Galatians 2:16 - nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith inChrist and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. (NASB)
Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 3:22 - But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:26 - For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:9 - and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.
Is this a KJV only thing?
Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 3:22 - But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:26 - For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:9 - and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.
Is this a KJV only thing?
The way I view it is - Jesus lived as a man ( and He was God in the flesh too ) and He committed His spirit into the hands of His Father at the cross. Jesus lived by the Father within Him while on this earth - completely dependent on Him - the same we too live by Christ now on this earth. Without Him we can do nothing.
It was the faith of Jesus in the Father's capability to raise Him from the dead. We too have faith in Jesus and what He has done which He had accomplished through His own faith in the Father. The gospel is from faith to faith. ( from Christ's faith to our faith in Him - it also can mean we grow in our faith as we see more of Christ's work of grace and love for us )
So, it is in my mind - both - we live by the faith of what Jesus accomplished by His faith in the Father and we too live by our faith in what Christ has already done.
It's a matter of seeing the work of Christ from His viewpoint and His reliance ( faith ) on the Father which in the hearing of Him - we too receive faith.
Romans 10:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
It's just a different perspective of the origin of faith - Christ had it first and lived by it and now we too live off that faith which He had in the Father. From faith to faith.
It all boils down to - we must have faith in Christ Himself and His finished work on the cross for salvation and the receiving of life.
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