The Most Beautiful Story

I was reading in 1 Timothy today and I became so overwhelmed with what I was reading. I came to chapter 1 verse 8-10 which says:
"We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers. And it is for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine."


At first I didn't really understand what this passage was saying because it was talking of the lawbreakers, which I feel is all of us. At this point, my mind was going crazy because I was just so overwhelmed and read it possibly 10 times to try and understand. I didn't understand what it meant when it was talking about the law in this sense. But as I started to look in other books throughout the new testament, I slowly began to realize what it was saying. I resorted mainly to Galatians and began to see a beautiful story unfold of the love God truly has for us. Here are some of the verses I read:


"The law is not based of faith; on the contrary, it says 'Whoever does these things will live by them.' Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.' He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit." Galatians 3:12-14


"Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was put in charge of us until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law." Galatians 3:23-25


"So my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. For when we were controlled by our sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code." Romans 7:4-6


"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2


"By calling this covenant 'new', he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear." Hebrews 8:13


After reading in Galatians and Romans, I was overwhelmed with the love of a mighty God. Because God sent his own son to become the curse for us, we are set free from the law that once bound us. We are not judged by the law but by our faith in Jesus Christ, and that is more than beautiful; that God would have more love than we could ever imagine for us. How can we not tell of this love? It is imperative that we tell this good news to the world; if not, they are still judged by the old law and they are hopeless without the saving power of a savior. We can't just sit around waiting for someone else to go and preach to the world, we must go ourselves. We need to share the love and freedom that Christ has given us with all nations because it is what he has called of us. But why wouldn't we want to share this to everyone anyway, especially if we know that they are condemned to the old law without the one who has saved us? 


The love of Christ is the most beautiful love you could ever experience.

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