Charles Spurgeon Commentary Galatians 3:7

"Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham." — Galatians 3:7 (ASV)

Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

Not this nation or that, as Anglo-Israelites might say; but those who are of faith, these are the children of Abraham. Abraham is the father of the faithful, the believers, and believers are all the children of Abraham.

Race has nothing to do with this matter; an end has been put to all that. God is not the God of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.

And here is a new race whose distinction is not that they were born of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but by the will of God.

And this is the token by which they are known: they believe God, and it is accounted to them for righteousness, even as it was accounted to Abraham.

Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

He was called the father of the faithful, therefore the faithful, those who believe as he did, and are full of his faith, are his children.

All God's sons are, in a certain sense, His servants; but there is a sense in which servants are not sons. We, therefore, are not like those servants who have no relationship to their master and no share in his possessions; but we are sons. Whatever service we render, we are still sons, and we have a share in all that our Father has; we are heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.

Are you living up to your privileges, my brothers and sisters? Are we any of us fully realizing what this heirship means? Do we not often live as if we were only servants toiling for hire? Do we not tremble at God as if we were his slaves rather than his sons?

Let us remember that we are God's sons, his heirs; and let us come close to him, let us take possession of the blessed inheritance which he has provided for us.

Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

Those who are justified by faith in Jesus; those whose faith is counted for righteousness, they are the children of believing Abraham—not those who are under the law of Moses.