Sunday, 13 March 2016

“I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” Galatians 2:21

There are several exceedingly important truths which are seen in this verse, and which must be taken to heart. Paul says “I do not set aside the grace of God.” Grace is getting what one does not deserve.… Read the rest

Saturday, 12 March 2016

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20

Paul just said, “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.” What the law could never accomplish, that of bestowing righteousness upon a sinful person, was accomplished through union with Christ who died under that same law.… Read the rest

Friday, 11 March 2016

For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. Galatians 2:19

“For” is given as Paul’s continued thought on verse 17. He gave a hypothetical for the consideration of Peter and the other Jews who were falling back on the observance of the law in verse 18.… Read the rest

Thursday, 10 March 2016

For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. Galatians 2:18

Here we come upon a logical conclusion of the words of the previous verse. Paul had just asked, “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin?” By allowing Jews and Gentiles to eat together under the new faith which is found in Christ (which Peter clearly did, both in the household of Cornelius and in Antioch), then Christ would be a minister of sin if the law were still in force.… Read the rest

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

“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 2:17

The words in this verse are difficult and various scholars have proposed several suggestions as to what Paul’s intent is.… Read the rest