Bible Reading May 23rd Galatians Ch. 2-3

Today's reading again comes from Paul's letter to the people of Galatia. He continues to preach on the importance of decision making but this section focuses mainly on whether or not to follow the Jewish law. Paul argues that the original law given to Moses by God was to, "show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised (Jesus). " (Ch 3:19). He also goes on to talk about the law being a guardian for us until we could be made right with God through faith instead of solely obedience to the laws. 

This is interesting to me because I still see the 10 commandments as pretty important for keeping order not just in the Christian world, but the entire world. I think you can argue that the commandments laid out by God to Moses are pretty universal truths held by just about everyone on the planet. Of course there are always those who chose to do their own mischief, but the majority of people would agree that murder is a bad thing and that you should enjoy what you have instead of lusting after what somebody else has.

I don't think Paul is telling us to not obey the laws at all by any means, I think he is just reaffirming the fact that faith in and love for Jesus Christ is the most important thing that any Christian can hope to have. He did say that no one will get to heaven except through him, and I for one am going to believe him on that.