The Faith Has Come!

When I was on my way to my office this morning, I was using the same route that I have been using for years but this time around, I had a change to stop at the pole position in one of the busiest cross junction in the city, waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

As I was waiting for my turn to move, I saw two traffic policemen alighted from their bikes and went forward to the centre of the junction to take over the control of the busy traffic.  They were waving their hands instructing the traffic to move… At that very moment, the traffic light system had been superseded… and it had no authority over the drivers the moment these policemen stepped in. It was of no effect...

The Holy Spirit suddenly quickened me to see the Spirit of the Lord… and "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom!" I saw these policemen as a picture of Christ. As they came into the scene, the traffic light system that we have been obeying suddenly came to past. On the road, we are put under guard by this systematic traffic light, but when the policeman comes into scene, we are no more under the control of this tutor (traffic light), and we will be in big trouble if we still insist to abide to the traffic light.

These policemen are there at this hour to perform their duty to ensure the smooth flow of the traffic because the pattern of the traffic flow has changed during the morning rush hour. They are there to give "life" to the traffic!

Galatians 

3:23 ~ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 

3:24 ~ Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 

3:25 ~ But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 

The same principle applies to our belief system. Does the Law disagree with God's promises then? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law. But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ. The truth of the matter is we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

The Law controlled us and kept us under its power until the time came when we would have faith. In fact, the Law was our teacher. It was supposed to teach us until we had faith and were acceptable to God. But once a person has learned to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.

All of us are God's children because of our faith in Christ Jesus. And when we were baptized, it was as though we had put on Christ in the same way we put on new clothes. Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of us equal with each other, whether we are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman. So if we belong to Christ, we are now part of Abraham's family and we will be given what God has promised.

Look at Galatians Chapter 3 verse 25, it says "But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." The Faith has come, this Faith is a Person... the Person of Jesus...! Are you lacking in faith? Behold Him, He is our Faith!

Therefore, Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes, as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."