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Thanks for posting this! What is the 'works of the law' he refers to at 28:35? We are justified by grace except by works of the law, I think he said? Can you explain?
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Hi ChubbyCherub,
Not quite right; what you are questioning is the second lesson which is read directly from Romans 3:19-28 (ESV); please note in particular, the last two verses which I have highlighted; what it says is we are only justified by faith, not the law. This doctrine of justification was one of the corner stones of the reformation as the Catholic Church at that time was, and two a lesser extent today, still teaches that we can cooperate with our salvation. It was the book of Romans that brought this to light for Martin Luther. It seems that St. Paul was a Lutheran.
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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Thank you!Hi ChubbyCherub,
Not quite right; what you are questioning is the second lesson which is read directly from Romans 3:19-28 (ESV); please note in particular, the last two verses which I have highlighted; what it says is we are only justified by faith, not the law. This doctrine of justification was one of the corner stones of the reformation as the Catholic Church at that time was, and two a lesser extent today, still teaches that we can cooperate with our salvation. It was the book of Romans that brought this to light for Martin Luther. It seems that St. Paul was a Lutheran.
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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