To be dead to the law means that believers are no longer bound by the law as a means for justification, having been set free in Christ (Galatians 2:19).
Being dead to the law refers to the believer's liberation from the law’s curse and its inability to justify. According to Galatians 2:19, 'For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.' This means that Christ has fulfilled the law’s demands on behalf of believers, rendering them not guilty under its condemnation. Christians are now in a new relationship characterized by grace, where they live out the righteousness fulfilled in Christ, not as a means to salvation but as a result of it. The law's purpose was to reveal sin, but now, through Christ, believers are called to live in the freedom of God's grace.
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