Galatians Part 4

(Galatians Chapter 4, 2 Timothy 3:12)

Galatians 4:4-5 ⁴ But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, ⁵ to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

Paul is using a child’s journey to adulthood as a M_______________ for the journey of the nation of Israel. 

The main difference between a slave and an underaged heir is that eventually the heir will inherit and C_________________ his status while the slave will remain a slave without any inheritance.

Paul is reminding the Galatians that before they came to know Christ, they were E_______________ to pagan cults and rituals and false gods, and he is wondering W________ they would ever want to return to that kind of life.

Paul was telling the people of Galatia three things:

1. We are born again S_________________ by grace through faith.
2. As children of the promise, we become C______________________ for persecution.
3. We are not to C_______________________ promise with the law.

Take Away Lesson: You cannot mix law and grace.  The flesh cannot keep the law, and the law cannot save.  Only grace through faith in Jesus Christ can save.

Galatians 4:6-7 ⁶ Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.