The Gospel and the Grace of God: Part 5
The Bible is not read in isolation
Galatians 6:15-16 NIV Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.
Galatians 3:14 ESV . . . so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles (all people), so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
33-34 ADJesus Death
Resurrection
Holy Spirit
Pentecost
birth of the church (Acts 1—4)
Paul’s Conversion to Christ40-45 ADletter/book of James written48 ADletter to Galatians written49-51 ADletters (1-2) to Thessalonians written53-63 ADwriting of:
Marks Gospel (53-55 AD)
Matthews Gospel
1 Corinthians55-56 AD2 Corinthians is written57 ADRomans is written60-70 ADHebrews
Paul writes in Prison –
Ephesians
Philemon
Colossians
Philippians
Luke writes the Gospel of Luke and Acts
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search - chronological order of New Testament.
James 2:18 “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works
According to one theologian,
The root idea in justification is the declaration of God, the righteous judge, that the person who believes in Christ, sinful though they may be, is righteous — is viewed as being righteous, because in Christ they have come into a righteous relationship with God
~ G. E. Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament, Eerdmans, 1974, p. 437) ~
~ www.gotquestions.org/justification.html ~
Galatians 2:16 ESV know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
Galatians 2:20 ESV I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 3:10-13 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Galatians 3:14 ESV so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.