| Edward Bickersteth - 1828 - 46 pages
...justification. It is a brief way of expressing that which St. Paul more fully states, when he says, Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of...works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Gal. ii. 16. The grand objection, however, to this doctrine among pious Romanists,... | |
| John Gregory Pike - 1828 - 300 pages
...been led to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. " Knowing that a man js not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we...works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us... | |
| Assembly of divines shorter catech - 1828 - 84 pages
...disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. d Gal. ii. 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of...that we might be justified by the faith of Christ. 34 Q. What is adoption? A. Adoption is an act of God's free grace a, whereby we are received 21 into... | |
| 490 pages
...life that we now live must be lived by the faith of the Son of God! Look at Galations 2: 1 6 and 20: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth... | |
| Colin D. Standish, Russell R. Standish - 2003 - 422 pages
...purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. Romans 9:11 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:9 Who hath... | |
| Charles Grandison Finney - 2003 - 1386 pages
...required by the law, is not even a condition of salvation. The texts above referred to, are such as these. "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." — Gal. ii. 16. This, and sundry other passages that hold the same language,... | |
| Mike Allison - 2000 - 16 pages
...of God." 2. The Law Cannot Save Us Not only does the law condemn us, but it has no power to save us. "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. . .if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."— Gal. 2:16,21.... | |
| David Bird - 2003 - 350 pages
...idea that our own works have saving merit before God saying, "a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified" [7]. Peter said a similar thing in Acts 15:10, 11: "why tempt ye God, to put... | |
| John Phillips - 2004 - 232 pages
...Paul's first point is that the Law cannot redeem us. The Law cannot justify; the Lord can justify: "We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified" (w. 15-16). The problem is that the Law condemns us. Elsewhere, Paul wrote,... | |
| Robert Hanson - 2004 - 350 pages
...the saving or sanctification. It is within grace that God justifies (declares right) us before Him. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of...works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified, Galatians 2:16. For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live... | |
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