Faith Vs. Law: Paul's Argument on Salvation

One cannot solely know it, solely adore it, or solely explain it; but, like the major shoe company Nike slogan would say…you have to “Just Do It”. Now the argument might come from some saying that it takes faith even to obey the law. This is a great point but of course Paul is ready to combat this theory as well. He uses Leviticus to verify that it is doing the law, and not trusting it in which God requires. “Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgements; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord” (footnote). Paul’s squabble here is that, “law says, “Do and live!” but grace says, “Believe and live!” (footnote). The Judaizers attempted to entice the Galatians into a creed of lawful works; however, thankfully Paul truly cared for the Galatians. He cared so much that he wanted them to relish in a connection of love and life which is only given by faith in Jesus Christ…and he

Why would one want to even try to “gain” favor or salvation from God if Paul has so beautifully explained that you can have it all and then some with belief in Jesus Christ? In Galatians Chapter two verse twenty, Paul declares, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me”. (footnote). Many people in their lives if they have gone to church in any capacity may have heard a preacher give a sermon on that verse, however, what if you were to present that verse to the average person who hasn’t attended church? What does Paul mean by that saying and are they any parallel Scriptures which teach the same truth? Paul is speaking in a sense that he actually died; which is pretty strange because he would have to be alive to have penned this epistle. What Paul is saying however is that he has died to the law when Jesus Christ died on the