Galatians 1-2
from Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike Hosted by Murphy Eyenike
Paul wrote to the churches in Galatia because of two major reasons. This young believers were beginning to lose their faith in Christ because some Jews who had secretly sneaked in were telling them that for their conversion to Christianity to stand, they had to first convert to Judaism and then become circumcised. Paul's answer was swift and simple; "For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law - I stopped trying to meet all its requirements - so that I might live for God. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2: 19-20. A few things become clear when you listen to Paul. You cannot put your trust in the Law and in Christ at the same time. You cannot live for the Law and live for Christ at the same time. They are two separate and opposite paths, choose one. Secondly, the only thing the Law has for you is condemnation, this is because the only way to be justified by the law is to fulfill every single requirement of the Law. You cannot do one and fail the others. Not even Moses who received the Law was able to do this. Next, to live for Christ, you must die to the Law, that means you stop trusting in the Law or trying to meet its requirements. The inverse also applies, to live for Christ also means to put all your trust in him and allowing Christ to live through you.
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