Keeping the Gospel Clear

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• Keeping the Gospel Clear
• Galatians 211-21

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Confrontation (v11-14)

• Peter was a hypocrite
• said Jews Gentiles are equals
• acted as if Gentiles were 2nd class
• Peter distorted the gospel
• actions implied that faith is not enough you
  must obey the Law

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Roman Catholicism

• If anyone says that the sinner is justified by
  faith alone, meaning that nothing else is
  required to co-operate in order to obtain the
  grace of justification let him be anathema.

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Roman Catholicism

• If anyone says that the sacraments of the New
  Law are not necessary for salvation but are
  superfluous let him be anathema.

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Pauls Response

• v15-16 Justification is by faith alone
• Justified to receive a favorable verdict to
  conform to a standard

Matthew 548Therefore you are to be perfect, as
your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Pauls Response

• v15-16 Justification is by faith alone
• Justified to receive a favorable verdict to
  conform to a standard

Isaiah 646For all of us have become like one
who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are
like a filthy garment
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Pauls Response

• v15-16 Justification is by faith alone
• Justified to receive a favorable verdict to
  conform to a standard

Hebrews 726For it was fitting for us to have
such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled,
separated from sinners and exalted above the
heavens
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Pauls Response

• v15-16 Justification is by faith alone
• Justified to receive a favorable verdict to
  conform to a standard
• The one source of justification
• Belief in the faithful work of Jesus on the
  cross

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Pauls Response

• v15-16 Justification is by faith alone
• v17 Objection grace excuses sin!
• v18 The Law cant conquer sin
• v19 Im done with the Law
• v20 I conquer sin by faith in Christ
• v21 The danger of returning to the Law

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Summary
Romans 328For we maintain that a man is
justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
James 224You see that a man is justified by
works and not by faith alone.
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For Next Week

• Read Romans 3 4
• Read James 2
• Who is James writing to, believers or
  unbelievers?
• What issues or problems do they face?

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