Law + Grace = Another Gospel, Session 15 of Unveiling Jesus, video

(61:13 min) The book of Galatians is an amazing letter of encouragement to all of us who have been ambushed by grace and have been so gloriously undone by grace that we simply can’t go back to the mixture of grace and law. Paul pronounced a double curse on anyone who would preach any other message than the Gospel of grace. He wrote the letter to the churches in Galatia to combat teaching by false brethren who wanted to bring works back into the church. These men were seducing the people to believe that Jesus alone wasn’t enough for salvation. They were bringing back the carrot on the end of the stick: “You must do this and do that for God to accept you. You must keep the law to maintain your salvation.” Paul was astounded with the Galatians who were allowing this teaching in their churches, and his language in this letter is forceful and even fierce at times. Why? Because if righteousness could be obtained through our rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily. May it never be!