Jesus Paid The Price
Posted by Melissa
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t do it. He couldn’t get it right; he just kept messing up. Each day he told himself that he wouldn’t let it happen again, but it always did. No matter how hard he tried, he just kept falling into the same trap. It was like he was snared by it. He tried each day not to let it get him, but he felt like it was crouching at the door for him, just waiting. He felt like he was . . . cursed. Was there any way out?
Read Galatians 3:10-14. Take an extra look at verse 13.
What does it mean to be cursed?
Who do you think of when you think of someone who is cursed?
When this passage talks about a curse, to what is it referring?
What is the effect of this curse?
The curse refers to our sinfulness and inability to be perfect. How have you seen that play out in your real life?
How can you get rid of your sinfulness? Can you do it on your own? Explain.
What does this passage teach you about the price Jesus paid to free you from the bondage of sin? How will that change how you live your life today?
Aren’t you thankful that we are saved by grace? The other option is to keep every part of the law our entire lives. That means living life and never messing up, being perfect. Jesus did that for us. He was perfect. Only Jesus, the perfect, sinless Savior, can save us from our sins by offering us forgiveness and grace. We get out of the curse because He became the curse for us. He took everything we have ever done that was against God’s law, took the blame for it, and set us free. Without Jesus, sin would control our lives, but we have freedom from that curse. We can’t even manage sin, much less eradicate it from our own lives. If you’re a believer, sin no longer has a hold on you. Live like it!
Posted in Devotions, Girls | Tagged Camp Crestridge, Galatians 3, Reprinted from ec magazine. © 2011 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Used by permission.