guardians of my galaxy

Galatians 3:23-29

23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

• •    What is this “law” that Paul speaks so much of? It’s the written law that God gave to Moses to give to the Israelites to instruct and teach them. These people were like prisoners to this law, that is one reason why our savior came down to die to set them (us) free. Since their way of faith came, they no longer had to live with the law as their guardian. (Jesus is now our Guardian) The Law of Moses is also called the “Book of the Law”, the “Mosaic Law” and “Book of the Covenant.” In chapter 2 Paul had to instruct the Galatians again that they are not saved by keeping the “Law of Moses” and in chapter 3 he says they are placing themselves back under the curse of the law (Mosaic Law) by trying to observe everything that was written in the Law.  

• •    If we had to live under strict laws and regulations that were our “guardian,” and a savior came to take that away from us so we could be set free; don’t you think you would love that? Well that is exactly what happened; we just live in the time after that happened so we do not know what it was like to live under those laws.

• •     Yes these people still had laws to follow, as we do today, but these laws did not save them or guard them anymore. It was our heavenly Father who now saves and guards us! Through baptism we are united with Christ, by doing this we ALL become one in Him, Praise God for that huge blessing.

 1)  Do you even take time to thank God for the free, eternal gift He blessed us with? (Take some time in prayer right now to do so)

2) Try to picture what it could have been like back then.. How would you feel living under these laws and then being set free?

3) Would you say you have faith in Christ Jesus?

4) Have you been baptized? Why or why not?

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Written by Sarah Davis