Note: When I marked this for Friday night, I misspelled it, "Fright night." Be not afraid. 😞

How Can We Be Saved?

Angel: The righteous will live by faith. Christ redeemed you from the curse of the law by becoming a curse in your place. He suffered so that the blessing given to Abraham might extend to the whole world by faith. The law, introduced 430 years later, does not replace the promise. If the inheritance depends on the law, then it no long depends on a promise. 

Me: Then, why did God make laws?

Angel: He added law because of transgressions, until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. Law does not impart life. The whole world is a prisoner of sin. Before faith came, men were held prisoner by the law, to lead them to Christ. He came as the Son, born of a woman, died, and rose again, that men might be justified by faith.  

Me: Does this include everyone, regardless of family origin? 

Angel: Those who believe are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, both the Root and the Offspring of David. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and heir, according to the promise. 

Me: And we don't have to follow laws? 

Angel: There are commandments. The greatest is this: Hear, O Israel ... the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and prophets hang on these two commandments.

Next: our conclusion, the King is coming