Faith Bible Study Guide
I read something in Galatians chapter 3 along this same line which revolutionized my thinking (and it will help you too).
GALATIANS 3:29
29 And IF YE BE CHRIST’S, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE.
I want you to look at Galatians 3:7.
GALATIANS 3:7
7 Know ye therefore that THEY WHICH ARE OF FAITH, the same are the CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.
Thank God, Abraham’s blessing is ours! I tell you, when I got ahold of this truth in my heart, as conservative as I am, there in the night-time, I got so thrilled that I got up out of bed and ran around the room, rejoicing. You know, you can become so thrilled you can’t be still! I get thrilled over the Word of God. I feel sorry for some people who get thrilled and worked up emotionally over something worldly and carnal. Sometimes when I am teaching the Word, I get so thrilled with the mighty truths in it that before I know it, I’m running up and down the aisles.
Why shouldn’t we be thrilled with the Word of God? When we go to a football game (and I’m not opposed to going to ball games), we get all excited and worked up over someone running down the field with a bag of wind under his arm! And no one says anything against that; it’s considered all right to get excited about that. But I tell you, Brother and Sister, when you get thrilled about the Word of God, and you get so thrilled it shows up on the outside, then, someone says about you, “He’s a nut!”
But, no, we Christians have got something to be really thrilled about! Abraham’s blessing is ours! That’s something to be thrilled about! My heart told me it was so all the time, but it wasn’t until I got my mind renewed with the Word of God that I got it through to my head. Turn back to Deuteronomy 28. In Deuteronomy 28:15-28, the Bible lists the
curse of breaking God’s Law. However, in verses 1-14 the Bible lists the blessings of obedience to God. The blessings listed here are the blessings of Abraham. Notice what God says to His people.
DEUTERONOMY 28:8,11-13
8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto….
11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods… . 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure… .
13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath….
Remember, God was talking about material and financial blessings. Instead of being on the tail end, as I was at one time because of a lack of knowledge, you will be right at the head! What else is the Bible saying in verse 13? It is saying that you’ll not be on the bottom financially; you’ll be on the top! When I caught the revelation of what God was really saying in His Word, I was thrilled! After running around that room about ten times, I got back into bed and tried to sleep, but just about the time I dozed off, I raised up out of that bed shouting on the inside, although I was whispering on the outside because I didn’t want to awaken anyone.
“Thank God, Abraham’s blessing is mine,” I whispered. I got so thrilled again I had to get up and run around the room some more. I got up the third time at four o’clock in the morning and ran around that room again. I tell you, I was so thrilled to find out that I was redeemed from the curse of the Law, the curse of poverty, sickness, and the second death. I was thrilled to know that Abraham’s blessing is mine!