Galatians 3:1-14

Paul encourages the Galatians to remember how God brought them together as communities of faith in Jesus. This wasn’t by good works, works of the Law, or circumcision. This was by simple faith in Jesus who then empowered them by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit makes the local church a community of brothers and sisters, children of Abraham. All of this is even possible only because Jesus became a curse on our behalf. He hung on the cross so we could be a family together who shares a common faith in him and a common Spirit sent from the Father and the son. We are a new faithful Christian community because of Him.