i've given myself the goal of reading Paul's letter to the Galatian church each day this month. the goal was initiated because for the next 2 months at Satellite i'll be teaching through Galatians 5. i'm sure there will be more posts on this as i study and find questions, but for now my question comes from a broad reading of the whole letter.
is there anything comparable to "the law" in our day and age? i find it so difficult to read Paul talking about people "returning to the law" because i don't know the law. i guess i should say that i don't know what it's like to live under the law. i know about the law that is being discussed, but i don't think i've ever felt bondage to it. my quick answer is that "the law" isn't about a physical law that was established but rather a bondage to something that cannot empart salvation. although this is my quick answer it doesn't seemed to be one that will last for very long.
Paul was writing to the church in Galatia to those in the church knew "the law." they had grown up under it's teaching; it was their life. does "the law" transfer into our lives as the same "law" that Paul was writing, or is there somthing in our daily lives that was can call "the law?"
let me know what you think. i'd love some conversation.
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i feel like i have a good understanding of the "historical law," my struggle comes from knowing what that represents in my life today. while i was under bondage to the sinful nature, before GOD's redemption freed me to a life under grace, i don't know if there was a physical representation for "the law."
simply saying that the law was the old way of life isn't enough. even with the law established grace was available, not as a way of salvation, but still visible in their lives. however, for us as gentiles, we were never bound to the law, so how can we imagine life under it?
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