Free from the law—oh, happy condition!
Jesus hath bled, and there is remission;
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Christ hath redeemed us once for all.
Yes, the old hymn is true. Jesus has freed us from the law! But don’t we still have to use the law to guide our Christian walk?
Words from verse 1 of “Free from the law—oh, happy condition” by Philip Bliss. Photo by Julia Kuzenkov
In Part 1, we saw how the world came under the law and that the Bible many times says that believing Christians are now free from the law. Now, let’s look at an allegory Paul gives us showing who is in bondage to the law and who is free. We’ll also see that trying to keep the law works wrath.
