No, the Law does not justify. VERSE 20. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one. Here the Apostle briefly compares the two mediators: Moses and Christ. "A mediator," says Paul, "is not a mediator of one." He is necessarily a mediator of two: The offender and the offended. Moses was such a mediator between the Law and the people who were offended at the Law. They were offended at the Law because they did not understand its purpose. That was the veil which Moses put over his face.英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
He could not deliver men's consciences from the terror of the Law. The sinner needs a better mediator. That better mediator is Jesus Christ. He does not change the voice of the Law, nor does He hide the Law with a veil. He takes the full blast of the wrath of the Law and fulfills its demands most meticulously. Of this better Mediator Paul says: "A mediator is not a mediator of one." We are the offending party; God is the party offended. The offense is of such a nature that God cannot pardon it. Neither can we render adequate satisfaction for our offenses.英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
It occurred to him that the Law differs from the Gospel in another respect, in respect to authorship. The Law was delivered by the angels, but the Gospel by the Lord Himself. Hence, the Gospel is superior to the Law, as the word of a lord is superior to the word of his servant. The Law was handed down by a being even inferior to the angels, by a middleman named Moses. Paul wants us to understand that Christ is the mediator of a better testament than mediator Moses of the Law. Moses led the people out of their tents to meet God. But they ran away. That is how good a mediator Moses was.英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
God does not offend anybody, therefore He needs no mediator. But we offend God, therefore we need a mediator. And we need a better mediator than Moses. We need Christ. VERSE 21. Is the law then against the promises of God? Before he digressed Paul stated that the Law does not justify. Shall we then discard the Law?英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
But Zeus sent amazement on the inhabitants thereof, and so it was taken. [3] Opposite Mosul, the north-west portion of the ancient Nineveh, about eighteen miles above Larissa. The circuit of Nineveh is said to have been about fifty-six miles. It was overthrown by Cyrus in B.C. [4] The wife of Astyages, the last king of Media. Some think "the wall of Media" should be "Medea's wall," constructed in the period of Queen Nitocris, B.C. From this place they marched one stage--four parasangs. But, while still on this stage, Tissaphernes made his appearance.英文原著 · 《Anabasis》
The people were also offended at the Law because they could not look at the bare face of Moses. It shone with the glory of God. When Moses addressed the people he had to cover his face with that veil of his. They could not listen to their mediator Moses without another mediator, the veil. The Law had to change its face and voice. In other words, the Law had to be made tolerable to the people. Thus covered, the Law no longer spoke to the people in its undisguised majesty. It became more tolerable to the conscience.英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
It's not opt-out mediation or I-don't-feel-like-it mediation.美剧 · 《The Good Wife》