Galatians 3:14

Gal. 3:14. "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." The Spirit from time to time was promised of old by the prophets, as the great privilege of the happy gospel days which they foretold; but the promise was made to the seed or children of Israel and Abraham. See Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 44:3, "Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring." Now the prophet puts the Spirit and the blessing together, as the Apostle does, in this verse. Again, in that great promise of the Spirit, Joel 2:28, and Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 59:21. So, from time to time, the great promises of the Spirit, in other places in the prophets, are to God's people Israel or Israel's and Abraham's posterity. Hence, a being endowed by the Spirit is, by the Apostle, spoken of as evidently being of the sons of God. Romans 8:14, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God;" and of Abraham, in this chapter.

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