Part 1 - God's Puzzle Solved

226 God’s Puzzle Solvednot by the works of the law: for by the works of the lawshall no flesh be justified. 17 But if, while we seek to bejustified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners,is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.18For if I build again the things which I destroyed, Imake myself a transgressor. 19 For I through the lawam dead to the law, that I might live to God. 20 I amcrucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now livein the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, wholoved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustratethe grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law,then Christ is dead in vain.You should know what Christianity is. First, it is not areligion. It’s not the keeping of days or years or physicalthings that people do. It really only entails spiritualchange.Christ said that Christians should worship God spirituallyand not with physical works (John 4)! When you getdown to The Gospel, it is all about The Kingdom of God.Most Christians don’t know what The Kingdom of God is.“ 15 We who are Jews by nature and not sinners of the Gentiles.”The Jews, by keeping The Law, were not sinnerslike The Gentiles who did not know The Law. “ 16 Knowingthat a man is not justified by the works of the law.” You arenot forgiven of your sins by keeping any physical Worksof The Law, but rather, “by the faith of Jesus Christ evenwe have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justifiedby the faith of Christ.” Paul said this for a specific reason.He did it to show the promise of The Gospel although thereare still two gospels – old and new. The Jews (The Cir-