GALATIANS 3:11-12
"It is through faith that a righteous person has LIFE. This way of faith is very different from the way of the law, which says it is through obeying the law that a person has life."
Do you really think that you could go throughout your life without breaking the law? Not just mans law, but God's law can not be broken if you hope to obtain eternal life. Again, do you think that anyone is capable of going through their whole life without breaking the law? Remember God has said that no one is good, no not one. That would include everyone who has ever lived. Everyone has come short of the glory or goodness of God. That is why Jesus asked why they called Him good. Jesus knew that only God is good and by calling Him good they were calling Him God. Do you think you can be good, like God?
It is absolutely clear that no human can gain eternal life by being good. If we can not gain eternal life by being good, then how can we obtain Heaven and eternal life with the Lord? The truth for today is that we can only obtain life when we live by faith. We were under a curse and doomed for destruction when we live under the law. Everyone who does not live under the commands written in the law is subject to eternal punishment. We can not depend on the law to save us.
The man in right standing with God who is just and righteous shall live by and out of his faith. The one who is declared righteous by faith shall have right standing with God and will have LIFE! How does this happen? We were cursed and could not save ourselves, so how can we be given eternal life? Jesus took all of our curses upon Himself and gave His life for our deaths. Now that is some Good News! We could not save our self but Jesus Saved us by His gift of the death on the cross and His shed blood for us. All we need to do is believe in Jesus Christ and demonstrate that belief by our faith in Him and His Word. Choose LIFE!
