Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Vital Doctrines)
我夜间的歌曲《重要教义-救恩》
Text: Galatians 2: 16
MSITN VITAL DOCTRINES – SALVATION
“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”
Galatians 2:16
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SALVATION
1. The Apostle Paul carefully chose the word “Justification” to describe “Salvation”.
2. What is the meaning of the word “Justification?”
a. It comes from the word “righteous”.
b. To be justified means “to be declared righteous by God”.
3. What does it mean to be declared righteous?
a. It does not mean that we are actually righteous.
i. We are sinners.
ii. We have committed sins.
iii. We are in fact “unrighteous”.
b. It means:
i. God has pardoned us from all our sins.
ii. Our sins have been forgiven.
iii. God imputes the righteousness of the Lord Jesus to us.
iv. In God’s sight, we are deemed to be righteous.
4. Justification cannot be earned:
a. By keeping the Law.
b. By trying to be good (we will never succeed in our attempts).
c. No one will ever be justified by the works of the Law.
5. The teaching of the false teachers.
a. They were teaching people that they must keep the Law.
b. They must live as the Jews lived.
c. Then, would they have justification from God.
6. Justification is a special act of God.
a. Paul highlights this truth.
b. Justification is given by God when a person believes (has faith. in the Lord Jesus Christ.
c. It cannot be achieved by the keeping of the LAW.
7. A brief testimony:
a. Paul declared that he and his fellow-Apostles are justified because of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
b. Peter may have lapsed because of his fear of the visiting Jews from Jerusalem.
c. But essentially, Peter and Paul agree on this doctrine of justification.
i. To have salvation means we have justification given to us by God.
ii. We stand before God as people who are declared righteous because of the Lord Jesus Christ who made this possible.
我夜间的歌曲:重要教义 – 救恩
经文:加拉太书 2:16
“既知道人称义不是因行律法,乃是因信耶稣基督,连我们也信了基督耶稣,使我们因信基督称义,不因行律法称义;因为凡有血气的,没有一人因行律法称义。”
《加拉太书 2:16》