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The Law Was Our SchoolmasterGalatians 3:24–25 (KJV) "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ... But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster." The key word in this passage is schoolmaster. In Paul's day, a schoolmaster was not the teacher himself, but a guardian who watched over, corrected, and guided a child until he reached maturity. That is exactly what God's law did. It revealed God's holiness, exposed our sin, and showed us that no amount of good works could make us righteous before God. The law was never given to save us—it was given to bring us unto Christ, the only One who could.Once a sinner places his faith in Jesus Christ, the schoolmaster has completed its assignment. That is why Paul says we are "no longer under a schoolmaster." Throughout Romans and Galatians he repeatedly declares this glorious truth: we are dead to the law (Gal. 2:19; Rom. 7:4), redeemed from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13), delivered from the law (Rom. 7:6), free from the law (Rom. 6:14), and not under the law (Gal. 5:18). These are not different ways of saying the same thing—they are a complete picture of the liberty Christ purchased for every believer.This does not diminish the law; it magnifies Christ. The law faithfully accomplished the purpose for which God gave it—it led us to the Saviour. But now that faith has come, our standing before God is no longer based upon the law but upon the finished work of Jesus Christ. The believer's confidence is not in keeping the law, but in the One who perfectly fulfilled it. What the law could never accomplish, Christ accomplished forever.