in the custody of the law

Galatians 3:21-25

The key words are: law and faith (both repeated several times) and custody or supervision. The TNIV translation makes it sound like Paul is comparing the law to being in jail: the law kept us confined to keep us from being too unrighteous. When Christ came, custody was handed over to him and we experienced a new freedom in faith. The cultural comparison is to a tutor (that's not quite the right word, I don't think) who is placed in charge of a child until he comes of age. This tutor was generally quite strict, charged with the task of preparing the child for adulthood. This meant that there were generally lots of rules, lots of tasks to be accomplished, etc. When Christ comes, he frees us from the custody of the tutor and all his rules and tasks.
So who am I more like - the tutor or Jesus? Am I adding rules and tasks to people's faith or am I helping them find the freedom of being declared just by faith in Jesus? Am I promoting the old law of trying to achieve God's favour through ceremony and living by the rules or am I promoting the new law of love: Love God with all you have and are, love your neighbour as yourself and that's it!? I know my tendency - it's to control and force conformation, not to set free. God, help me to reflect the character of your Son and the message of the gospel in everything I do and say.