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Galatians 2:15-21

“We who are Jews by birth and not ‘Gentile sinners’ 16 know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified. 17 If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!

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Galatians 2:15-2118 If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker. 19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”

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The greatest threat to Christianity is moralism.

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“When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter 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?” Galatians 2:14

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Galatians 2:16

know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.

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Galatians 2:16

know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.

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Galatians 2:16

know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.

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Galatians 2:16

know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.

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Galatians 2:16

know that a man is not justified by observing 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 observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.

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Justified

• Is being declared innocent.

• God’s justice is perfect.

“Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” Hebrews 10:17

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Justified

• Is being declared innocent.

• God’s justice is perfect.

• We distort our righteousness.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9

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Justified

• Is being declared innocent.

• God’s justice is perfect.

• We distort our righteousness.

• We view justice as a balance.

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“All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.’ 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law.” Galatians 3:10-11.

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“. . . know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ!”

Galatians 2:16.

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Justified By Faith

• Belief in the person of Jesus.

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’” Galatians 3:13

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Question #60 How are you right with God?

Answer: Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to methe perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a

sinner,as if I had been as perfectly obedientas Christ was obedient for me.

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Question #60 How are you right with God?

Answer (continued):

All I need to do is to accept this gift of God with a believing heart."

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Justified By Faith

• Belief in the person of Jesus.

• Part of faith is trust.

• Faith must be personal.

Galatians 2:15-16, “We who are Jews by birth and not ‘Gentile sinners’ 16 know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.”

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Justified By Faith

• Belief in the person of Jesus.

• Part of faith is trust.

• Faith must be personal.

Galatians 2:15-16, “We who are Jews by birth and not ‘Gentile sinners’ 16 know that a man is not justified by observing 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.”

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Galatians 2:17

“If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!”

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Righteousness is based on Christ, not the Law.

“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:19-20

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Righteousness is based on Christ, not the Law.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23

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“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”

Galatians 2:21

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God’s Gift of Freedom

Challenge: Are we people of grace?