“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law…” (Galatians 3:13).
There is what is called the curse of the law. If you look at Deuteronomy 28:1, you’ll see how to enter into covenant blessings. Then verses 2-14 tell us what those blessings are. But from verses 15-68, we have a long list of the curses of the law, and what brings a man under them. The curses are so many, that it takes spiritual sensitivity to walk in liberty.
Read Deuteronomy 28:1 from your Bible.
And He goes on to list all the blessings.
It’s a very simple condition: “If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and observe to do all that He commands you this day…”, no matter how mad the devil is against you, you will walk in liberty. No matter how many witches are after you, you will enjoy plenty; no matter how many occultic forces are targeted at you, you will still be free!
Now, let me show you something that will help you.
SEE WHAT JESUS OFFERED US….!
Read Galatians 3:13-14 from your Bible.
This is good news! Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law! We charismatics have always thought that since Christ has redeemed us, then let’s go ahead and do what we like. That’s not it. The redemption from the curse of the law is actually the impartation of supernatural ability to fulfill the law.
Our ability to obey the law (which is what brought us under the curse) was destroyed on the cross, so that sin will no longer have dominion over us. This does not in any way suggest that Jesus cancelled the law. Rather, He has enabled us to fulfill it, by destroying the dominion of sin over our lives.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:17:
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”
So Christ didn’t come to destroy the law, but to make grace available for us to fulfill it. Christ did not come to endorse sin either; He came to establish our authority over it.
This is the point at which we charismatics have missed it. We lay hold on theoretical appropriations; without locating the reality of our redemption from the curse of the law. Jesus came to establish man’s dominion over sin, not to offer licence for sin.
Read 2 Corinthians 5:21 from your Bible.
Just like He was made a curse in order to give us dominion over the curse of the law, the same way, He was made sin to give us dominion over sin. The power not to sin was made available by the blood of Jesus Christ. And the power to escape the traps of the curse of the law was made available by His hanging on the tree.
So He has not become a curse for us so we can go and be doing the things that bring the curse. No! He came to destroy what made it impossible for us to fulfill the demands of the law. He was made a curse for us, so that what makes the curse a curse of the law (disobedience) might be broken.
Read Deuteronomy 28:15 from your Bible.
But thank God! Ability to obey is what Jesus offered us by hanging on the cross. When He was made a curse, He broke the power of the curse of the law over our lives.
Read Ezekiel 20:25 from your Bible.
When God gave them the law, He knew they wouldn’t be able to keep it. But Jesus came, and imparted the ability to keep the law. That means you can be free from the curse of the law, if you choose to be.
Ability to walk in full obedience is what Jesus accomplished for us when He hung on the cross. We can walk in full obedience now, if only we choose to. God’s commandments are not grievous. They are not against us.
You will no longer suffer the curse of the law!
shalom!
#pstnath.
Jesus is Lord