We are Redeemed from the Curse of
the Law
Christ hath redeemed us from
the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed
is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galatians 3:13
"Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the law." Has He? He says He has, then He has. Why
did Christ become a curse on the tree? Why did He redeem us from the curse
of the law? That the blessing of Abraham might come on you and me.
What is the blessing of
Abraham? Righteousness by faith. Christ died that you and I might be made
righteous by faith. Brethren, isn't it awful when a man will rob Christ of
the very thing for which He died and want righteousness in some other way?
Brethren, let us believe in Jesus Christ.
We are redeemed from the
curse of the law; Christ is made a curse for us, that the blessing of
Abraham might come upon us. And what does that come upon us for? "That
we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." It is so
with the individual. When the individual believes in Jesus Christ and
obtains the righteousness which is by faith, then the Holy Spirit, which is
the circumcision of the heart is received by Him.
When we as a people, we as a
body, as a church, have received the blessing of Abraham, what then? The
latter rain; the outpouring of the Spirit. When the whole people, as a
church, receive the righteousness of faith, the blessing of Abraham, then
what is to hinder the church from receiving the Spirit of God? Nothing. That
is where we are.
What is to hinder, then, the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit? What holds back the outpouring of the Holy
Ghost? Unbelief. Our lack of the righteousness of God, which is by
faith—that is what holds it back, for when that is received, it is given
in order that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Then
let us be sure we have the blessing of Abraham and then ask and we shall
receive.
A.T. Jones, 1893 General
Conference Bulletin, p. 383 |
