Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 27-28:19; Psalm 119:1-24; Isaiah 54; Matthew 2
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deuteronomy 27:26)
The law that God gave to Israel through Moses contained a curse with it. They were under a curse if they did not confirm to do ALL the words of the law. Have you kept all the words of the law of God? All of the law?...
This means that if you keep most of them, you are cursed. But most people settle for about 51% righteousness when it comes to God. They reason that they have done their best, however, God says ALL. That means that God requires perfection! God wants 100% righteousness from us. Can you give God perfection?
The New Testament confirms this teaching:
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. (Romans 3:19-20)
God's law causes the entire world to be guilty before God. It stops the mouth of our argument because God says, "Do all the law," and I say, "I have done my best." So the Bible tells us that by deeds of the law no one will be justified in God's sight. The law teaches us that we are sinners.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (James 2:10)
If you do your best, but cannot do ALL the law, you are guilty of ALL the law! The law condemns us because God requires moral perfection from us. Can you give God moral perfection? No. So what will we do?
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (Galatians 3:10-13)
There is only one morally perfect man – Jesus Christ. He kept all the law of God perfectly. He became a curse for us by hanging on the cross. He shed his blood to redeem us from the curse of the law. If you try to keep the law, you will fail. You must trust Christ who died to redeem you! Trust him.
In Christ,
Rody
