Explanation and Commentary of Galatians 3:13 Paul has been explaining that it was and is impossible for anyone to be saved by works of the law and that everyone under the law is cursed. This is why all other religions have invented ways of dealing with this truth (karma, etc.). When we say that a man is guilty, we instinctively think of his having committed a crime, or having done something wrong. It properly means, to purchase, to buy up; and then to purchase anyone, to redeem, to set free.

But what is the meaning of the language of Paul, it will be asked, when he says that he was "made a curse for us? Do I have it right, the law as mentioned above is the 10 commandments. This distinction is not observable here, however, and the word used here is employed in the proper sense of redeem.

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Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 2Corinthians 5:21, "For he hath made Him to be sin for us who knew no sin"--i.e., treated as sinful One who was not sinful.

The Law brought a curse.

Christ paid the penalty for our sins (Matthew 26:28; Romans 3:24-26), and so as long as we remain in the relationship with Him, we do not have to fear the eternal death that is the normal penalty for sin.II Corinthians 5:21 says that Jesus Christ "became sin for us."

London edition, 1838).Luther was a great and holy man.

Now understanding Galatians 3:13 however sets my mind at peace.

It expressly distinguishes between the curse which fell upon Christ and the curse which was due to the sins of men, though the incurrence of the one led to the abrogation of the other.

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The Torah is a curse and Christ has redeemed us from it.

At the same time, it abolished the dominion of the Law, and threw open the Messianic blessedness to Gentiles as well as Jews: in other words, to all who gave in their adhesion to the Messiah by faith.

The abruptness of the sentence shows an holy indignation at those who reject so great a blessing. Paul also continues to write with great urgency. A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD! Or, in other words, if he had been guilty of all these, or any of these, he could not have been treated in a more shameful and ignominious manner than he was; nor could he have been subjected to a more cruel death.

(Deut. Paul goes on to explain that in this way, the blessing of Abraham is extended to the Gentiles (Gal 3:14).

It is that in all senses he was holy and undefiled.

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Comp. I, the first-person pronoun. The statement “it’s going to rain” can mean a number of wildly different things to different people in different contexts.

His nature is perfection, truth, love, and justice.

At GodTube, you’ll find daily inspirational videos to lift your spirits and encourage you in your walk with God. (5) Jesus was not sinful, or a sinner, in any sense.

Thus, there are numerous sorrows connected with the consciousness of personal guilt, which the Lord Jesus did not and cannot endure. It's not novel in one sense. Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ.

It is singular, it is one of the remarkable facts in the history of mind, that a man with the New Testament before him, and accustomed to contemplate daily its language, could ever have allowed himself to use expressions like these of the holy and unspotted Saviour.

Though the Gentiles do not come directly under "the curse of the Law," they came under God's condemnation. That was all it could do. Christ redeemed us by dying in our place and He had the undiluted wrath of God poured out upon Him in our stead.

( Log Out /  The curse identifies itself with its object: seizes, as it were, upon the person of its victim. The Law was, that he should be buried the same day, and that the body should not remain suspended over the night, and it is added, as a reason for this, that "he that is hanged is accursed of God;" or, as it is in the margin, "the curse of God." Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural. As in the old testament if you do not obey any of the commandements you and the your next generation etc. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. God never loved Jesus more, or approved what he did more, than when he gave himself to death on the cross. If God had been displeased with Jesus; if the Redeemer had been properly an object of God's wrath; if Jesus, in any sense, deserved those sorrows, there would have been no merit in Jesus' sufferings; there would have been no atonement. I have hesitated whether I should copy expressions here on this subject from one of the greatest and best of men (I mean Luther) to show the nature of the views which people sometimes entertain on the subject of the imputation of sin to Christ.

This passage is found in Deuteronomy 21:23. And, the two became “ONE!” This was the mission of The Apostle Paul to establish “The Great Mystery Of The Gospel – The Church of Jesus Christ!” It is no longer about Jews! But, He fulfilled it! But that the "buying" intended is that more definitely conveyed by the idea of "ransom" appears from the use of the special word for ransom in Matthew 20:28 ( = Mark 10:45), "The Son of Man came to give His life a ransom for many;" 1Timothy 2:6, "Who gave Himself a ransom for all."