Justification by Faith: The new reformation need

Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Paul the Apostle here gives the Galatians strong rebuke for allowing themselves to be seduced into believing a lie and slipping back to the weak and beggarly elements of the law. There was a mixture of converted Jews and Gentiles which made up the Galatian church. Apparently, after Paul had been away for a bit, he heard reports of Jewish law being added unto the Grace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Justification by faith alone was the main thrust of the Book of Roman's, the first new testament book after the 5 gospels. (counting the book of Acts as a continuation of the Book of Luke as most notable scholars do) However, either way you cut it, right out of the gate the Holy Spirit of God burdened Paul's heart with the exhortation and edification of the doctrine of Justification by Faith alone in Christ alone. God knows the hearts of men, and these men, having not been far removed from a works based system of law were bound to begin to add requirements of the law unto the Gospel of Grace. It was the battle cry of the reformation and coming out of the false system of religion of Rome. Justification by Faith alone, in Christ alone.

Justification by Faith alone was the spark that set the reformation fires ablaze!

Martin Luther is quoted:
“We have to fear as the greatest and nearest danger, lest Satan take from us this doctrine of faith, and bring into the church again the doctrine of works and of men's traditions. Wherefore it is very necessary that this doctrine be kept in continual practice and public exercise, both of reading and hearing. If this doctrine be lost, then is also the doctrine of truth, life and salvation, lost and gone.”
The devil hates the life giving power of the True Gospel of Christ. He has proved it over and over thru the ages by his not so subtle attempts to stamp out this foundational doctrine. Once man is removed from Grace unto a works based system of redemption, he has again entangled himself in the weak and beggarly elements of the law. The law was never meant to save men's souls. There is no righteousness in the law, nor is there redemption in the law. The law was added because of transgression. Without the curse sin and death on the consciousness of men, the law serves no purpose whatsoever. It was our schoolmaster according this passage:
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Without the law, there is no knowledge of sin. Without knowledge of sin, there is no reason for redemption. Without redemption, man is destined to hell for all eternity. The law serves the purpose to show us our need of a savior. Take the ten commandments for example. If you were to go down the list it wouldn't be long before you stumbled upon a commandment which you have in your lifetime, transgressed. It is impossible for man to keep the commandments of God, it is that simple. There is none righteous according to the book of Romans, all have transgressed the law of God. The law was added because of transgression. It's purpose, to bring us to the knowledge that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God.(Romans 3:23) When Christ came, he came to redeem us from the curse of the Law.
Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Faith has come my friend! God himself, came to earth, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross, resurrected, was seen by many, and ascended up into the clouds to be received at the right hand of the Father. He will come back in like manner one day. On that day we shall be judged by our belief, by our faith in Jesus Christ alone. Our justification will and is by faith alone in Christ alone. But there are some even today, many who pervert the True Gospel of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of Justification by faith alone in Christ alone. These men tell you that they must intercede for you before the throne of God. These men wear long robes and love to be called father. They prescribe superstitious ritual and ask for money that they might absolve sin on your behalf. They have added unto the gospel the traditions of men. They are wicked and perverse and their hearts are black with the depths of hell. They deceive many into thinking they have to work their way to heaven. They oppress the widows and the fatherless and commit unspeakable acts upon children because they burn in their own lust! They forbid to marry and indulge in worldly pleasures hiding behind the Mother Church when they are caught in hideous sexual misconduct with minors. This is nothing new my friend. Paul warned the Galatians 2000 years ago the dangers of bringing the law back into the gospel. It would bring weakness and oppression into what is supposed to be the pillar and ground of the truth. The truth is where the Spirit of Christ is, there is liberty. There is no liberty in the works of the law of man, only oppression and wickedness.
Gal 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
The Greek word for foolish is anoētos (an-o'-ay-tos) it means unintelligent, sensual. This is the wisdom of the world, the foolish and sensual, carnally minded man thinks void of spiritual truth. In Galatia, some false, legalistic converts had cast a spell upon the church at Galatia and convinced them thru humanistic reasoning, that the law and Christ fit together cohesively. They sold them the lie that Christ and the Law go hand in hand and are one in the same. Yet, in reality, the law pointed to Christ and foreshadowed, especially in the sacrifices and daily temple worship and offerings, Justification by Faith.
Can you imagine the blood that flowed upon the altar in the temple during a single day of worship and service by the Levitical Priests in the wilderness? Some have concluded that the regular sacrifices required by God in a given year (360 days) was 1,260. That is 3.5 sacrifices a day only on the required, ceremonial sacrifices. These were the requirements for the feasts and Sabbaths and all the ceremonial blood sacrifices. In addition to that, there were 2 million souls all committing sin pretty much on a daily basis probably, who were commanded to make offerings for the Priests to sacrifice on their behalf to atone for their sin. This was carried out daily. Can you imagine the blood that flowed just to keep the people alive and clean before a Holy God? It was a continual blood bath in the wilderness of sin. They most certainly became weary and had to desire a permanent sacrifice to atone for sin once and for all. That was the purpose of the Law, to show the need for a permanent Redemption. That atonement is Jesus Christ and all the law and the prophets pointed to the Grace which would afford complete, eternal atonement in the shed blood of Christ on Golgotha's hill up on Calvary's Cross. When he cried "it is finished" it was finished and all who believe in him shall not perish. We don't have to get saved over and over. We don't have to work for our salvation. We are justified by Faith alone in Christ alone.
It is time to raise up this banner of truth again. It is time to proclaim the cry of the reformation all over again. Justification by Faith alone, in Christ alone!
Anything less, is a false gospel and unable to atone for men's souls. Anything else leaves a lost sinner destined for hell for all eternity and God will have no mercy on those who take part in the destruction of men's souls. Stand fast in the liberty which is in Christ. Allow no man to preach unto you another gospel which is no gospel at all. For all these shall have their part in the lake of fire. "......obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, ....." for he is our portion.