Thursday, October 10, 2024

Cursed or Redeemed

"Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are wrttten in the book of the law" (Deuteronomy 27:26). This reference is quoted in Galatians 3:10. To offend the law in one point is to be guilty of the whole law (James 2:10). No one can be justified by keeping the law, because we have all sinned (Romans 3:23). We are all under the curse of sin and need to be redeemed.

The word redeemed refers to a price paid to set a prisoner or slave free. Christ paid our sin debt in full, with His own blood at the cross. Believers are redeemed in Christ. He redeemed us from the curse of the law.

"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (Galatians 3:13). This Scripture quotes Deuteronomy 21:23. Christ, who had no sin, took our sins upon himself at the cross. He shed his blood and died for the curse of our sins. 

Believers are redeemed from the curse through faith in Christ. Believers are redeemed from the curse unto every blessing in Christ. As God blessed Abraham in all things, so believers are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Genesis 24:1; Ephesians 1:3).