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THE ATTENTION GRABBER
THE THEME
Legalism is for the purpose of show
Legalism prevents persecution
Legalists boast in themselves
THE COUNTER-THEME
The only legitimate reason for boasting is in the cross of Christ
John Stott wrote:
The truth is that we cannot boast in ourselves and in the cross simultaneously.
If we boast in ourselves and in our ability to save ourselves, we shall never boast in the cross and in the ability of Christ crucified to save us.
We have to choose.
Only if we have humbled ourselves as hell-deserving sinners shall we give up boasting of ourselves, fly to the cross for salvation and spend the rest of our days glorying in the cross.
Why is it that we boast in the cross?
It ‘twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me!
There were three crucifixions that occured on that wonderful cross.
First and foremost was the crucifixion of Christ as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Second was our crucifixion to the world.
Our old nature was crucified on the cross of Christ.
Therefore we died with Him — His death was also the believer’s death.
This involves our spiritual union with Christ — Christ in me, the hope of glory!
The third crucifixion is that the world was crucified to us!
We have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of Christ.
THE RECAPITULATION
Once again we recapitulate to the theme of circumcision.
This time Paul states that both circumcision and uncircumcision are meaningless.
In other words neither the Jewish believers nor the Gentile believers are superior to one another.
In Christ national distinctions are erased.
Previously Paul had stated in
The only thing that really means anything according to our present text is a new creation.
Elsewhere Paul stated:
In the original creation there was Adam, who was not only the first man and the father of all the living but he was also the representative of the human race.
When he rebelled against God’s clearly revealed will — God’s one command — he passed down his rebellion to the entire human race.
Hence we are born sinners.
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Jesus Christ has been referred to as the second Adam.
He fulfilled the law of God in its entirety.
He accomplished what Adam could not accomplish.
And those who place their faith in Him are resurrected with Christ to walk in newness of life.
And just as Adam passed down his sinful nature to all that are in him, so Christ has passed down His new nature to all that are in Him.
I get so excited by this thought that I feel my heart skipping a beat!
THE BLESSING
The Rule — The Shalom — The Request — The Bookend of Grace
The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, and be gracious unto you, and be gracious unto you; and give you peace, and give you peace.
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