Christ Did Not Die in Vain

“I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” (Galatians 2:21)

Did the Son of God, Christ Jesus our Lord die on a cross outside the city of Jerusalem for no reason? Was His death a vain thing? Did God act foolishly when He gave His Son to die for the sins of mankind?

When we follow the world’s religions, some of them claiming to be Christian, who teach that man is saved and prepared for heaven through a system of law deeds, we frustrate, violate or nullify the grace of God which brings salvation. When we work out a system of good deeds, claiming that system as our ticket to heaven, then we are saying, “Christ died in vain.”

Twist it, add to it, take from it, explain it away or refuse to believe it because it is too simple: when all is said and done it is still, “For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)  Salvation is a matter of faith in the finished work of Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection.