Galatians 2:17 KJV
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
This passage is a little challenging. Scofield says that the "we" the verse refers to are the Jews. He says this verse means that a saved Jew places himself once again under the Old Testament Law, he behaves as if he is still an unjustified sinner.
The phrase that catches me is this, "...seek to be justified by Christ..."
So many seek to be justified by good works.
By church attendance
By keeping the Ten Commandments
By obeying their church's rule
By being baptized
To be justified is to be cleared of all charges against us and to be given the righteousness of God. This justification is found only in Christ.
And once we have been born again (and more to the point of the book of Galatians) the one who is justified is to continue trust in the justifier, not in his own works, for his standing with God. When we see our standing with God as secure because of Jesus Christ we are free then to press ourselves in Christian service to bring honor and glory to Him.
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
This passage is a little challenging. Scofield says that the "we" the verse refers to are the Jews. He says this verse means that a saved Jew places himself once again under the Old Testament Law, he behaves as if he is still an unjustified sinner.
The phrase that catches me is this, "...seek to be justified by Christ..."
So many seek to be justified by good works.
By church attendance
By keeping the Ten Commandments
By obeying their church's rule
By being baptized
To be justified is to be cleared of all charges against us and to be given the righteousness of God. This justification is found only in Christ.
And once we have been born again (and more to the point of the book of Galatians) the one who is justified is to continue trust in the justifier, not in his own works, for his standing with God. When we see our standing with God as secure because of Jesus Christ we are free then to press ourselves in Christian service to bring honor and glory to Him.
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