Part 1 - A Life of Freedom

Most people who attempt to fulfill the Law to merit and maintain their salvation have obviously not read the Law. Because if they had, they would know the purpose of the Law has never been to save.

The answer to idolatry and the treadmill of merit-based salvation is not looking to yourself and how much you know about and love God.  The answer is to understand God's inexhaustible knowledge of and immeasurable love for us that was exhibited in Christ.

Salvation is indiscriminately offered and therefore creates an inclusive fellowship within the church that doesn’t have the barriers that divide the world. It creates a unity in the midst of diversity. Our identity in Christ supersedes any other possible identity we might possess or claim.

Paul continues his argument against a faith and works gospel and for a faith alone gospel by explaining the power of the promise and the purpose of the Law.