Redeemed From the Curse of the Law
Galatians 3:13,14
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Christ is not Jesus’ last name. It is the Greek word for Anointed One. The Anointed One (God Almighty in the person of Jesus, with the anointing of His Holy Spirit, through the Father) has redeemed you and me. What does it mean to be redeemed? When someone is redeemed, they are bought back from captivity or bondage. An individual is holding them as hostage and demanding a ransom for their freedom. Satan was holding every human being hostage to his sin and death. Jesus came with a ransom price for our freedom----His precious blood. He paid the full price to set us free. Now satan has no legal right to hold us hostage because we have been redeemed, set free.
The Anointed One has set us free from the curse of the law. The curse of the law and the blessings are set forth in Deuteronomy 28. We can read what the curse is in that chapter. The curse is sin and its consequences such as sickness and disease and poverty. We see the blessings in the first verses of Deuteronomy 28. We are blessed everywhere we go. God commands the blessing on us and our storehouse. Our enemies flee before us. Our children are blessed.
The word “blessed” holds so many meanings. It basically and simply means God’s fullness of Himself poured out on us----all that He is and all that He has. That is it “in a nutshell” as my grandmother used to say of something which was all inclusive.
We are blessed. We have access to all that God has for us, through faith. Faith, that word that so many people have trouble with. Once again, the simple definition of faith is: having confidence in God, trusting Him.
I AM REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON ME.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Christ is not Jesus’ last name. It is the Greek word for Anointed One. The Anointed One (God Almighty in the person of Jesus, with the anointing of His Holy Spirit, through the Father) has redeemed you and me. What does it mean to be redeemed? When someone is redeemed, they are bought back from captivity or bondage. An individual is holding them as hostage and demanding a ransom for their freedom. Satan was holding every human being hostage to his sin and death. Jesus came with a ransom price for our freedom----His precious blood. He paid the full price to set us free. Now satan has no legal right to hold us hostage because we have been redeemed, set free.
The Anointed One has set us free from the curse of the law. The curse of the law and the blessings are set forth in Deuteronomy 28. We can read what the curse is in that chapter. The curse is sin and its consequences such as sickness and disease and poverty. We see the blessings in the first verses of Deuteronomy 28. We are blessed everywhere we go. God commands the blessing on us and our storehouse. Our enemies flee before us. Our children are blessed.
The word “blessed” holds so many meanings. It basically and simply means God’s fullness of Himself poured out on us----all that He is and all that He has. That is it “in a nutshell” as my grandmother used to say of something which was all inclusive.
We are blessed. We have access to all that God has for us, through faith. Faith, that word that so many people have trouble with. Once again, the simple definition of faith is: having confidence in God, trusting Him.
I AM REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON ME.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:04 AM
<< Home