[boatbums]

First of all, when the way of Righteousness is simple faith, there can be no personal glory allotted to any man. All of the glory goes to the God who has made salvation possible.

Essential truth that MUST be realized before we can receive THE gift. Good article. Thanks.

[avenir]

I’d venture that most people, when drawn to the Lord in brokenness, have NO problem here. It is AFTER salvation that the Judaizers crawl out of the woodwork demanding....erm...”scalps”. There may be a multitude of instructors in Christ, but would to the Lord there were more fathers to guard the flock from the fruit inspectors and works crowd, and help them understand why they still sin, and how not to let Satan drive them down. Nothing energizes the flesh or gives it more traction than trying to keep law for approval (not that Judaizers keep it).

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law!