The Law Abolished

We are now in Galatians 3:19-29. Paul continues to talk about the law. This subject was a HUGE issue with the Jews. Can you imagine living under the law and then in one swing of a hammer on a nail pierced through Christ, the law is abolished. The Bible says that at Jesus' death the veil of the temple was ripped in two. Supernaturally. Literally. This meant that anyone - and God meant anyone - now has access to God. This wasn't good news to the people who took the law and controlled others with it. This is what the majority of the Jewish priests were doing. Controlling people hate to lose control. If they only knew that relying on God everyday is so much easier than trying to control every person's move in their life. Ever see a Mom control every step of their child's life? You notice the child can't move without permission. Yuck! Poor kids! Some people thrive on control. When the person being controlled gets free, the relationship many times ends. It's too bad! Back to Galatians. So, what does the law refer to? Well, it includes the Torah (first 5 books of the Bible), the Ten Commandments, and all of the laws set up in the Jewish system. Now, in verse 22, we see that all (people) are under sin. In other words we are born into sin. Everyone. But in order to repent from sin, we needed a definition of sin. That's where the law came in. You could look, say, at the Ten Commandments and know you have broken at least one of those that day. You quickly then realize you don't measure up. You break the law - often. Sacrifices were constantly being made to release man temporarily from sin, but man needed a final sacrifice to finally free him from the grip of sin. Verse 24 says that the law was our "schoolmaster" or our tutor to eventually bring us to Christ. Salvation for man is now found in Jesus Christ. We are now children of God by faith in Christ (see verses 25,26). The Galatians were challenged with this new concept. Any revelation of this magnitude must be revealed by the Spirit and received by faith. This is a lot to digest for me! So, we will continue tomorrow!