One-Year Bible Reading Plan  : Seekers & New Believers |  Jun 14 | Galatians Chapter 3: Justified by Faith in Christ 

🦌 Opening Today’s Reading 

Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, peace be with you in the Lord!

Welcome to today's reading journey! Today, we are exploring Galatians Chapter 3 together.

In everyday life, we are often conditioned to believe that our value is based solely on our performance and efforts. But in our relationship with God, do we ever fall into the trap of thinking we must earn His love through flawless performance?

Let's pause and take a quiet moment. Bringing a receptive heart, let's look at how Paul reminds us that our righteousness, adoption, and salvation rest entirely on faith in Jesus Christ.

📖 Context Snapshot 

Where are we today?

Galatians Chapter 3 presents Paul's foundational argument for justification by faith rather than the works of the law:

1. Faith vs. Works of the Law (Galatians 3:1–14): Paul corrects the Galatians for turning back to legalism after receiving the Spirit. He references Abraham, who believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us on the cross.

2. The Purpose of the Law (Galatians 3:15–22): God's covenant promise to Abraham precedes the law by centuries and cannot be annulled by it. The law was given to reveal sin and show humanity's need for a Savior.

3. Sons of God Through Faith (Galatians 3:23–29): The law served as a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ so that we might be justified by faith. Now in Christ, believers are all children of God, united regardless of ethnicity, social status, or gender.

💡 Today’s Scripture Verse  - Galatians  3

3 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

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

8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

🌟Daily Heart-Check:  From "Self-Effort" to "Rest in Faith" 

• Grace Comes Through Faith Alone: We receive the Holy Spirit and experience God's love not through keeping legalistic rituals, but through hearing and believing the Good News. Having begun in the Spirit, we cannot be perfected by self-effort.

• One in Christ Jesus: All who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. In God's eyes, social and cultural barriers are broken down—we are all His beloved children and heirs according to the promise.

🎵 Response Song :  

🙏 Closing Prayer

Loving Heavenly Father,

Thank You for speaking to us today through Galatians Chapter 3.

Thank You that our salvation, righteousness, and eternal hope rest entirely on Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross. Forgive us for the times we rely on our own strength or try to earn Your favor through self-effort.

Grant us the freedom and peace that come from knowing we are Your beloved children through faith. Help us to walk daily by the Spirit, putting on Christ and loving others without prejudice or judgment.

We lift up our families and friends into Your hands today, praying that those who feel burdened by self-reliance may discover the joy and rest found in Your grace.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!