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Are You Worthy Enough for
Salvation?
At last! You can get off your guilt trip!
In the following Scripture, Paul said he did not
frustrate the grace of God.
Gal 2:21
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain. (KJV)
"Righteousness," in the above verse, translates a Greek legal term and means
"cleared of all guilt." Furthermore, the words "righteousness, righteous, just,
justify,
justified and/or justification," when used in your English Bible, are
translations of the same Greek root above and still means, "cleared of all
guilt."
“Frustrate” means “to make void.” That is, Paul did not “make void” the grace of
God. For him, Jesus’ blood took care of the guilt and penalty for all his sins
or it did
not. If it did, then they were taken away by the grace of God.
For Paul, to add any other thing would frustrate the grace of God. Likewise, for
him, to take away any thing from the blood of Jesus would also frustrate the
grace of
God.
At last! You can get off your guilt trip!
In other words, Paul was completely satisfied that the grace of God, utilizing
the blood of Jesus, had completely dealt with the guilt and unworthiness he may
have had
because of his sins. Paul spent his Christian life combating the peddlers of
unworthiness. He saw that our worthiness is based on the worth of Jesus' blood.
His
teaching on this great subject inspired the lines to the old song, "My hope is
built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness." For Paul, salvation
was based
on the merits of Jesus blood plus nothing and minus nothing.
If God’s grace, however, did not take care of Paul’s guilt and unworthiness,
then any hope he had of clearing his guilt and unworthiness must be based upon
his own
works of righteousness. In other words, he must keep Moses’ law to obtain enough
righteousness to be saved and blessed.
If this was true, however, Paul plainly reasoned that Christ died for nothing.
His death was useless. There was absolutely no point to it or in it.
“Vain,” in the preceding verse, is an unusual word. It is a form of the Greek
word for “gift.” The form of the word used here, however, does not mean gift. It
means
“uselessly.” It means “without a cause.”
At last! You can get off your guilt trip!
In other words, if Jesus’ blood alone did not take away all Paul’s guilt and
unworthiness, Jesus died “for no cause at all.” His death was “useless.” There
was “no
point” to it. It “availed nothing.” It “accomplished nothing.”
Thank God, though, Jesus’ blood did accomplish something. It did avail
something. There was a point to it. It took care of the guilt and unworthiness
produced by
our sins.
We can still be healed and prospered. Jesus’ blood paid it all. We are now as
worthy as his blood. We are washed in it.
Pull up our free book (PDF) and read it on your
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Receive Healing and Prosperity When You Don't Feel Worthy Enough.
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chapter at a time:
Table of Contents.
Dr. Jay Snell:
Author of several books concerning the healing, prosperity, family well being
and salvation contained in the Abrahamic covenant for Christians. These books
presented many times on TBN.
Website:
http://www.jaysnell.org
This Page: http://www.jaysnell.org/Articles/enough.htm
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