Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written… 1. The threatenings of the law, denouncing a curse against those who yield not personal obedience to it, did not exclude or forbid a surety to come in the sinner's room, and to undergo the curse due to him. 2. All men are by nature under the sentence of the law's curse, whereby in God's justice they are under the power of darkness (Colossians 1:13), slavery and bondage to sin and Satan (Ephesians 2:2), so to remain until they be cast into utter darkness (Jude 1:13), except delivery and redemption intervene. 3. There is no delivery of enslaved man from this woeful bondage, but by giving satisfaction and by paying of a price for the wrong done to Divine justice, either by himself, or by some surety in his stead. Satisfaction is demanded by (1) God's fidelity (Genesis 2:17); (2) His righteous nature (Psalm 11:6, 7); (3) the inward desert of sin (Romans 1:32). 4. It is not in the power of fallen man to acquire a ransom for himself, by anything he can either do or suffer. 5. Jesus Christ has undertaken and accomplished this great work. 6. This work is to "redeem." Christ buys back what was once His own, but for a time lost. 7. It is a real redemption, all that was forfeited being restored. 8. The price paid by Christ, in order to our redemption, was no less than His undergoing the curse due to us. (James Ferguson.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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: |
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