Happy Thanksgiving! One of the things I’m thankful for this morning is the power and promise of the Word of God. I’m glad to be able to briefly spend a few moments in this discipline of translation, because of how it reminds me of the gift of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ!
Translation
You know, therefore, that the ones who are by faith, these are the sons of Abraham. The scriptures saw ahead of time that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaiming the good news beforehand to Abraham that, “All the peoples would be blessed in you.” So, the ones who are by faith are blessed together in the faith of Abraham. But who ever is by works of the law, is under a curse; for it has been written that “cursed is everyone who does not keep all of the things that have been written in the book of the law, and do them.” That no one is justified to God by the law is evident, because “the righteous shall, by faith, live.” But the law is not by faith, but “the one who does these things will live in them.” Christ raised us from the curse of the law, becoming cursed for us, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung from a tree.” This is in order that the blessing of Abraham could come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, in order that we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith.
Reflections
It is so significant that God gave Paul this insight into his promise for the gentiles. How different everything would be without it.
Today, I’ll let it go with the simple reflection that I am very thankful for the gospel. I am thankful to be a son of Abraham through the gospel of Jesus Christ. May I live in the gospel!
