“Redeemed From the Curse”

 “Redeemed From the Curse”

 

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written:  “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”  He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by FAITH we might receive the promise of the Spirit.   Galatians 3:13-14

 

The CURSE of the LAW:  The LAW or God’s Word, I believe, was mostly indicating the LAW that Moses received from God, which was the TEN COMMANDMENTS, and those in the Book of Deuteronomy.  Those Commandments were mainly WORKS that the people were to OBEY. Things that they were to LIVE by.

The Law could NOT bring them REDEMPTION. It DEMANDED PERFECTION, and a CURSE was linked to FAILURE in keeping ANY part of it.  When ONLY ONE COMMAND was broken just ONCE, it brought a person under the CURSE; and we know that EVERYONE FAILS at some point. It is IMPOSSIBLE to KEEP all the LAW. The LAW was given to show us our SINS.  It CANNOT provide JUSTIFICATION before GOD. Only PERFECT PERFORMANCE could bring DIVINE APPROVAL under the LAW.  “For whoever KEEPS the WHOLE law and yet STUMBLES at just ONE POINT is GUILTY of BREAKING ALL of it.”  (James 2:10). And so, the LAW could only CONDEMN a person and cause them to fall on God in FAITH.

The POSITIVE part of this is that we are REDEEMED by what the LORD JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, did for the GENTILES (non- Jews), and the JEWS.  He became our HOPE for REDEMPTION, by becoming a CURSE for ALL mankind.  HE, who KNEW NO SIN, became SIN for US.  He took the PENALTY of ALL GUILTY SINNERS on Himself.  He made a WAY where there was NO WAY for our REDEMPTION, and an ETERNITY in HEAVEN. 

“For it is by GRACE you have been SAVED, through FAITH —and this is NOT from YOURSELVES, it is the Gift of God —NOT by WORKS, so that NO ONE can boast.) (Ephesians 2:8-9.

In order to be REDEEMED from the CURSE, YOU MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, Jesus Christ, who PAID in FULL, YOUR and MY PENALTY, by covering our SINS with the BLOOD that HE Shed at CALVARY.  He SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and RESURRECTED in order to REDEEM LAWBREAKERS from the CURSE.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOUR SINS, and that He is ALIVE TODAY, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and be REDEEMED from the CURSE.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!