Galatians 4:1-7
I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
COMMENT
When were we children? When we were under the law. When our only means of knowing and pleasing God was a list of rules and other to dos. At that point, while yet heirs, we were for all practical purposes the same as slaves. The guardians, managers, and source of protection were the rules. What freed us? Christ. He redeemed those under the law that we might be sons. How? By more law? No, through faith in Christ we receive adoption and therefore the Spirit of God, that now we live to please God. No more mere obedience, but now obedience through faith.
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