Today, we continue our series entitled “Living the Grace Life,” where we will learn to embrace and walk in God’s unmerited, unearned, and often undeserved favor throughout 2025.
As part of this series, I am teaching a verse-by-verse exposition of the book of Galatians.
Key scriptures for this year:
2 Corinthians 9:8 TPT
“Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.”
Galatians 5:4 TPT
“If you want to be made right with God by fulfilling the obligations of the law, you have cut off more than your flesh—you have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from the revelation of grace!”
Romans 6:14 ERV
“Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace.”
1 Corinthians 15:10 CEV
“But God treated me with undeserved grace! He made me what I am, and his grace wasn’t wasted. I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really God’s grace at work and not me.”
Scripture(s) we will study today:
Galatians 3:8 TPT
“Long ago the Scripture anticipated that God would declare the non-Jewish nations righteous by faith. So the Scripture prophesied to Abraham, as the good news was given to him ahead of time: ‘Through your example of faith, all the nations will be blessed.'”
Galatians 3:8 NIV
“Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: ‘All nations will be blessed through you.'”
Galatians 3:8 ERV
“The Scriptures told what would happen in the future. These writings said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. God told this Good News to Abraham before it happened. God said to Abraham, ‘I will use you to bless all the people on earth.'”
Genesis 12:3 TPT
“I will bless all who bless you and curse all who curse you. And through you I will bless all the families of the earth!”
Setting the Stage:
For the past week or so, we’ve been taking a deep dive into Abraham’s journey of faith. We’ve seen how faith makes you a child of Abraham, how faith changes your family tree, and how faith peers into eternity from time. Today, as we transition to Galatians 3:8, Paul drops what would have been an absolute bombshell in his day, shocking every religious person in Galatia. Paul explains that the Gospel (the same Gospel we preach today) was preached to Abraham 2,000 years before Jesus was born!
Think about the magnitude of this statement. The religious leaders thought the Gospel was something new that Paul invented. They thought salvation by faith alone was a departure from God’s original plan. But Paul says, “No! This has ALWAYS been God’s plan! Abraham received the Gospel by faith 430 years before the Law even existed!”
This means the Gospel of grace isn’t Plan B; it’s Plan A! The Law was the temporary addition, not grace. Grace was the original plan, and grace is the eternal plan. God has ALWAYS operated by grace, and He has ALWAYS expected us to respond by faith!
So what does this mean to you today? A few things.
1. The Gospel Has Always Been About Faith, Never About Performance.
When God came to Abraham, He didn’t give him a list of rules to follow. He didn’t hand him stone tablets with commandments. He didn’t require religious rituals or perfect performance. God simply made Abraham a promise and expected him to believe it! This is the Gospel in its purest form: God speaks, we believe, and righteousness is credited to our account!
How this applies to you:
— The Gospel Abraham received was tied to God’s Kingdom expanding to the entire world, and it was tied to faith, not works. 4,000 years later, God still requires us to believe. God still says, “Believe Me and I’ll make you righteous.” No additions, no modifications, no fine print!
— Abraham didn’t have the Ten Commandments, the tabernacle, the priesthood, or the sacrificial system. All he had was a promise from God and faith to believe it. And that was enough! If it was enough for Abraham, it’s enough for you!
— The Gospel has never been about what you do for God; it’s always been about what God does for you and through you. Abraham didn’t earn his blessing; he received it by faith. You don’t earn your righteousness; you receive it the same way!
— Think about this: If God could bless Abraham without the Law, why would He need the Law to bless you? The Law was added 430 years later for a specific purpose, but it was never God’s method for blessing people. Grace has always been the method! Even under the Law, it was not like people were earning God’s blessing. They were trying, but the Law was not making them right, it was just proving to them that they were wrong.
— Religious people want to complicate the Gospel with rules, rituals, and requirements. But God’s Gospel to Abraham was simple: “I will bless you, and through you, all nations will be blessed.” No earning required, just believing! Abraham did nothing to earn his assignment before Genesis 12 (when he was called), and he certainly did not earn it after Genesis 12 (because he made a series of mistakes). But he believed, so God blessed him, and THE Blessing of Abraham is still alive today, 4,000 years later, all because Abraham believed God.
— When you try to add Law-keeping to faith, you’re not improving the Gospel; you’re corrupting it! The Gospel that blessed Abraham had no Law attached to it, and neither should yours!
— Stop trying to earn what Abraham received freely! Abraham believed God and was called righteous. He believed God and was blessed. He believed God and became a blessing to nations. Faith was his only requirement, and it’s yours too!
2. God’s Plan Has Always Included Every Nation, Not Just Israel.
The religious Jews thought they had exclusive access to God’s blessings. They believed being Abraham’s physical descendants gave them special privileges that Gentiles could never have. But Paul shows that from the very beginning, God’s plan included ALL nations! God told Abraham, “Through you, ALL nations will be blessed!”
How this applies to you:
— God’s grace was never meant to be exclusive; it was always meant to be inclusive! From day one, God planned to bless every tribe, tongue, and nation through faith. No one is excluded from God’s grace except those who exclude themselves through unbelief!
