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Where the law takes us and why we need Christ (Psalm 32 & Galatians 3:19-29)


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We live in a demanding world. Nearly all of us experience life stressful and fragmented, because of different roles and duties. We have to face growing responsibilities and often we cannot escape hurry. Besides to that we have to deal with a demanding ‘self’. We want to perform; we have to be in the picture, we are afraid to fail...


Who is imposing these hidden laws on us? They stir up productivity but they make us tired and even may cause a burnout. Not easy to admit that we are fallible people, that we live in a broken world? Shouldn’t we confess our selfishness and pride and accept our need for forgiveness and regeneration?

In the letter to the Galatians the apostle Paul explains why the law (even God’s good law) cannot give us life. - It rather stirs up our desire to perform and our fear to fail.-  There is only One who is able to realise this: Jesus Christ changing our heart by His Spirit, giving us joy and a new life, not by the works of law, but by sincere faith in Him.

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