Many confuse the law of Moses with God’s holy Ten Commandment law. It is the law of Moses that is called a yoke of bondage in Acts 15:10 and Galatians 5:1, not the Ten Commandments. Also, when Paul refers to Christ having redeemed us from “the curse of the law,” he is not saying the law itself was a curse. The curse of the law was the death penalty. Jesus Christ died for us, taking that curse upon Himself on our behalf.
Paul writes: “Wherefore then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed (Jesus Christ) should come…” Notice, Paul here refers to an ADDED law, or an additional law, that was enacted or put in place because another law was being transgressed. (See Jeremiah 7:21-24). The law that was being transgressed was God’s holy Ten Commandment law. Therefore, to teach them the habit of obedience, God added another law as a “schoolmaster” to teach Israel – the law of Moses, or Mosaic Code – which was repealed when Jesus Christ took upon Himself the curse of the law and died in our place! (See Galatians 3:19, 23-24).
Much of the confusion exists in the various churches due to the fact that more and more assemblies recruit youthful leaders who are novices in the Word of God. Men and women become preachers and teachers of scripture when Jesus Christ has never anointed, or called, them to perform that function in such assemblies. They do not have the guidance of the Holy Spirit in their expounding on the scriptures and therefore much error is presented and accepted as Bible truth.
Paul writes again, “Do we then make void the law (God’s holy Ten Commandment law) through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish (Greek, “continue”) the law.” (See Romans 3:31).
And again, “Where no law is, there is no transgression” (Romans 4:15). You can’t transgress a non-existent law. If the Ten Commandments have been done away with, one cannot be guilty of murder, stealing, adultery, idolatry, etc.
And again, “I had not known sin, but by the law, for I had not known lust (is wrong), except the law had said, ‘Thou shalt not covet'” (See Romans 7:7).
And again, “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good” (Romans 7:12). God help us all to understand.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley