YOU ARE FREE FROM THE SCHOOL MASTER

YOU ARE FREE FROM THE SCHOOL MASTER

“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a school master”-Galatians 24-25

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: The Law was a shadow of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

The duty of a wicked school master is to point errors but can never make you free from error. The law could not help man to be righteous before God. It rather exposed the weakness of man to man and constantly made man know that he is unworthy by reminding him his sins. When Adam sinned in the garden, he turned his back on God. He consciously submitted himself under the authority of Satan. By disobedience, his nature was changed and he became separated from God. Consequently, all men were counted as sinners. Thus, the scripture says, “By one man’s disobedience many were made sinners” (Romans 5:19). In effect, “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”(Romans 3:23). This means that everybody right from birth has the sinful nature of Adam. It is the law that exposed the sinful of man. It is through the introduction of the law that man came to know that he was weak and therefore in need of a savior. The law simply pointed man to Christ, the savior of the world. The wickedness of the law limited man but the righteousness of grace liberated man.

Adam disobeyed God but Jesus Christ obeyed God. The obedience of Christ completely nullified the effects of the disobedience of Adam. According to Romans 5:19,“So by the obedience of one, shall many be made righteous”. Jesus Christ is this person the Bible is referring to. Apostle John clearly identifies him in John 1:17 when he wrote, “The law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus”. Jesus Christ came to fulfill the Law. Hence, the no believer in Christ is under the Law. A new man in Christ is not subject to the law. The word, ‘propitiate’, as recorded in Rom.3:24-25 means to appease or make peace with someone. In this context, Jesus being our propitiation means that by his sacrifice at the cross, he appeased God on our behalf. The sacrifice of Jesus brought man back to God and the school master lost his job in your life. Jesus Christ brought a peaceful relationship between God and man. Romans 5:1 say, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Law no longer has a hold on us. Halleluiah!!

INSTRUCTION: Run from law; embrace grace.

PRAYER:  Lord, I stand in the gospel of Your grace by faith, in Jesus name!

QUOTE: Law is a school master; grace is a destiny maker.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: MARK 9; EVENING: EZRA CHAPTER 4