(Rom 3:26) “To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (27) Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.” Many a new believer has been burdened with and taught they needed to “keep” their salvation. It seems “right”, for it appeals to our sinful nature of pride. Yet, plainly we see (our text) it is all of Jesus without human effort, the keeping of the law. Our attempts soil the purity of that blessed sacrifice of Jesus!