The Way of the Cross Leads Home

Day 260: Galatians 3:10-22

“But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.” - Galatians 3:22 ESV

Have you ever been reading through the Old Testament (especially the first five books -- the Torah) and wondered why so much detail was recorded when it came to the Law of Moses?

Why do we need to have our eyes on all of these 613 commandments that the Jewish people were instructed to keep?

Paul shows us that the purpose of these Hebrew Scriptures was (and is) to reveal the sin we have in our lives. The Law of Moses is the great revealer of our inadequacy to save our own souls.

So when we fix our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-3), the Author and Finisher of faith. His sacrifice on the cross will always be the only true cure for the sin we have embedded so deep within us. We can continue to try other avenues for help with our darkness, but nothing else will do.

Simple trust in Jesus is the only way.

The old hymn by Jessie Brown Pounds (1906) says it perfectly:

I must needs go home by the way of the cross,

There's no other way but this;

I shall ne'er get sight of the gates of light,

If the way of the cross I miss.

The way of the cross leads home.