— The Gospel wasn’t an afterthought for Gentiles. God had you in mind when He made His promise to Abraham 4,000 years ago! You’re not a second-class citizen in God’s Kingdom; you’re a full heir through faith!
— Even going all the way back to Adam. His mandate was to replensish the entire earth. God’s plan was for His message to reach all people, and His heart for the whole world has never changed.
— Religion builds walls, but the Gospel tears them down. The Jews built a wall between themselves and Gentiles, but God’s original promise to Abraham included everyone. Faith makes us all one family!
— When God said “all nations” to Abraham, He meant it! Not some nations, not special nations, not religious nations, but ALL nations! Your ethnicity doesn’t matter, your background doesn’t matter, your past doesn’t matter. Faith is all that matters!
— The blessing of Abraham flows to you regardless of your nationality, skin color, or cultural background. God’s promise transcends every human barrier. If you have faith, you have access!
3. God’s Plan Always Saw Your Future Before You Were Born.
Paul reveals something profound here: The Scripture “anticipated” or “foresaw” that God would justify the Gentiles by faith. Think about this: Before there was a Jewish nation, before there was a Law, before you were even a thought in your parents’ minds, God had already seen your future and planned your salvation! This wasn’t a reaction to human failure; this was God’s plan from eternity!
How this applies to you:
— God sees your future before you do, and His Word prophecies your future before you live it out! When God spoke to Abraham, He wasn’t just seeing Abraham’s immediate descendants; He was seeing YOU! He saw every person who would ever come to faith, and He made provision for all of us before the foundation of the world!
— The Scripture “foresaw” your justification by faith 4,000 years before you were born. This means your salvation wasn’t God’s response to your sin; it was His plan before you ever sinned! Grace came before the fall, not after it! The Bible says that the Lamb of God was slain from the foundations of the world! (Rev 13:8).
— Nothing about your life catches God by surprise. He saw your struggles before you faced them. He saw your failures before you made them. He saw your victories before you won them. And He made provision for it all through the Gospel He preached to Abraham!
— When God told Abraham, “all nations will be blessed through you,” He had already seen every nation that would ever exist. My family came from the Dominican Republic and then immigrated to the United States. When God said what He said to Abraham, it included the USA and the Dominican Republic, even though they did not exist. So, no matter where you are from, God saw your nation, your generation, your family, and YOU! You weren’t an afterthought; you were in the original thought!
— God’s foreknowledge means His promises to you are guaranteed. He doesn’t make promises, hoping things will work out. He makes promises because He’s already seen the end from the beginning, and He knows exactly how it’s going to turn out! God declares the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10).
— The fact that God “foresaw” your justification by faith means He’s not making it up as He goes along. Your life isn’t a series of divine surprises. God is working out a plan He established before time began, and that plan includes you being blessed, righteous, and victorious through faith!
— What God foresaw, He already provided for! What He provided for, He will bring to pass. It’s already done in His mind, which means it’s just a matter of time before it manifests in your life!
4. Your Faith Makes You a Blessing to Nations, Not Just Blessed for Yourself.
God told Abraham, “Through your example of faith, all the nations will be blessed.” Notice it wasn’t through Abraham’s Law-keeping, his religious performance, or his good works. It was through his example of faith that nations would be blessed. The same is true for you!
How this applies to you:
— Your faith doesn’t just bless you; it positions you to be a blessing to nations! When you believe God like Abraham did, you become a conduit of blessing to everyone around you!
— Abraham’s faith created a legacy that has blessed billions of people for 4,000 years. Your faith is creating a legacy, too! Every time you believe God, you’re adding to the testimony of faith that will bless future generations in your bloodline and in the family of faith!
— God doesn’t bless you just to make you comfortable; He blesses you to make you a blessing! The blessing of Abraham includes the responsibility to bless others. You’re not a reservoir; you’re a river!
— Nations are waiting for what your faith will produce! Abraham had no idea that his faith would impact billions of people. You have no idea how many people your faith will affect. Just believe and let God handle the multiplication!
— Every time you choose faith over fear, belief over doubt, and trust over worry, you’re continuing Abraham’s legacy of faith that blesses nations! You’re not just getting blessed; you’re becoming a blessing!
— There are people, communities, cities, and nations waiting on you to walk in your purpose. God’s plans are not small, His power is not limited, and His grace is not earned, but none of it will be available to you until you believe. Once you believe, there is no limit to what God can and will do through you. You are called to BE BLESSED so you can BE A BLESSING!
That’s enough for today.
Declaration of Faith:
Father, I thank You that the Gospel I believe is the eternal Gospel!
I receive righteousness by faith, not by Law-keeping or religious performance.
Your plan has always included me, regardless of my background or ethnicity.
Your Word is prophesying over my life right now, declaring my blessed future!
My faith doesn’t just bless me; it makes me a blessing to nations!
I am BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING everywhere I go!
You bless people, communities, cities, and nations through me, because I open my heart to believe!
I am Living #TheGraceLife and GREATER IS COMING FOR ME!
I declare this by faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
This is Today’s Word. Apply it and prosper!
