Galatians 3:10

Memory Verse

For as many as are out from work of law, they are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” (Galatians 3:10).

Those under law are under a curse. Christ did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17). Therefore, righteousness is through faith in Christ, not through law (Romans 10:4). The grace believer—anyone saved today—is not under law. If life could come by the law, then Christ’s death was not necessary (Galatians 3:21).

For by grace we are saved through faith, and this faith is a gift from God so that no man may boast before Him (Ephesians 2:8). Having received the Spirit by the hearing of faith, are we then brought to maturity by the works of the law? (Galatians 2:16; 3:2). Grace is God’s attitude whereby He gives a benefit without consideration to merit. Faith is taking God at His word. Therefore, a person is saved today by believing that Christ died on behalf of our sins and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, as evidenced by His burial and by over five hundred brethren seeing Him after His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1–5).

The Christian does not need law, for the purpose of the law was for it to be a child-trainer until faith in Christ came (Galatians 3:24–25). Now, in Christ, the believer has all things pertaining to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3–4). Those under law are children (inarticulate babblers), but those who abide in grace are mature sons (Galatians 4:1–2). The standard that a Christian lives by is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which gives him freedom to live out the righteousness he now possesses in Christ (Romans 8:2). Therefore, we act righteously because of who we are in Christ.