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Guys,
Needing some help with especially Galatians 3:23-29. Know that overall the context of Galatians 3 is that believers have been set free from the Law *as a covenant of works*. It seems though, that in Galatians 4:1-7, Paul is speaking more of the fact that NT believers are also set free from the obligation to obey the OT ceremonial laws. My question is, in short: where does Galatians 3:23-29 fall into that? In Gal. 3:23-24, is Paul referring to the fact that 1) the Law was our tutor in that it confronted us with its impossible demands, thus driving us to Christ; AND that 2) the Law was our tutor in that it prefigured Christ, as revealed in the OT ceremonial laws? Is Gal. 3:23-29 speaking of BOTH aspects, or just the first? And then, in the next verse, when Paul says that we are no longer now under a tutor (Gal. 3:25), is he speaking about BOTH aspects? IE, that we're no longer under the Law as a covenant of works (because of what Christ has done), AS WELL AS the fact that we're no longer required to adhere to the OT ceremonial laws? Or is he talking about ONLY THE FIRST aspect? Thoughts?
Needing some help with especially Galatians 3:23-29. Know that overall the context of Galatians 3 is that believers have been set free from the Law *as a covenant of works*. It seems though, that in Galatians 4:1-7, Paul is speaking more of the fact that NT believers are also set free from the obligation to obey the OT ceremonial laws. My question is, in short: where does Galatians 3:23-29 fall into that? In Gal. 3:23-24, is Paul referring to the fact that 1) the Law was our tutor in that it confronted us with its impossible demands, thus driving us to Christ; AND that 2) the Law was our tutor in that it prefigured Christ, as revealed in the OT ceremonial laws? Is Gal. 3:23-29 speaking of BOTH aspects, or just the first? And then, in the next verse, when Paul says that we are no longer now under a tutor (Gal. 3:25), is he speaking about BOTH aspects? IE, that we're no longer under the Law as a covenant of works (because of what Christ has done), AS WELL AS the fact that we're no longer required to adhere to the OT ceremonial laws? Or is he talking about ONLY THE FIRST aspect? Thoughts?