Bull. You didn't answer because you knew the implications of the answer.You knew what my answer would be, so that means you already had it.
No, David. IT WAS NOT RHETORICAL!!!!Your mistake was you said your question was not rhetorical when it actually was.
Being righteous is not a work of the flesh, following the law IS!!!Following the Law is not a work of the flesh
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envy, murders, drunkenness, reviling, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
--Dave