Gal 2:19   For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
20    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.

     When Paul uses the word "I" here, he intends his spiritual man, the 'new creature' in Christ, not the flesh man.

 

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The inner 'spiritual man in Christ', is therefore 'dead' to The Law, but not our flesh, nor the spiritual man of those who refuse Christ. One must accept Jesus Christ as Saviour for to take part in this renewed state of Grace. Paul fully explains the shortcomings of the flesh according to The Law in...

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But the 'new man' in Christ is our hope and in faith that Jesus Christ did sacrifice Himself on the cross, and gave us the Promise of Salvation, is the inner man's striving. And this even though our old flesh can't be perfect and will transgress God's Law.

 

Gal 2:21   I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

     If we were justified; or obtained Grace by The Law only, then Christ Jesus would have died on the cross for nothing. That's all Paul is saying here. Does this mean God's Law is done away with then? God forbid no. Nor does Paul imply that anywhere in his Epistles.

     Many who teach that all Old Testament Law was done away with when Christ died upon the cross offering The Way to Salvation, do so in ignorance. Those also tend to teach that The Old Testament was all history, and offers little concerning The Salvation of Christ and Christian Doctrine. If you study the Books of the Prophets, you'll learn that is not true. They are just taking The Old Testament and putting It back on the bookshelf to collect dust when they teach that false message. As Jesus Christ stated in Matt 5:17: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."

Peace be to you in Christ Jesus,
Dave Ramey.

 

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