All. In. Belong.

S-God's Heir

S-"So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law." Galatians 5:1

A-God's gift of freedom through Jesus

L-Children of God

"So you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have been made like him. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians-you are one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you." Galatians 3:26-29

This is where God steps in and makes Himself known, in a way we all can understand. And He starts off by telling us how we become children of God and how we become united, identified, and made like Christ.

Through our faith in Christ, and through baptism.

"And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have been made like him."

Then, through Paul, God places words such as, all, through, faith, no, are, and belong, in Paul to drive a very important point home. The world and false teachers have it wrong.

They teach and point to self. They use words such as, I, me, us, some, they, etc.

But God says, no it's not about you or your group of people. It's about everyone who is in Christ Jesus. They are His heirs. They are the true children of Abraham. They also receive the promises God gave to Abraham.

As followers of Christ we need to stop with the "OR's" and be united, because we are ALL children of God through our faith IN Christ.

Brethren, this really hits home, in many ways for us. Maybe we need to allow this particular passage to sink in and work its way through us too. Because sometimes we can be really bad about placing people in a category. We can use the "Or" way to much.

So much that when a lost soul, searching for hope walks in our Churches, across our path, or is apart of  our family, and they don't look OR act like "we" think they should, we let them walk out even more hopeless and lost than when they walked in or by.

Let's be mindful that Christ made the way for ALL people to come to Him, and when they do, through their faith and baptism they become children of God. They become our brothers and sisters, whom we are to love, pray for, and encourage.

S-Tell someone today that God's arms are opened wide awaiting to embrace them. Tell them of His love and that through His Son, Jesus, they too can become a child of God, an heir, and receive God's amazing promises.