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The Books of John and Matthew depict two different perspectives of Jesus’s crucifixion that will divide the followers of Christ from the rest of the Hebrews. The followers of Christ use Christ, as well as an internalized Godly perfection, to become closer to God. By Jesus taking away the barriers of worship, the strict law is separated from faith by Paul in his letter to the Galatians. The separation of the law and faith is not taken lightly by the Hebrews, who are threatened and in turn, use the law to persecute Jesus. Jesus’s crucifixion in the Books of Matthew and John, which represents the division between Hebrews and the followers of Christ, is necessary for the separation of law and faith that occurs in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. …show more content…

Paul explicitly writes, “We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ,” (Galatians 2:15). This begins the clear divide between the those who follow the law and those who follow Jesus Christ. Paul’s following of Christ allows for those who are not Hebrews to have accessible faith in God. In the letter, Paul creates a radical idea of “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Jesus Christ,” (Galatians 3:28). The Mosaic law used by the Hebrews only follows the Hebrews, yet the According to the religious scholar, Paul L Owen, the law is in the subjective genitive, therefore the law is something that is given and not obeyed. Furthering this point, obeying the law does not bring justification because it cannot lead to faith, but obeying Christ can. Paul even states that “If you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law,” which connects to the concept of the law being ostracized from faith (Galatians 5:18). The division is needed in order for faith to be greater than the law. According to Paul, the law is not necessary to reach the internalized perfection needed to follow Jesus Christ. The “fruit of the Spirit” is not bound by laws and if one embodies these fruits then …show more content…

The lifting of the sins referenced in Paul’s letter to the Galatians is seen as a gateway to God through Jesus Christ. An interesting point from the religious scholar, Owen, is the idea that Paul refers to sin as something that is trapped under the law. To quote Owen, “What the Law effects is precisely a curse on all who receive it!” the law is seen in Galatians as something that potentially had the power to liberate and justify the Hebrews, yet there is no room for sin reference. Paul references in his letter that, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,” which means that Jesus Christ took away the sins and further opened the portal to faith directly to God through internalized perfection (Galatians 3:13). Without Jesus’s death, there would be no lifting of the sins by Christ. Therefore, Jesus’s crucifixion is necessary for the separation of law and

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