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SunSundayOctOctober23rd2011 The Law and The Promise

Posted Sunday, October 23 2011 @ 8 PM byDave Moore Tagged Redemption 0 comments Add comment

There are many people who think that when they die someday, God will grade them on a “curve.” They believe that God will allow them to have salvation based on their works if their good deeds outweigh the bad. Most religions teach that one can obtain righteousness by obeying the Law or a set of rules. In our lesson last week in Galatians 3: 10-18, we learned that all those who try to be righteous by obeying the Law are under a curse. This is because if someone tries to comply with the Law, they must perfectly observe all of the Law without exception or be cursed (damnation). However, no one is capable of complying with all of the Law except one person, Jesus Christ.

Jesus’ death on the cross, burial, and resurrection from the dead, was the ultimate fulfillment of the Law and the promise to Abraham. Paul says that in this, Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law – which is to say that Jesus purchased our freedom from the penalty of sin, the curse of not obeying the Law, and spiritual death by the wrath of God. Therefore, we obtain this redemption not by works, but by faith alone in Jesus Christ and what he has done.

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