Reflections on Paul

Number 12

Just out of curiosity, I quickly scanned both Galatians and Romans and found that wherever the name Abraham was found, the word faith was virtually always found nearby. In fact it was almost always within the sentence. The message was communicated over and over again that we are inheritors of Abraham through his faith in God. Not only were the children of Israel, the chosen ones, inheritors of God’s mercy and grace, ALL nations were equally and literally blessed. To be sons and daughters of Abraham carries the obligation to be faithful to God and to continue in his kindness in justifying us by ordering our life in the flesh toward sustenance and fulfillment of our life in the spirit. It becomes very clear that through Moses God gave the Jews the law to order their lives and to keep them from error it is only through the faith of Abraham they are justified and saved.


Peace.