Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written… I. Brings home to the sinner THE GUILT OF SIN. 1. He is a debtor to do the whole law (1) literally, (2) spiritually. 2. But he has broken the whole law in (1) sins of omission, (2) sins of commission. II. Places the sinner under THE WRATH OF GOD. 1. God has guarded the law with the most solemn and terrible sanctions. 2. The condemnation of the sinner is present as well as future. III. It reduces the sinner to DESPAIR. 1. To perform its obligation. 2. To escape its penalties. IV. It drives the sinner TO CHRIST the only Saviour who has borne this curse. (S. H. Tyng, D. D.) I. EVERY MAN BY NATURE IS UNDER THIS CURSE (Ephesians 2:3). II. THIS CURSE ABIDETH ON US TILL WE BELIEVE IN CHRIST (John 3:18, 36.) III. THERE IS NO WAY OF ESCAPING THIS CURSE BUT BY FLEEING TO CHRIST FOR REFUGE (Hebrews 6:18). IV. HAVING ACCEPTED CHRIST, THE LIFE OF FAITH MUST BECOME ONE OF SINCERE OBEDIENCE (1 John 5:3; Galatians 5:24). V. BUT WHEN CHRIST IS TENDERED AND FINALLY REFUSED, THE SENTENCE OF THE LAW IS RATIFIED IN THE GOSPEL, the court of mercy. (T. Manton.) Parallel Verses KJV: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. |
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