We must trust Christ for nothing or for all. To trust him only for part is the essence of unbelief. There are two ways of being saved according to the Apostle Paul. One way is to keep the law perfectly. That way is closed because of sin. The other way is to accept the gift of salvation which Christ offers us freely by his cross. The two ways cannot both be followed. That is the burden of the epistle to the Galatians. A man must choose as the way of salvation either the law or grace. In bidding men choose the latter way, the apostle was contending for the very heart of the Christian religion. It's justification by God's grace alone through faith in Christ alone. Yes, the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation. Yay. But the very foundation upon which we have acceptance with God, the very foundation upon which we have comfort, we have Romans
