- V21-22 Problem with the Law = The Law could not give life. = If the Law could have given life, there would have been no reason for Christ to die for our sins. = All are under sin (missing the mark). The Law had no answer to sin. = Two Key words in verse 22: Faith & Believe - V23-24: Purpose of Law = The only answer was faith. The law was there to shut people up, like a jailor, to faith. = The Law was never a barrier to faith. “We cannot come to Christ to be justified till we've been to Moses to be condemned” John Stott - V26-29: When we come to Christ, the provision of the Lord. = We become children of the Lord. Faith in Christ is the only way to be children of God is by Christ: Only one way to heaven is by the cross of Christ. = We are put into Christ. We are baptized into Christ, not by water but by the Spirit. = Faith in Christ is what puts us in the family of God.
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Pastor Larry E. Clouse is the Senior Pastor at Merrimack Valley Baptist Church (MVBC) in Merrimack, NH, a ministry he was led to start in 1982 which God has blessed through the years. Before coming to New England, he served as a missionary and church planter in Hawaii and a...