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We Have Been Set Free From The Curse Of The Law
“10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. ” (Galatians 3:10-14).
But, many may ask what is the law? Jesus Himself summarized it in two commandments:
“36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”” (Matthew 22: 36-40).
The curse comes upon those who do not realize and confess that we are all sinners. We believe that because we keep most of the commandments, we are better than others and are self-justified before God; but if we break the least of the commandments, we break them all, and fall under the curse of the law. And, if we say that we have no sin, we make God a liar. So, trying to be justified by the law is a no win situation:
“7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1 John 1:7-10).
This problem was happening since the beginning of the Church, and is probably happening even more in today’s Church. If not, just look around in the light of the Truth of the Gospel of Grace, and you will realize how lukewarm some parts of the Church are, and how it seems like God is spitting us from His mouth, as He told he would do.
Since the beginning of the Church, false teachers have come to pervert the Gospel of Grace, by mixing the Law with Grace, but the Law nullifies Grace. Mixing Grace with The Law is like putting a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment which pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results; or putting new wine into old wineskins which burst the wineskins spilling the wine and ruining the wineskins (Matthew 9: 16-17, Mark 2: 21-22). It is like mixing hot (representing the fire of the Spirit) with cold (representing the coldness of the Law, trying to be perfected by the flesh, see Galatians 3:1-5), producing a lukewarm spirit. To which Jesus warns: “You are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I’m about to spit you out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:15-17). Mixing The Law and Grace produces a double-minded person who is unstable in all its ways (James: 1:8; James: 4:8).
“1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? ” (Galatians 3: 1-6).
To stop living in the curse, we must repent (from the word Greeek Metanoia, to change one’s Mind [1]), and confess that we are sinners. We must stop trying to be justified by the Law, and begin abiding in Christ alone, His Grace, not only for our salvation, but for our sanctification as well. May all those who have ears, hear what the Spirit is saying. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Mario A. Jimenez Jerez
A servant in the Grace Revolution
1. In biblical Greek, metanoeō/μετανοέω and metanoia/μετάνοια signify a “change of Mind, a change in the trend and action of the whole inner nature, intellectual, affectional and moral.”…”to express that mighty change in mind, heart, and life wrought by the Spirit of God.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanoia_(theology).