Podcast: Light on Life Season Twelve Episode Twenty-Five
You may have read through the book of Galatians and read that Christ redeemed us from the Curse of the Law. You may may have wondered at the same time what that statement means. What is the Curse of the Law and what does it mean to be redeemed from it? Well, that’s what the scripture says and it certainly has to be good news if we can understand how to act on it! The idea of redemption takes us to Calvary. But, even reading the physical account of what happened on Golgotha’s hill doesn’t uncover what happened in the spirit realm. So much just cannot be understood by looking at the physical. You know, an artist can paint the physical hands and feet of our Lord, but he cannot paint the healing power of those hands and the godly walk of those feet. This same artist can paint the outward suffering of Jesus, but not the inward cause. He can paint the cross, the cursed tree, but not the curse of the law; the bearing of the cross, but not the bearing of the sins of His people; the cup of vinegar, but not the cup of wrath—the derision of His enemies but not the forsaking of the Father. Where is the artist who can paint one hand of Christ nailed to the cross and the other hand claiming an inheritance for believers? Or who can paint our Lord bruising the serpent’s head, conquering sin, death and the grave? The artist can only portray blood and water flowing from Christ’s side, but he cannot paint what the eye of faith sees in that blood: salvation and pardon.1 He cannot paint redemption. But, I am here to tell you today that what the artist can’t do, the Holy Spirit can do. That’s why we today we will take a look at the Good News! Why the Curse of the Law Is Powerless — all on this week’s Light on Life.