WHAT ARE WORKS OF THE MOSAIC LAW!.............................. Any rule, command, or law that a person observes in an attempt to be accepted in right standing with God is a work of the law. In other words, works of the Law are a righteousness produced by ones self, belonging to ones self, offered to God as a means of meeting Gods standard for acceptance. Php 3:9 says its having mine own righteousness [a righteousness belonging to me], which is of the law.................! Romans and Galatians were written to point out that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, without any human works. Justification is forensic (a legal declaration by God), not infused (based on our good works or our ability to keep the law or the ability of a religious institution to convey grace to us). The law stands for anything man can do which he thinks will earn him salvation. Grace is the antithesis of law and law is the antithesis of grace. The law is exactly what God told Israel to do to be in right relationship with Him. Keeping the law represents the pinnacle of human good works. And yet, scripture tells us: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. -Galatians 2:16
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