faith; pays out because of faith.
That is the gospel.
Faith … trusting Jesus.
Faith gives you enough credit for you to be declared innocent because the debt on your account has now vanished. God did it. Keep hold of this faith and don’t put it down so that works take over.
Of course Abraham made mistakes. But he kept bouncing back and got back on track with his faith in God’s promise. That is why God credited his faith as righteousness. Abraham held onto the conviction in God’s promise and acted on that promise. This is the faith Paul is speaking of. This is our faith. We bounce back. We keep holding on to the work of Christ on the cross. We keep faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Missions Paul 