Galatians 3:26-27 (KJV) says, "For you are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." All of us want to be children of God, but it is our faith in Christ that leads us to become children of God. This verse also tells us how our faith leads us to be children of God. It says, "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." The word for as used in this scripture is a preposition, which means for the purpose of or in order to be. Therefore, we are baptized for the purpose of or in order to be God's children. Has your faith led you to be baptized, so that you can become a child of God? If not then you are not a child of God.
To be a child of God, our faith must be a faith that will accept and do all that the Lord tells us to do. It must be an obedient faith, because God says in James 2:17,20 & 24, "Thus also faith, by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." "But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?" "You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only." If our faith is not one of action, it is a dead faith. A dead faith will do us no good on the day of judgment. This is the only place in the Bible that speaks of "faith only". Here it does not commend it, but rather condemns it. It also refers to one who believes in "faith only" as "O foolish man."
1) (Galatians 3:26-27)) How does faith in Christ lead us to become Children of God? By being baptized into Christ. All people are already children of God. Faith only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) We are baptized in order to be a child of God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) (James 2:17, 20, &24) One who believes in faith only is A wise man. A foolish man. Going to be saved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) We are justified by faith only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) (James 2:17) Faith that has no works is A dead faith. A living faith. A saving faith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) To be a child of God our faith must cause us to accept and do all the Lord commands.
