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Galatians chapter 3, verse 9.

So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

This is such a simple verse with such profound truth for every facet of our lives.

The whole picture here in, well, really the book of Galatians and specifically Galatians

chapter 3 is that we're saved from our sins by God's grace through faith in Jesus, not by our works.

We are not saved from our sin, reconciled to God by things we do, by work we perform.

This is a gift.

God's grace is a gift to be received by faith. And all throughout

this chapter, Paul's looking back to the Old Testament and specifically hear Abraham saying

Abraham experienced God's blessing by faith the same way because he trusted God.

And yes, he obeyed God, but his obedience was the fruit of his faith in God.

Trust in God, faith in God leads to obedience.

Faith works, but it's not that we work in order to get to faith. No,

faith is the foundation for God's blessing, God's salvation. Faith is the foundation for obedience.

In our lives, we obey God because we trust God. Even you think about Genesis chapter 3,

they send against God because they didn't trust God, because they broke faith. That's the language

we see it. So, it's so many different places in the Old Testament. So my encouragement,

well, first and foremost for anybody listening to this, who's never put your

trust, not done work, not earned your way to God, but just trust it in God to save you from

your sins through what Jesus did on the cross for you, His grace. Let this be the day. Let today be the moment.

Even maybe if you've called yourself a Christian or you've been involved in church, but you've

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