01/04/2024: Galatians 2:17 – Having been saved by grace, can I be condemned for not keeping the Law?

Galatians 2:17 (ESV)

¹⁷ But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

Thought for today – Having been saved by grace, can I be condemned for not keeping the Law?

To be able to understand this section, verses 17-19, we need to realize that Paul is using a hypothetical argument to make his case against the Judaizers.  His argument is the question that if we are indeed saved by grace through faith, are we then condemned because we do not obey the Old Testament Law?  The answer is a clear, “NO!”  If it were true that the required obedience to the Law continued after being saved by grace, then Christ would be leading the Jews like Paul others who no longer practiced the Law into sin.  That could never be true.

That’s what the Book says!