Justification by Faith: Freedom Through the Spirit
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"Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the law. Now, where did that question come from? Why does Paul raise the question? It sounds like somebody's at his back saying, 'You're nullifying the law.' That's what they're accusing him of. You're nullifying the law. Something's wrong here." [00:00:58]
"By works of the law no flesh will be justified in his sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. So there he's saying if you try to get Justified, if you try to get right with God as a sinner by the performance of works of the law, you fail. Works of the law can't get you right with God." [00:03:30]
"Now apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested. He goes on to say this manifestation of the righteousness of God is the giving of the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, apart from the law. So set the law aside for a moment, set it aside and receive the gift of righteousness through faith in Jesus." [00:04:07]
"Paul's teaching of justification by faith apart from works of the law is causing his critics to say, 'Okay, you just nullify the law then, right? Cancel it out, no Authority, no legitimate place. This is gone, leave it aside, run away from it.' To which Paul answers, 'No, indeed, may it never be.'" [00:06:01]
"On the contrary, my teaching of justification by faith alone apart from works of the law establishes the law. Now, what does he mean? It doesn't nullify the law when I teach that you must get right with God not by the performance of the commands of the law but by trusting in Christ and the grace of God in him alone apart from works of the law." [00:06:30]
"Then by faith, you begin by faith as a Justified person who has a right standing with God. You begin by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit to pursue the law rather than pursuing it by works in order to be justified by it. If you do the latter, you will in fact nullify the law." [00:07:32]
"People who are justified by faith alone apart from works of the law do not go on under the Dominion of sin. That's the point of chapter six. Why don't they? Answer: Grace is a power, not just leniency. Grace comes into your life through faith and empowers you to have different affections and different loves." [00:12:05]
"The law of the spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. So here you are climbing up this track, and he says, 'No, no, no, you're set free from doing that. That's sin and death. If you try to do that, you got two options: climbing that thing, the law of Works produces boasting only.'" [00:13:24]
"What the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. You can't get your sin problems solved by climbing anything or doing anything. God sent Christ to die so that your sin would be executed in him." [00:14:33]
"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the Fulfillment of the law. Where does love come from? Oh, that we had time to dwell on Galatians 5 and six. The fruit of the holy spirit is what? Love, joy, peace. The fruit of the holy spirit is love, not the work of the flesh." [00:17:47]
"Christianity is a supernatural religion, not a willpower religion. And many of us have grown up perhaps in homes where you never even heard about Grace. You never even heard about the Holy Spirit indwelling, empowering you to do what you didn't ever dream you could do and changing your wants and your desires so that you love what the law requires." [00:21:20]
"Is there power? Is there Supernatural reality? Have the eyes of your heart been opened so that the smile is ravishingly beautiful and irresistible and transforming you from one degree of glory to the next so that you say, 'I want to know that man. I want to be lifted by that man. I want to be in the cable of that man.'" [00:22:50]
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"By works of the law no flesh will be justified in his sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. So there he's saying if you try to get Justified, if you try to get right with God as a sinner by the performance of works of the law, you fail. Works of the law can't get you right with God." [00:03:30]
"Now apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested. He goes on to say this manifestation of the righteousness of God is the giving of the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, apart from the law. So set the law aside for a moment, set it aside and receive the gift of righteousness through faith in Jesus." [00:04:07]
"Paul's teaching of justification by faith apart from works of the law is causing his critics to say, 'Okay, you just nullify the law then, right? Cancel it out, no Authority, no legitimate place. This is gone, leave it aside, run away from it.' To which Paul answers, 'No, indeed, may it never be.'" [00:06:01]
"On the contrary, my teaching of justification by faith alone apart from works of the law establishes the law. Now, what does he mean? It doesn't nullify the law when I teach that you must get right with God not by the performance of the commands of the law but by trusting in Christ and the grace of God in him alone apart from works of the law." [00:06:30]
"Then by faith, you begin by faith as a Justified person who has a right standing with God. You begin by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit to pursue the law rather than pursuing it by works in order to be justified by it. If you do the latter, you will in fact nullify the law." [00:07:32]
"People who are justified by faith alone apart from works of the law do not go on under the Dominion of sin. That's the point of chapter six. Why don't they? Answer: Grace is a power, not just leniency. Grace comes into your life through faith and empowers you to have different affections and different loves." [00:12:05]
"The law of the spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. So here you are climbing up this track, and he says, 'No, no, no, you're set free from doing that. That's sin and death. If you try to do that, you got two options: climbing that thing, the law of Works produces boasting only.'" [00:13:24]
"What the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. You can't get your sin problems solved by climbing anything or doing anything. God sent Christ to die so that your sin would be executed in him." [00:14:33]
"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the Fulfillment of the law. Where does love come from? Oh, that we had time to dwell on Galatians 5 and six. The fruit of the holy spirit is what? Love, joy, peace. The fruit of the holy spirit is love, not the work of the flesh." [00:17:47]
"Christianity is a supernatural religion, not a willpower religion. And many of us have grown up perhaps in homes where you never even heard about Grace. You never even heard about the Holy Spirit indwelling, empowering you to do what you didn't ever dream you could do and changing your wants and your desires so that you love what the law requires." [00:21:20]
"Is there power? Is there Supernatural reality? Have the eyes of your heart been opened so that the smile is ravishingly beautiful and irresistible and transforming you from one degree of glory to the next so that you say, 'I want to know that man. I want to be lifted by that man. I want to be in the cable of that man.'" [00:22:50]
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