The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Deuteronomy 27:26,
"Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out."
This verse is quoted by Paul in Galatians 3:10. There he makes the point that all who rely on the law are under a curse since no one can be justified by the law. People simply can't keep it. In Galatians 2:21 Paul says, "I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
Paul's point in quoting Deuteronomy 27:26 is to show that God's word tells us that if we don't keep the law we will be cursed, and yet, since no one can keep the law, all will be cursed. The point of this is to demonstrate the need for God's grace and mercy, expressed in the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on our behalf. That grace and mercy is accessed by faith, "We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified."Galatians 2:15-16.
"Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out."
This verse is quoted by Paul in Galatians 3:10. There he makes the point that all who rely on the law are under a curse since no one can be justified by the law. People simply can't keep it. In Galatians 2:21 Paul says, "I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
Paul's point in quoting Deuteronomy 27:26 is to show that God's word tells us that if we don't keep the law we will be cursed, and yet, since no one can keep the law, all will be cursed. The point of this is to demonstrate the need for God's grace and mercy, expressed in the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on our behalf. That grace and mercy is accessed by faith, "We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified."Galatians 2:15-16.
How wonderful is this?!
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