HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT YOURS.......................God gave the Law to reveal His standard of absolute righteousness to convict us all of our true guilt before Him, so that we would see our need for the gospel. We all need to understand and apply this text personally, so that we abandon any attempt to justify ourselves. We need to trust in Christ alone. Also, we need to understand these verses so that we can use them to dislodge the propensity of others toward self-righteousness, so that they will see why they need to believe in the gospel. This is by far the most common problem that you will encounter when you talk to others about their need for the Savior. They’re blind towards their own sin. They wrongly think, “God will let me into heaven because I’m a good person.” They can’t imagine how a loving God could damn them eternally for their “few” faults. These verses show God’s standard of absolute righteousness and how that standard will convict everyone who trusts in his own righteousness. To be acquitted, we need the perfect righteousness of the Savior credited to our account (3:21-28)..........Paul had already proven that the law was not given to bring justification....and therefore remove any false ideas we might have of saving ourselves. It ruled out the possibility of self salvation and made us ready for the covenant of grace (Gal. 3:24). It was to remain valid and in force until the coming of the one true descendant of Abraham, i.e. Christ (Gal. 3:16)
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 18:39:13 +0000