We are Abraham’s offspring

Isaiah 44:1-5

We are instructed in Scripture not to add or take away from the Word of God, and there is judgment for anyone who is foolish and does so.  As we have often stated, you can ask the Holy Spirit to give you the imagination to place yourself in the story, by doing so we are not adding but are taking away.  As a person who has by faith entered into Christ, much has happen you may or may not fully understand, but praise God our understanding does not change the promises of God. 

God has chosen Israel from all the people of the world, but He has also stated often in 

Scripture they are a stiff-necked people, a people who try living independently from His 

Laws and precepts.  Open your Bibles to Romans 11:11, “So I ask, did they stumble in 

order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come 

to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.”  (Romans 11:11 ESV)  Now keep reading 

and you will find we Gentiles were grafted into the family of God’s chosen, verses 17-20, 

 “But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were 

grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not 

be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, 

but the root that supports you. Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might 

be grafted in.” That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand 

fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.”  (Romans 11:17-20)

Also we are warned not to become proud look with me at Galatians 3:15-18, “To give a 

human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to 

it once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. 

It does not say, “And to offspring’s,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your 

offspring,” who is Christ. This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, 

does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. For 

if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to 

Abraham by a promise.”  (Galatians 3:15-18 ESV)  

We are Abraham’s offspring, not by any act on our part, but by placing your faith in the 

finished work of Jesus on the cross, where He conquers death and sin.  Scripture makes 

it very clear in Galatians 3:25-29, “But now that faith has come, we are no longer under 

a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you 

as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there 

is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.”  

 (Galatians 3:25-29 ESV)  So enjoy being part of the promises made to Israel, for from 

all the people of the world God set them apart.  No one else but Israel is referred to in 

such endearment as being birthed by God, and Jeshurun is used as a name for Israel.  

 Verse five tells us they will have the mark of God’s ownership on their lives.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice