What the Bible says about Sin as Jailer
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Galatians 3:22 In Galatians 3:22, Paul adds to the Bible's teaching of the universality of sin. "The Scripture" is the Old Testament; it is man's jailer, condemning and confining him because he has sinned. This shows the uselessness of trying to be justified by lawkeeping. How can one expect the very thing that declares him to be guilty and condemns him to death also to pronounce him innocent? We would no more expect the law of our land to declare a murderer guilty and at the same time acquit him! John W. Ritenbaugh What Sin Is Related Topics: Justification | Justification by Law-keeping | Justification by Works | Sin | Sin as the Transgression of the Law | Sin, Universality of

 

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