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Bible Baptist Church

Bradenton, Florida

John Barch

Galatians Wk8

Defense of Justification                                Gal 2:17-21 
•         But if-A Hypothetical Situation to Prove a Theological Point
•         Judiazers Claimed the Uncircumcised Gentiles Who Accepted Justification by Faith in Christ Alone Were Still Unsaved
•         We seek to be justified by Christ-Justification is the Result of the Union With Christ Through Faith
•         What is the Logic of this Verse?
•         First, In Order to be Justified in Christ, It is Necessary to Abandon Faith in the Law as a Means of Salvation
•         Second, Without the Law One Becomes a Sinner in the Sense of Being Like the Gentiles
•         Therefore, The False Conclusion Reached is Christ is the Agent of Sin
•         God forbid-May it Never Be 
•         Build again the things which I destroyed-The Law as a Means for Gaining Favor with God
•         I make myself a transgressor-Offended the Principle of Grace by Requiring Human Effort
•         Dead to the law-The Law Has No Further Claim or Control Over Him
•         That I might live unto God-Through Death to Human Effort, He Could Become Alive Through Faith 
•         Five Characteristics of Being Justified in Christ:
•         1-crucified with Christ-Positionally, We Were Co-Crucified (Rom 6:6)
•         2-nevertheless I live-The Believer is Alive Spiritually (Jn 10:10 & Rom 7:4)
•         Yet not I-No Longer That Old Man That I Once Was (2 Cor 5:17)
•         3-Christ liveth in me-The Believer Has Life Because Christ Lives In Him
•         You Never Get Eternal Life Apart From Christ (1 Jn 5:11-12 & Jn 14:20)
•         And the life I now live in the flesh-As Contrasted With My Life Before Conversion
•         The Power to Live Righteously Resides in the Believer
•         4-I live by the faith of the Son of God-The Justified Life is a Faith Life (Rom 1:17)
•         5-Who loved me, and gave himself for me-A Life Made Possible By Christ’s Love & Death
•         Do not frustrate the grace of God-Means to Set Grace Aside or Nullify it
•         If You Can Earn Salvation, Then God Must Give You What You Deserve (Rom 4:4-5)
•         Then Christ is dead in vain-Unnecessary 

 

Published Aug 30 2009, 12:19 PM by jbarch

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