While Christianity has many life-changing doctrines that are non-negotiable essentials, there is one doctrine that stands out among them all with respect to maintaining true biblical freedom through a relationship with Christ. It is the good news that sinful men and women may be brought into acceptance with God, not because of their efforts, but through a simple act of trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is known as the doctrine of justification by faith.
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- “We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 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.” – Galatians 2:15-16
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- “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21
- “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9
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- “But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.” – Galatians 2:17-18
- “For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.” – Galatians 2:19
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- “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” – Galatians 2:20
- “I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.” – Galatians 2:21