Justified By
Faith In Jesus Christ
When Cephas came to
When
I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to
Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you
live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force
Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
“We
who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but
by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that
we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because
by the works of the law no one will be justified.
“But
if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the
sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin?
Absolutely not! If
I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
“For
through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with
Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the
body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of
God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for
nothing!”
Galatians
2:11-21
Technology has hindered
some of us. We lose our ability to deal with people one on one.
Paul had to confront
Peter for compromising grace. Paul, in love and with passion, confronted Peter
face to face for cowering to a legalistic system that was powerless to change
lives. He vigorously reminded Peter that grace leads to freedom from sin’s slavery
and to obedience to God.
A
well-chosen word can speak volumes.
Our Daily Bread –