Psalm 22.19-28 and Galatians 3.23-29
The Lectionary brings us to a wonderful text in Paul’s letter to the Galatians in which he places before us the amazing truth of who we are Christ. The primary truth is that we are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. But, Paul adds another facet to this truth of our sonship. He tells us that all who belong to Christ are “Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise,” regardless of ethnicity, socio-economic status, or gender. In this message we seek to unpack the description of our identity as the “Israel of God,” who find their true identity as children of Abraham, and who live in anticipation of sharing in the inheritance God promised to Abraham, that "he would be heir of the world.”