All this talk about Law and the Promise has made me have to really clear out the cobwebs and read over this text numerous times. Ultimately, this section of scripture offers so much hope to those of us trying to do this life under our own power or control. For those of us who have at times tried to follow the "rules" to the letter, understand that it is impossible to follow every rule of the law under our own power. And we were never meant to do that! We were never meant to live this life on our own or by our good works follow the law. No, we were meant to have the law point us to the Promise, point us to Jesus. Only through the work He did at the cross can we find any liberation from the prison sin puts us in.
vs. 22 says, "The Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, beign given trhoguh faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe."
vs. 25 says, " now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law."
The law no longer applies to us. We no longer have to live in its prison. We are liberated through our faith in Jesus Christ. And I don' t know about you, but that is the most wonderful news I could have ever been told. To know that my eternity does not depend upon my ability to fulfill the law give such great comfort to me every day.
Questions to Consider:
What about you? Do you still struggle with being in the prison where the law places you? Or have you been able to experience the liberation of fatih in Christ Jesus?
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