Do I have to impress God?
Galatians 2:17-21
“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 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. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
If I live a life with Christ on the inside, I don't have to keep tabs on what I've done right or wrong this week. I don't have to try to impress God with my formula of Christianity--I don't smoke, I don't drink, I stop having sex, I don't curse, I don't club, I don't, I don't, I don't.... I just have to live the life.
“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 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. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
If I live a life with Christ on the inside, I don't have to keep tabs on what I've done right or wrong this week. I don't have to try to impress God with my formula of Christianity--I don't smoke, I don't drink, I stop having sex, I don't curse, I don't club, I don't, I don't, I don't.... I just have to live the life.
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