CHRIST ALONE-ABSOLUTELY NO WORKS-NONE

CHRIST ALONE

Gal. 2:21  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

...then Christ died in vain Dr. Rendel Harris has aptly described this letter of the great Apostle to the Gentiles as an "explosive epistle." Its force lies more in the truths it declares than in the way in which they were stated; yet the method of statement is most arresting. Perhaps in the course of the whole argument, nothing ls more tremendous in the impact made upon the mind than this outstanding declaration. If the Law, which does reveal righteousness, is able to produce righteousness, then the death of Christ was a mistake, it was unnecessary; He died to accomplish something which might have been accomplished in some other way. Those then who hold that a man may reach righteousness through the Law are compelled either to get rid of the whole conception of the atoning death of the Lord, or to say that God was mistaken. Moreover, if the Law could not make righteous, and the death of Christ is able to do so, then why superimpose upon faith in that which is able, the rites and ceremonies of that which is without force? That is the whole case of the letter, and it is that truth, so forcefully stated, which has made this letter the high explosive which more than once in the history of the Church has shattered false doctrine as to the way of salvation. It was Martin Luther's weapon. Because the heart of man is always prone to add something of human device to the Divine provision, it is best to keep this writing at hand, for its power is as great as ever.

“Not of works, lest any man shall boast.”