Last week we learned that man will never be justified, ‘declared right/not guilty' before God, by attempting to keep the law of Moses. The Law is intended to show us our sin and our need for a Saviour. The Law brings a death sentence to all mankind.
We discovered that a person is justified, saved, ‘declared not guilty' by faith in Christ alone.
Gal 3:24, Therefore the Law has become our tutor {to lead us} to Christ, that we may be justified by faith.
This week we'll see that true saving faith is always life-transforming.
The Jewish legalists thought that by eliminating the Law, you eliminate man's sense of moral responsibility. i.e., If a person can be just before God simply by trusting in Christ by faith, why then would he bother to keep the Law? Or live by any standard of morality for that matter?
Paul sets out to disabuse them of this error in thinking.
The Legalizers accused Paul of encouraging sin because Paul's doctrine throws over the Law for God's grace. This Paul denied.
In other words, the Judaizers were saying, “If you come to Christ by faith alone without any obligation to the Law you will become a licentious sinner.” Addressed in v17.
Here, Paul is saying the reverse is actually true by saying, “But, once a person comes to be justified by faith only, they can actually be found sinning if they return to the Law.” For example, Peter, when he lived like a Gentile tore down the ceremonial law; when he lived like a Jew he tore down salvation by grace.
Here we have the great purpose for which a person is saved by grace through faith alone.
The believer's participation in the death of Christ that he might find new life in Him.
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