Unending Grace

Galatians 3.23–4.7      Galates  3.23–4.7

This excerpt from Paul’s letter to the Galatians is a reminder to us of God’s unending grace and the freedom our faith brings us from law and rules. Paul is quick to remind the Galatians in the preceding verses to this passage that the gift of Christ’s death and our own salvation does not oppose the law,
but that with faith and grace law can be approached from a different perspective.

When we live in Christ, we can recognise the freedom that comes from God’s grace. Paul tells the Galatians in 3.22 that “Before this faith came, we were held prisoners...locked up until faith should be revealed.”

The law served to lead us to Christ, he adds. This could be a reminder that if we don’t have faith, but live according to rules and commandments set out in the Bible and accepted by society today, such as “do to others as you would have them do to you,” we’re likely to be led closer and closer to Jesus, until a spark of faith perhaps encourages us to take a final step and bring us into relationship with God.

Once that step is taken, we are all equal and we are all free, to live as one in God, Paul says. In 3.25, Paul writes, “Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.” Instead, we are guided through grace, and that heavenly grace becomes our focal point - not the law.

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Grace à notre foi en Dieu, nous sommes libérés des règles et des lois. Nous sommes libres de vivre dans la grâce, avec Dieu.

Laurel Henning