this is why : Forgiveness and Freedom

When I take a look around, I see so much wrong with Christianity. People use and abuse it. Its hard to miss the greed, hate, pain, and judgment that are all associated with what being a Christian looks like.

But according to Galatians, there is Freedom in Christ. All of those things associated with Christians come from our fallen selves, not Christ. Christ offers Grace. And that is His message. None of us is worthy and none of us will ever be able to uphold the law and do what is right 100 percent of the time. We can't even try....because in that, we lose the value of Christ. If we could gain merit my obedience, Christ died for nothing.

'It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery.'
In this verse Paul is encouraging us to not try to gain righteousness or salvation by the Law. The yoke of Slavery is referring to the yoke of the Law. Paul even says that if we do, Christ will be of no value to us at all. 'You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.' Galatians 5

This righteousness is not something that will be obtained perfectly now, on earth. But Christ calls us righteous...and is making us righteous. One day we will be, but not now.

And isn't this so comforting? We don't have to worry about not being perfect now and we don't have to expect others to be perfect. When we wrong one another, we can forgive because we know that He has forgiven us.