Part 5 | The Gospel and Grace of God

The Bible is not read in isolation

Galatians 6:15-16 NIV Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.

Galatians 3:14 ESV . . . so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles (all people), so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

33-34 AD	Jesus Death Resurrection Holy Spirit Pentecost birth of the church (Acts 1—4) Paul’s Conversion to Christ
40-45 AD	letter/book of James written
48 AD	letter to Galatians written
49-51 AD	letters (1-2) to Thessalonians written
53-63 AD	writing of: Marks Gospel (53-55 AD) Matthews Gospel 1 Corinthians
55-56 AD	2 Corinthians is written
57 AD	Romans is written
60-70 AD	Hebrews Paul writes in Prison – Ephesians Philemon Colossians Philippians Luke writes the Gospel of Luke and Acts

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James 2:18 “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works

According to one theologian,
The root idea in justification is the declaration of God, the righteous judge, that the person who believes in Christ, sinful though they may be, is righteous — is viewed as being righteous, because in Christ they have come into a righteous relationship with God
~ G. E. Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament, Eerdmans, 1974, p. 437) ~

~ www.gotquestions.org/justification.html ~

Galatians 2:16 ESV know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

Galatians 2:20 ESV I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 3:10-13 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

Galatians 3:14 ESV so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.