{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies","author_name":"Jeff Gulleson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/author\/jgulleson\/","title":"GALATIANS, 2:15-16 - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WjMCzTcbTu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/galatians\/galatians-215-16-025\/\">GALATIANS, 2:15-16<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/galatians\/galatians-215-16-025\/embed\/#?secret=WjMCzTcbTu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;GALATIANS, 2:15-16&#8221; &#8212; Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson\" data-secret=\"WjMCzTcbTu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Gal. 5:1) SECONDARY THEME VERSES: \u201cA man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ\u201d (Gal. 2:16); \u201cIf righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing\u201d (Gal. 2:21).\u00a0 THEME: Salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone releases us from the yoke of the law, freeing us to live a life of love through the power of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Legal (Imputed) Righteousness: We are justified by faith in Christ (Gal. 2:16). Imparted Righteousness: Immediate Moral Change at conversion (Gal. 6:15); Gradual Moral Change through the fruit-growing work of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22) which requires our cooperation (Gal 5:16-17, 25, 6:8). We cooperate by using CCRC (Concentration, Choice, Reflection and Confession\/Thanksgiving. Foundational verse, \u201cBy one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.\u201d (Heb. 10:14)\u00a0 Good Teachers: (1) Constantly re-evaluate what they are doing; (2) Set large goals; (3) Ask \u2013 \u201cDoes everything I do contribute to learning?\u201d; (4) Prepare well; (5) Check for understanding; (6) Like teaching; (7) Get results from their teaching; (8) Have perseverance. Don\u2019t give up.\u00a0 TEACHING GOAL: The show how profound was the problem to God of providing a way of forgiving people for their sins.\u00a0 TEXT FOR THE DAY: \u201cWe who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 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. \u201cBut if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners; doesn\u2019t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker. \u201cFor through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 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. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! (Gal. 2:15-21)\u00a0 FORGIVENESS, \u201cA PROFOUND PROBLEM\u201d FOR GOD\u00a0 1. Review \u2013 The Problem of Forgiveness 2. Mankind Inherently Knows that God Demands He Live Righteously 3. Refining our Definition of Righteousness 4. Comparing \u201cRighteousness\u201d &amp; \u201cJustification\u201d 5. Obtaining Divine \u201cRighteousness\u201d\u00a0 RIGHTEOUSNESS, \u201cBEING AS WE OUGHT TO BE\u201d\u00a0 REVIEW: Paul\u2019s thesis: My apostleship, like the twelve, is by divine appointment; the Gospel I preach was received by divine revelation. (Galatians [&hellip;]"}