Today's encouragement comes from Galatians 3:7, where the Apostle Paul wrote these words:
"Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham."Do we understand the Biblical teaching that neither the unbelieving Jews, nor the Muslims (nor any any other unbelievers, for that matter), are the true chil-dren of Abraham? Having said that, many of both Jewish and Arab descent *are* children of Abraham—but this has nothing to do with their race, lineage, or ethnicity. Instead, it has everything to do with their faith in Christ.
Do we have sincere faith in the Messiah? If so, then we also are sons and daughters of Abraham; and we make up the new and true Israel, the New Covenant church of Christ. Let us trust God in and through our Lord Jesus, just like our father Abraham did.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Hypocrites are not practitioners; they are all head and no feet; they do not walk in Christ (Col. 2:6). Their knowledge is inform-ing, but not transforming . . . “ —Thomas Watson, in his sermon entitled, "Christ's Loveliness"]
