2. Galatians Teaches Righteousness Galatians 3:6-9

3. Galatians 3: 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

4. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD

5. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD Deuteronomy 32:3 For I will proclaim the name of the L ORD ; ascribe greatness to our God! 4 “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

6. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD Psalm 145:17 The L ORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

7. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD Romans 3:10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12a All have turned aside;

8. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.

9. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18a All this is from God,

10. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

11. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

12. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

13. RIGHTEOUSNESS BEGINS WITH GOD

14. RIGHTEOUSNESS BELIEVES GOD

15. RIGHTEOUSNESS BELIEVES GOD “And what saith God? Impossible things, foolish, weak, absurd, heretical things…if ye believe reason. If we follow the judgment of reason, God setteth forth absurd and impossible things when He setteth out unto us the articles of the Christian faith…the Body and Blood of Christ…baptism…the resurrection of the dead…the Virgin Mary…Christ the Son of God!” Martin Luther

16. RIGHTEOUSNESS BELIEVES GOD Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

17. RIGHTEOUSNESS BELIEVES GOD Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

18. RIGHTEOUSNESS BELIEVES GOD Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the L ORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

19. RIGHTEOUSNESS BELIEVES GOD

20. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BLESSING FROM GOD

21. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BLESSING FROM GOD Isaiah 64:6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.

22. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BLESSING FROM GOD Romans 4:20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also.

23. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BLESSING FROM GOD Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

24. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BLESSING FROM GOD