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I’d venture that most people, when drawn to the Lord in brokenness, have NO problem here. It is AFTER salvation that the Judaizers crawl out of the woodwork demanding....erm...”scalps”. There may be a multitude of instructors in Christ, but would to the Lord there were more fathers to guard the flock from the fruit inspectors and works crowd, and help them understand why they still sin, and how not to let Satan drive them down. Nothing energizes the flesh or gives it more traction than trying to keep law for approval (not that Judaizers keep it). The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law!

So true! I marvel how so many imagine the work that God BEGAN in us by grace through faith He would finish with our OWN works of righteousness. There is a sad misunderstanding of grace among many "Christian" denominations. If we are saved by grace - and we are - then that means all the way to the fulfillment of our eternal life.