Justified by Faith Alone, Not By Works

Galatians 2 16 says yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ.

So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law because by works of the law no one will be justified.

That is as clear a statement on justification by faith alone as I think that there could ever be. We are justified by faith in Jesus and not by our works of the law.

And by the way this is any works of any law. There was a prominent theologian a few years ago who's trying to say that Paul was only arguing about the

Jewish laws since circumcision is the law in view here in the book of Galatians therefore we're only talking about those

Jewish laws like the dietary laws or the Sabbath laws or the feast laws. No this is any works of any law.

You can't be justified by keeping the Jewish laws. You also cannot be justified trying to keep

God's law. You cannot be justified trying to keep the Roman Catholic laws which by the way no

Roman Catholic has ever done. You cannot be justified by keeping Mormon laws or Eastern Orthodox laws or your own laws.

You cannot be justified by keeping American laws or tax laws or road laws or walk don't run laws at the swimming pool.