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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: We must pay close attention to Paul's way of speaking. He says that we are
crucified and dead unto the Law. The fact is, the Law is crucified and dead
unto us. Paul purposely speaks that way in order to increase the portion of
our comfort.
VERSE 20. Yet not I.
Paul explains what constitutes true Christian righteousness. True
Christian righteousness is the righteousness of Christ who lives in us. We
must look away from our own person. Christ and my conscience must
become one, so that I can see nothing else but Christ crucified and raised
from the dead for me. If I keep on looking at myself, I am gone.
If we lose sight of Christ and begin to consider our past, we simply go to
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