| Galatians 3:13. Christ has redeemed us from the curse | | | | of the chapter to verse 68. I would encourage you to |
| of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is | | | | get your Bible out and read it for yourself. You will see |
| written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), | | | | that the curse of the law has multiple parts.The curse |
| 14. that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the | | | | of poverty, starting with verses 15-20, 30-33, 38-40, |
| Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the | | | | and 51. |
| promise of the Spirit through faith.If you asked most | | | | As you read this, you can clearly see that poverty is |
| Christians if Jesus redeemed them, they would say | | | | definitely a part of the curse of the law, |
| yes. If you asked them what they were redeemed | | | | also sickness, in verses 20-22, 27-29, 35, 59-61. There |
| from, they would most likely say they were redeemed | | | | are other curses throughout the Old Testament, |
| from sin. | | | | always as a result of disobedience to God. Spiritual |
| The Word of God tells us Christ has redeemed us | | | | death is the first curse to come upon man, as |
| from the curse of the law. I would like to ask the | | | | mentioned in the 2nd chapter of Genesis, where God |
| question, did you know the law has a curse, and that | | | | told Adam not to eat the fruit of the tree of the |
| you have been redeemed from it, and do you know | | | | knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you |
| what that curse is? We need to know what the Word | | | | eat of it you shall surely die.'' Adam did not die |
| of God is telling us, about the curse Jesus redeemed | | | | physically that day, but he did die spiritually that day. |
| us from. The least we can do is find out what the | | | | Spiritual death is not ceasing to exist, but to be |
| curse of the law is. The law can refer to the ten | | | | separated from the life of God. Adams spirit was |
| commandments, or sometimes refers to the entire Old | | | | separated from the life of God, as a result of his sin. |
| Testament, or in many cases the first five books of | | | | His body was made to last forever, but because he |
| the Bible, this is called the Pentateuch. If you go back | | | | no longer had the life of God indwelling his spirit, his |
| to the Pentateuch, you will find the curse of the law | | | | body eventually died, even at that, it took over 900 |
| very clearly defined in the 28th chapter of | | | | years for him to die physically. |
| Deuteronomy starting in verse 15 and going to the end | | | | |