“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:26)
Sometimes we need to examine a verse of scripture to see what it is not saying as much as seeing what it is saying.
This verse is not saying everyone is a child of God. Everyone is a part of God’s creation, but not everyone is a child of God. To become a child of God one must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be born again as our Lord told Nicodemus in John chapter three.
This verse is not saying that everyone is a child of God by faith. It is by faith in Christ Jesus that we are the children of God. It is important that one’s faith be anchored in Christ Jesus. Some people simply have “faith in faith.” They think that just believing something, just anything, as long as one is sincere, is sufficient.
It is not written to non-believers. The word “all” refers back to chapter one, verse two where the writer says, “unto all the churches of Galatia.” (Galatians 1:2) it was written to people whose faith is in Jesus Christ. Is your faith anchored in Christ Jesus?
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