~ The Law Cannot Justify
vs. Grace can Justify ~
introduction: The Apostle Paul wrote the Book of Galatians
to the believers of this local church at a time when they were beginning to
reject the gospel of grace and were instead moving backward toward obedience of
the Mosaic Law as the means of winning favor with God. Paul’s purpose in
writing was to point out the dramatic differences between Law and Grace.
The Law Cannot Justify
vs. Grace can Justify
“Knowing that a man is not
justified by the works of the law but by
faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ
and not by the works of the law; for by
the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. But if, while we seek to
be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ
therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!” (Galatians 2:16-17, emphasis
added).
“But
that no one is justified by the law in
the sight of God is evident, for ‘the just shall live by faith’ [Habakkuk
2:4]” (Galatians 3:11 emphasis added).
summary: The bottom line of understanding Law vs.
Grace is a theology of “DO or DONE!” Are you still trying to DO things to earn
your salvation, or do you understand that it was DONE for you on the Cross of
Calvary by Jesus Christ—you only need to accept/trust His provision on your
behalf?
“Being justified freely
by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24). “Not by works of righteousness which we do, but according to His
mercy He saves us” (Titus 3:5a).
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