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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 5933860" data-attributes="member: 65823">Works of the law. Whenever you see &quot;works&quot; in the New Testament it referring to the Law of Moses. The Apostles were constantly doing battle with the false teachers, the Jews who converted to Christianity, who were teaching, among other things, &quot;yes, Jesus is the way now, but to be a really good Christian you need to do this and this and this that&#039;s in the Law, to be the best Christian.&quot;This is not talking about works of righteousness , works that &quot;make you right&quot;. The election of grace, Calvin, is God&#039;s eternal plan to include both Jews and Gentiles. Although the Jews had the law of Moses to tutor them in preparation for the gospel, the Gentiles proved to be more receptive to the offer of forgiveness.&quot;But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law&quot; (9:31, 32).Moses&#039; law was &quot;the law of righteousness.&quot; At the same time it was &quot;the ministration of death&quot; (2 Cor. 3:7).&nbsp;It brought death and condemnation by pronouncing a curse on all who fell short. It was righteous within itself, and it was designed to bring true righteousness by pointing the Jews to Christ (Ram. 10:4).&nbsp;But they continued to attain justification by the deeds of the law (which they could not keep) apart from Christ.&nbsp;So they were seeking righteousness, not by faith in Christ, the fulfillment of the law, but by the works of the law, which works could have commended them to God only if they had kept them to perfection.The vast majority of the Jews were lost because they were relying on the rites and ceremonies of -the law of Moses. A remnant remained &quot;according to the election of grace.&quot; This refers to the relatively few Jews who were willing to follow Jesus.&quot;And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But (friend it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work&quot; (11:6).The &quot;election&quot; is the way of salvation: This is by grace, not by works. Again, the word &quot;works&quot; does not refer to obedience to the Messiah, but the deeds of the law, or such works as provide room for boasting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 5933860, member: 65823"] Works of the law. Whenever you see "works" in the New Testament it referring to the Law of Moses. The Apostles were constantly doing battle with the false teachers, the Jews who converted to Christianity, who were teaching, among other things, "yes, Jesus is the way now, but to be a really good Christian you need to do this and this and this that's in the Law, to be the best Christian." This is not talking about works of righteousness , works that "make you right". The election of grace, Calvin, is God's eternal plan to include both Jews and Gentiles. Although the Jews had the law of Moses to tutor them in preparation for the gospel, the Gentiles proved to be more receptive to the offer of forgiveness. "But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law" (9:31, 32). Moses' law was "the law of righteousness." At the same time it was "the ministration of death" (2 Cor. 3:7). It brought death and condemnation by pronouncing a curse on all who fell short. It was righteous within itself, and it was designed to bring true righteousness by pointing the Jews to Christ (Ram. 10:4). But they continued to attain justification by the deeds of the law (which they could not keep) apart from Christ. So they were seeking righteousness, not by faith in Christ, the fulfillment of the law, but by the works of the law, which works could have commended them to God only if they had kept them to perfection. The vast majority of the Jews were lost because they were relying on the rites and ceremonies of -the law of Moses. A remnant remained "according to the election of grace." This refers to the relatively few Jews who were willing to follow Jesus. "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But (friend it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work" (11:6). The "election" is the way of salvation: This is by grace, not by works. Again, the word "works" does not refer to obedience to the Messiah, but the deeds of the law, or such works as provide room for boasting. [/QUOTE]

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