Law and Faith
The Word of God teaches us that no one will be justified by the works of the law given to Moses and that it is only by faith in Jesus Christ that we can be justified, i.e. made or declared righteous (Galatians 2: 15-16) (Galatians 3: 11-12) (Romans 3: 19-20) (Ephesians 2: 8-9).
The apostle Paul teaches us that the law was like a teacher to come to faith, which means that the law was like a guide or a leader while waiting for the Perfect law which is the law of Christ (faith), but the faith having come we are no longer under this teacher (Galatians 3: 19-25). Paul goes further by explaining to us that those who seek to be justified by the law and who cling to the works of the law are under the curse according to the same law that they want to put into practice. In other words, the law they want to put into practice condemns them, since it is written in the law that anyone who does not practice everything that is written in the law is cursed (Galatians 3:10). Jesus Christ himself was cursed for us by being hanged on a tree, for it is written in the law that whoever is hanged on a tree is cursed; he was therefore cursed according to the law in order to redeem us from the curse of the law so that we could be under the blessing of Abraham who is the father of faith (Galatians 3: 13-14).
All who want to be justified by the works of the law of Moses are making the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in vain, and it is a terrible thing to make the sacrifice of our God an unnecessary sacrifice (Galatians 2:21). Contrary to what many people think, being justified by faith does not mean that we only need to believe to be saved, because as James says, faith without works cannot save us because faith without works is dead, yet these are works of faith. When James says that faith without works is dead, he says that faith without works does not exist; that is, faith without works is not faith (James 2: 14-26). We understand that faith that is beneficial to all is not only believing but also putting into practice. This is the reason why Jesus will say that he who hears his Word and puts it into practice is like a man who built his house on the Rock, while he who listens to his Word and does not put it into practice is similar. to a man who built his house on the sand; the first is steadfast when the storm comes, but the second crumbles and its ruin is great (Matthew 7: 24-27). It is also for this reason that James will tell us to practice the Word and not just listen to it (James 1:22).
We understand that being justified by faith is being justified by putting the Word of Christ into practice; thus the fact of being made righteous becomes a reality and does not remain just a word, since the putting into practice of the Gospel makes all those who put it into practice righteous. This is why it is impossible to put the gospel into practice on our own, otherwise we would have something to boast of our righteousness, but it is only through the Spirit of Christ that it is possible to '' to apply the Gospel by walking in charity, righteousness and holiness, so that all the Glory returns to God who has freely given us his Holy Spirit so that we can put his Word into practice, not by our own strength but by the Power of his Spirit that we received by believing his Word. So, because we believed, and chose to follow Jesus Christ and do His will, He gave us His Spirit so that we could put His Word into practice. And I willfully insist that without his Holy Spirit (his grace) we are unable to do his will, which is why we have no reason to boast; Paul says to us: "What hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received it why do you glorify yourself as though you had not received it? (1 Corinthians 4: 7), doing so to us understand that the capacity we have to understand the mysteries of the Kingdom of God and to follow the Path of Eternal Life we have received from God, and we do not have to boast of it.
So just because we are under grace and not under the law does not mean that we can live in sin; on the contrary ; grace being able to lead us to perfection is more exacting than the law which was unable to make us perfect; and Jesus will make it clear when he says that the law of Moses says not to commit adultery, while the law of Christ tells us that he who lusts only commits adultery (Galatians 2: 17-20) (Romans 6) (Matthew 5: 27-28).
This website has been automatically translated from the French version (original version). It is likely that some sentences have been mistranslated and have lost their original meaning.
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