Faith alone pleases the Godhead. Our faith in the salvation that God provided in the birth, death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ, all God and all man, is the only way to Him. No amount of good works or obedience to the law can earn us eternal life, only Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit can do in us what we cannot do ourselves.
In the whole Bible, there is no more passionate, comprehensive, yet concise statement of the truth of the gospel than Galatians. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ alone. No work can earn salvation. Paul’s succinct refutation of the Judaizers in this letter has transformed the lives of many—from Martin Luther to John Wesley. In general, people want to earn their salvation by works that can easily be identified. In this letter, Paul reveals the arrogance of such thinking. It amounts to a desertion of the truth of the gospel and a turning away from God. We can stand justified before God only through faith in Jesus Christ; nothing else will save us.
Galatians 1:1-5
Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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