Jesus died on the cross to redeem us from the curse of the law!

 “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” (Galatians 3:13).

 What is the curse of the law?

Unlike the blessing of grace, the Law is a curse upon all mankind, and no one can possibly fulfill its requirements. While the Law itself is perfect and holy, those who try to justify themselves before its holy Author bring not His blessing, but His curse upon themselves. The Bible itself tells us what the curse of the Law is:

“For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”  But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” (Gal. 3:10–1 ESV)

We need to be redeemed!

When I was growing up my brother David and I used to get extra money by collecting pop bottles from along the highway. We would take them to the local grocery store and redeem them. They would pay us for the bottles and send them back to the bottling plant to be washed and reused. That's similar to what Jesus did for us.

The word redeem means to gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment. To retrieve, regain, recover, get back, or repossess.

He paid the price to redeem us!

Before Jesus died for us on the cross we were under the curse of the law! When Adam sinned he along with the rest of humanity became separated from God by sin. There was no escape from it. It was just; we were guilty. There was only one way to be set free: someone had to pay the penalty. Jesus paid the price to redeem us from the curse of the law and set us free! (John 8:36).

“For you have been bought with a price.” (1 Cor. 6:20 NASB)

“A person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 2:16).