NO MORE CURSE

NO MORE CURSE

Gal. 3:13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”  NLT

       It is very clear that it is impossible for man to keep the Law of God.  No one can by his sheer willpower live out perfectly the law’s demands.  Every one of us is guilty of lawbreaking.  We are all sinners in God’s eyes.

      Think about it for a moment.  Let’s just say that it is possible for someone to perfectly obey the Law of God.  How long could he keep it up?  If he could perchance do it for a day, what then?  If he lived beyond his day he would fall under the curse of the law and be worthy of hellfire.  God’s commands perfect obedience all the time, every second of every day if we live by the law and not His grace.  We would be held accountable to the law from the moment when we discover the difference between right and wrong.

      God intentionally gave us a law no one could keep.  He made sure that no one could be made righteous by his own efforts.  He made sure that no one could bypass the cross and make it to heaven.  Disobedience to God’s command to obey is always sin.  We are cursed by God without a Savior.

       But, we have a Savior!  Jesus died in our place.  He took upon himself our death sentence.  He set us free from the certain death the law demands.  His life and death perfectly satisfied the just demands of God’s holiness against sin.  Jesus removed the barriers that keep unholy man from having a relationship with a holy God. 

       Let us never take our salvation for granted or let it grow cold in our souls.  Let us always give thanks to Him who saved us.  Let us always live lives of gratitude for He is worthy.