Galatians Quotes

“It is true enough that sanctification follows justification, but justification never gets left behind. We will never stand before God on the basis of our own righteousness. We can stand before God only on the basis of the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Once and forever, we are justified before God by the righteousness we have received by faith. To be sure, we are becoming more holy all the time. Having been justified, we are now becoming sanctifies. But we cannot use our obedience--aa imperfect as it is--to establish our righteousness before God. To put this another way, we cannot base our justification on our sanctification”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“The true sons of Abraham are not identified biologically, but Christologically.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“Martin Luther said, “A Christian is not someone who has no sin or feels no sin; he is someone to whom, because of his faith in Christ, God does not impute his sin.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“Angels have no interest in being worshipped themselves. They are totally absorbed with God, and all they would have us do is join them in adoring Him.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) explained this in a picturesque way: What is God’s law now? It is not above a Christian—it is under a Christian. Some men hold God’s law like a rod, in terror, over Christians, and say, “If you sin you will be punished with it.” It is not so. The law is under a Christian; it is for him to walk on, to be his guide, his rule, his pattern: “we are not under the law, but under grace.” Law is the road which guides us, not the rod which drives us, nor the spirit which actuates us. The law is good and excellent, if it keep its place.10”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“The gospel is for Christians just as much as it is for non-Christians. We never advance beyond the good news of the cross and the empty tomb.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“From start to finish, the whole Christian life is by grace through faith. A new life in Christ commences with faith, continues by faith, and will be completed by faith.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“Salvation in Christ does not rest on a law that we inevitably break; it rests on a promise that God cannot break.”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians

“In the words of the Puritan William Perkins, “The promises made to Abraham are first made to Christ, and then in Christ to all that believe in him.”6”
― Philip Graham Ryken, Galatians