Tuesday 13/11/12

Galatians 2:16 ESV

yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

We cannot be saved by works of the law, because none of us can keep to the law consistently from the heart. The Pharisee aspires to keep the law, but they just keep the visible part and ignore the inner part - justice, mercy, and the love of God. They all become hypocrites, make a show of follow the law, but are not.

We are justified before God by our faith in Jesus Christ. And as we study God's Word and mature in the faith, we bear more fruit of the Holy Spirit - love, patience, joy, peace, meekness, gentleness, self control. The fruit will enable us to do good work, not for our salvation, but because we enjoy doing.