Sons, Not Servants
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· 2 viewsGalatians is God’s strongest word against legalism. The flesh loves to do things religious—celebrate holy days, practice rituals, attempt to do good works for God. Many religious systems today mix law and grace and present a garbled, confused way of salvation that is actually a way of bondage (Gal. 2:4; 4:9; 5:1). Keeping the Sabbath, dietary laws, an earthly priesthood, holy days, obeying rules—all of these are swept away in Galatians and replaced by the glorious liberty the believer has through faith in Christ! Wiersbe, W. W. (1992). Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament (p. 515). Victor Books.
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Paul continues reasoning why the Galatians, or anyone, should revert to, or embrace, legalism.
As chapter 4 opens, he does so by comparing our spiritual state to the state of a person being adopted.
There are two types of adoption:
Making someone outside the family a part of the family
Making someone inside the family an heir of the family
The Status of the child, 1-3
The Status of the child, 1-3
under those they will lead, 1-2
under the “elements” the rudimentary first principles. Analogous to the ABC’s, 3
The Sending of the Son, 4-5
The Sending of the Son, 4-5
The only exact moment He could come
Born under the law, He fulfilled its moral obligation
Died under the law, He fulfilled its sacrifical requirement
The Law could only lead to death and He took that death for us. He was the price of redeeming us
For those outside the family of God, it brought us into it
For those inside the family of God (us included), it elevated us to heirs
The Seal of the Spirit 6-7
The Seal of the Spirit 6-7
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is evidence that we have graduated to fully-vested heirs. He facilitates the promotion and serves as its constant reminder and enabler.
The Slipping of the Believer, 8-11
The Slipping of the Believer, 8-11
No turning back, 8-9
Once we were all ignorant, but now that we not, why would we go back to what couldn’t work to make us sons?
No imposed days, 10-11
They are a sign of our affinity for religion over relationship.
5 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.