Section 2
the stories from the Gospels in Sunday School. Perhaps you have even graduated from seminary. Let me ask you this question: what do you re alize about the sheepfold? What have you been taught about this matter? The key to unlocking the secret of this parable depends very much upon the meaning of the sheepfold.
THE LAW, OR JUDAISM, THE RELIGION OF THE LAW
The sheepfold, in its better usage, signifies the law of the Old Testament, but in its common and ordinary usage, it signifies Judaism, the religion of the law. Originally, before the first advent of Christ, God gave His law to the people of Israel. What was God's purpose in giving them the law? Did He expect them to keep it? No, that was not His purpose. Galatians 3:23-26 reveals God's pur pose in giving the law. "But before faith came we were guarded under law, being shut up unto the faith which was about to be revealed. So the law has become our child-conductor unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But faith having come, we are no longer under a child-conductor; for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus." Before faith in Christ came, we were kept under the law. In other words, we were kept like