Galatians 2:21<\/a> \u201cIf righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in<\/p>\nvain.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ultimate transgression is at stake when a man turns to the law for<\/p>\n
righteousness. For when you turn to the law for righteousness then you<\/p>\n
frustrate the grace of God and deny Christ and all that Christ<\/p>\n
accomplished. Not only is that so, but when you seek righteousness by<\/p>\n
the law you violate the very law you claim to keep. Paul said to the<\/p>\n
churches at Galatia, \u201cTell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye<\/p>\n
not hear the law?\u201d<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt have no other gods before me.\u201d-Yet, if you<\/p>\n
seek justification by law then you make law your god.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.\u201d-But,<\/p>\n
when you seek justification by law then you make law your idol.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.\u201d\u2013<\/p>\n
When you seek justification by law, calling yourself a Christian, you<\/p>\n
take Christ\u2019s name in vain.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cRemember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.\u201d-But you who<\/p>\n
seek justification by law break the sabbath, rejecting Christ who is the<\/p>\n
believer\u2019s Sabbath, refusing to rest in him.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cHonor thy father and thy mother.\u201d-But when you seek<\/p>\n
justification by law, you willfully disobey your heavenly Father,<\/p>\n
refusing him the honor and glory due unto his holy name.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not kill.\u201d-But all who seek justification by<\/p>\n
law cry out against Christ, \u201cCrucify Him! Crucify Him!\u201d<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not commit adultery.\u201d-But he who goes to the<\/p>\n
law for righteousness plays the harlot and goes whoring after another god.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not steal.\u201d-Yet, all that go to the law for<\/p>\n
justification would rob God of his glory.<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not bear false witness against thy<\/p>\n
neighbor.\u201d-But when you boast of your obedience to the law you call God<\/p>\n
a liar. He declares, \u201cThere is none righteous. No, not one. There is<\/p>\n
none that doeth good.\u201d<\/p>\n
The law says, \u201cThou shalt not covet thou thy neighbors house, thou shalt<\/p>\n
not covet thy neighbors wife nor anything that is thy neighbor\u2019s.\u201d-But<\/p>\n
when you go to the law for righteousness you seek for yourself the honor<\/p>\n
that belongs to God alone. When you teach others to do so, you seek to<\/p>\n
steal God\u2019s bride (his church), and would have her be married to another.<\/p>\n
Galatians 3:21<\/a> \u201cIS the law then against the promises of God? God forbid:<\/p>\nfor if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily<\/p>\n
righteousness should have been by the law. Wherefore then serveth the<\/p>\n
law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come<\/p>\n
to whom the promise was made.\u201d Christ is that seed. Christ fulfilled the<\/p>\n
law. All those trusting in Him are free from the law, holy and without<\/p>\n
blame. Clay Curtis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW Galatians 2:21 \u201cIf righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.\u201d The ultimate transgression is at stake when a man turns to the law for righteousness. For when you turn to the law for righteousness then you frustrate the grace of God and deny Christ and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,38,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-clay-curtis","category-the-law","category-righteousness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3480,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions\/3480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}