In Galatians 3:1-14, Paul is helping these churches see that they became Christians through faith in Jesus and continue to grow as Christians through looking to and trusting Him, not their own works. The same is true for us. We are not saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus, and then graduate to trying very hard to be good so that God will keep loving us. We are to live moment by moment depending on Jesus alone to justify and sanctify us, knowing that we are acceptable to God through faith in Jesus alone. So what does this mean for us? It means all we need for the future is not found in our human-effort to perfect or finish ourselves. Rather, all we need for the future is found in continual faith in Jesus and His work to perfect us by His finished work on the cross. God “will bring to completion the good work that he began in [us]” (Philippians 1:6). In addition, it means all we need for today is not found in our “living by” or “relying on” our works and achievements. If we live by or rely on anything other than Jesus for our fulfillment and happiness, we are under a curse—“Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them” (Galatians 3:10). But If we live by and rely on Jesus and faith in what He’s done, we are blessed with being counted righteous and with the presence and power of God the Holy Spirit. But how did Jesus become all we need? He became all we need by becoming all that we were—a sinner under a curse. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:14). He became our perfection by taking on Himself all of our imperfections and dying in our place; He became the One who gives us the blessing, by becoming a curse for us on the cross.