Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ. Galatians 3:16
Jesus is the seed of Abraham
What does that mean?
Thousands of years ago
God made a covenant
He gave land
He claimed a people for His own.
Abraham was the beginning of that line of people.
At first it was just a biological line
But later God revealed
He counted all those who BELIEVED His promises
Jesus is the fulfillment of those promises.
Promises to cover and remove sins.
Promises for a kingdom
For an identity
For blessings.
All in Christ.
Why does it matter?
Abraham had many descendants.
Paul stresses there is only one seed.
The Galatians (and many of us) struggle with grace.
They (and we) wanted to work for their salvation
Rather than working because of it.
They thought they had to do, or be, or become
In order to win God’s favor.
But the promises made to Abraham
And to his Seed
Show we already have God’s favor
In Christ.
In Christ alone.
In His finished work.
What Abraham anticipated
We participate in.
Through Jesus.
God made the promise.
The Spirit sealed the promise
Jesus fulfilled the promise.
We just have to believe.
Like Abraham.