No Yoke to be Free

Galatians 5:1-6   
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

We stand on grace’s freedom by faith, bought at the price of the body and blood of God’s only Son, Jesus Christ.  Why get caught up in trying to earn or keep salvation by attempting to attain our own righteousness, when the very Law used to do so proves it impossible?  If we try, like these Galatians, to be identified with the Law of impossible works by circumcision (its entry requirement and identification), we would have to flawlessly keep the whole Law.  That is not possible, and is a departure from trusting in God’s grace in Christ alone.  It is faith from God’s love in mercy and by our love in trusting response that works in us, not our works which come ever short.  His Spirit in us reminds us and proves with certain hope that righteousness of salvation by faith.