The wording here in this last verse of the 2nd Chapter is really quite interesting. It says, “I do not set aside the grace of God…” Anyone who knows anything about the saving grace of Christ knows that that the reality of Christ’s grace cannot ultimately be set aside by ourselves if we have truly come to know Christ. Christ has conquered in our sinful hearts, and He by His precious and powerful grace will triumph there, so that we will persevere in our faith and be brought to heaven and all the blessings of eternal life. God is faithful, and once He has begun a good work in the life of the one trusting in Jesus, that work will be brought to completion. (Philippians 1: 6) The grace of God cannot ultimately and finally be set aside by the true Christian. But Paul is not talking here, about God’s perfect work of what He does in conveying grace to the heart of the true believer. Here in this verse; he is speaking of the way a person receives salvation, and how he grows in respect to that salvation. He is speaking about the way that these Galatians viewed Christ’s death. If Christ’s death was sufficient for them, to save them, then why were they toying with this false doctrine of works-righteousness?
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...