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Please open your Bibles to
Read Galatians 4:1-7
There is a Time for Childhood.
Facebook and Instagram are filled with short clips of kids doing kid things.
And it’s cute for a time, but you don’t want it to last forever.
Those of you with toddlers know the feeling.
I love playing with toddlers … for about 5 minutes, and after that, I want them to move on to someone else.
Because they don’t get tired of things.
What starts out as a fun game of peakaboo, can turn into an hour of, “I’m really tired of this.”
The first time a kid eats spaghetti with spaghetti sauce its cute.
It’s on their face.
It’s in their shirt.
It’s on the table.
It’s everywhere.
But you don’t want this to last forever.
You want the child to learn to eat without destroying the kitchen table.
Children must grow up.
And so, you parents work hard to teach your children.
You teach them how to use a fork and brush their teeth.
How to use a fork and brush their teeth.
You teach them how to tie their shoelaces and button their shirts.
And you gradually teach them harder and harder things, until they reach adulthood, you are expecting your children to mature.
Facebook and Instagram are filled with short clips of kids doing kid things.
And it’s cute for a time, but you don’t want it to last forever.
Those of you with toddlers know the feeling.
The first time a kid eats spaghetti with spaghetti sauce its cute.
It’s on their face.
It’s in their shirt.
It’s on the table.
It’s everywhere.
But you don’t want this to last forever.
You want the child to learn to eat without destroying the kitchen table.
Children must grow up.
And so, you parents work hard to teach your children.
You teach them how to use a fork and brush their teeth.
You teach them how to tie their shoelaces and button their shirts.
And you gradually teach them harder and harder things, until they reach adulthood, you are expecting your children to mature.
In verses 1 and 2, Paul is describing the process of growing into adulthood.
There is an expectation for children to grow up.
Different cultures have this process well outlined.
The ancient Greeks set the age at about 18.
And when a boy reached the age of 18, his hair was cut, and it was offered to the God Apollo.
The boy was now a man.
The Romans would take the boy’s childhood toys and offer them as a sacrifice to the gods.
Destroying and bringing an end to that period of time called youth.
The Jews had and continue to have a Bar Mitzvah at the age of 12 for boys to celebrate their entrance into adulthood.
Past generations had clearer milestones for becoming an adult than we do.
Today we have a series of milestones which mark more of a transition into adulthood, rather than a specific date.
When you are 16 you can drive a car, but you’re still not an adult.
When you are 18 you can vote, join the military, but are still limited.
When you are 21 you can drink alcohol, but your parents are still responsible for your health insurance.
So when exactly are you an adult?
We are not so sure in our culture.
That age is getting later and later, even into the early 30’s.
And in verses 1 and 2, Paul harkens back to where a boy was under a pedagogue, or a tutor.
This was a family slave who was given the task of raising the boy and teaching him his father’s values.
He was in charge of the boy’s education, training, welfare, even his discipline..
And there was a specific age, a specific date when the boy would come of age.
He would leave all of that behind.
And he would become a man.
Facebook and Instagram are filled with short clips of kids doing kid things.
Parents love to show off the cute things their kids do.
And it’s cute for a time, but you don’t want it to last forever.
And it’s fun for a time, but you don’t want it to last forever.
Those of you with toddlers know the feeling.
Those of you with toddlers know the feeling.
The first time a kid eats spaghetti with spaghetti sauce its … memorable.
The first time a kid eats spaghetti with spaghetti sauce its cute.
It’s on their face.
It’s on their face.
It’s in their shirt.
It’s in their shirt.
It’s on the table.
It’s on the table.
It’s on the floor.
Somehow it’s even on the ceiling.
It’s everywhere.
It’s everywhere.
But you don’t want this to last forever.
But you don’t want this to last forever.
You want the child to learn to eat without destroying the dining room.
You want the child to learn to eat without destroying the kitchen table.
Children must grow up.
Children must grow up.
And so, you parents work hard to teach your children.
And so, you parents work hard to teach your children.
You teach them how to use a fork and brush their teeth.
You teach them how to use a fork and brush their teeth.
You teach them how to tie their shoelaces and button their shirts.
You teach them how to tie their shoelaces and button their shirts.
And you gradually teach them harder and harder things, until they reach adulthood, you are expecting your children to mature.
And you gradually teach them harder and harder things, until they reach adulthood, you are expecting your children to mature.
Verses 1 and 2 are describing this process, but in verse 3, Paul brings it home, “In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.”
The reality is, not only do children need to learn to behave rightly, but people need to learn to think rightly.
You leave the diapers behind.
Paul says that we were enslaved to the elementary principles in the world.
You learn to speak properly.
That phrase elementary principles are the most rudimentary and basic thoughts of mankind.
You grow up.
Man’s most basic thoughts not good, but are sinful.
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