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