Let's get on with it.

Well I think we have ridden this horse long enough. We have looked at it every way we know how and still come up with the same conclusion. All men & women, boys & girls, young & old, black, white, yellow, red & any other color you can come up with are BAD! As such, Paul makes the declaration of 3.20: Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Thus Paul can now move to the central truth of the Christian faith. Justification before God does not come through good living, but through faith in Jesus Christ. Really try and digest verses 21-25 this week. A simple out line of these verses goes something like this:

[21] The Plan of Justification
[22] The Prerequisite of Justification
[24-25] The Price of Justification
[26] The Pronouncement of Justification

Since Justification is a work that rests completely in the work of God, Paul is then able to declare that there is no room for personal human pride in the presence of the cross.

Then Paul makes a startling statement in verse 31. He states that faith in Jesus Christ is not a nullification of the Law, but an establishment [NASB] of the Law. How is it that our faith in Jesus Christ upholds and establishes the Law?

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