This discipline, however, is not to last
VERSE 3. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage
oppressed and condemned by the law.html">Law. But the tyranny of the Law is not to
until Christ came and redeemed us.
elements.html">elements.html">elements, as some have thought. In calling the Law "the elements of the
earthly. It may restrain evil.html">evil, but it does not deliver from sin. The Law does
because I do not kill, commit adultery, steal, etc.html">etc. Such mere outward decency
avoid punishment or to secure the advantages of a good reputation. In the last
higher function it accuses and condemns the conscience.html">conscience. All these effects of
the world.html">world.html">world.
In calling the Law the elements of the world Paul refers to the whole Law,
meat, drink, dress, places, times, feasts, cleansings, sacrifices, etc. These
the statutes of governments dealing with purely civil matters, as commerce,
meats, Paul calls them elsewhere the doctrines of devils. You would not call
which is in the world. By revealing the evil that is in us it creates a longing
Christ, "who is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
as the Law impels us to Christ it renders excellent service.
I do not mean to give the impression that the Law should be despised. Neither
when it is a matter of justification.html">justification before God, Paul had to speak
justification. If it thrusts its nose into the business of justification we
to be on speaking terms with the Law. The conscience ought to know only
in the presence of God, it is not so easy to do. As such times we are.
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