And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
The law stands apart from faith, so that living under the law rests on carrying out what it requires rather than on believing. The law itself gives no salvation to those who have broken it, yet its commandments are appointed to life for those who keep them by moral strength drawn from the righteousness credited from Christ. Christ carries the penalty due for sin, opening the way for people through trust in him to turn from wrong, come back to loyalty, obey the commandments of God, and live, and that keeping is never a means of being saved separate from him. This teaching forms part of the contested instruction about the law in Galatians that many had not fully grasped, and adopting an incorrect stand in that dispute while not cherishing the Spirit of Christ brought serious loss upon the church.
The law stands apart from faith, so that living under the law rests on carrying out what it requires rather than on believing. The law itself gives no salvation to those who have broken it, yet its commandments are appointed to life for those who keep them by moral strength drawn from the righteousness credited from Christ. Christ carries the penalty due for sin, opening the way for people through trust in him to turn from wrong, come back to loyalty, obey the commandments of God, and live, and that keeping is never a means of being saved separate from him. This teaching forms part of the contested instruction about the law in Galatians that many had not fully grasped, and adopting an incorrect stand in that dispute while not cherishing the Spirit of Christ brought serious loss upon the church.