“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”
Galatians 2:16
It is necessary that we strike a balance in the kind of work being written about from the above-written text. Of course, Scripture encourages that ‘He who does not work shouldn’t eat,” and that our “Faith without works is dead.”
Nonetheless, the justification of salvation as a gift comes from the knowledge that we need to buy nothing with our money, nor our self-sacrifices to obtain this gift. We could hear the voice of God through prophet Isaiah in chapter 55:1 of his lettering that “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
This clearly shows all that we need is to hearken and come, and by this is what the book of Romans 10:17 calls faith: “So faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” The understanding of this fuels our desire to travel farther with God, without being encumbered by the worries of what we’d give in exchange.
Charge: God hasn’t demanded much from us other than to cast our burdens on Him, and trust in His grace made available to all men.
Further Study: Matthew 11:28; John 6:63; Romans 3:20, 4:2-3, 10:1-4,6-10, 11:6; Galatians 3:11; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 3:8-9; Hebrews 10:10-12.
