S-"So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law." Galatians 5:1
A-God's freedom through Christ
L-Until Then
"Think of it this way, If a father dies and leaves great wealth for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had. They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set.
And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were slaves to the spiritual powers of this world. But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father. Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you." Galatians 4:1-7
Several things to take from these passages.
1. Verse 1-2-Maturity-understanding-discipline, all come with time, age, guidance, and being taught. Don't focus on the waiting, rather take joy in the time you are given to grow, mature, and learn under the leading of the Lord. For when you receive your inheritance it will be used wisely and will have been worth the wait.
2. Verse 3-Before Christ- we were slaves to the law. We were in bondage to it, and we tried to be saved by obeying it, only to come up short every time.
3. Verse 4-5. God's timing is perfect in all things, and though waiting can be hard, we can use it to draw near to God, focus on His goodness, and sit under His teaching. These two verses reveal God's love and grace. They also remind us that Christ came in human form, born of a woman, a Jew, subject to the law just like us. This helps us relate to Christ, because He too faced the things we face today, yet He never sinned. He fulfilled every law, thus becoming the perfect sacrifice, who set us free, by purchasing our freedom with His blood.
4. Verse 6-7-It doesn't get better than this. Becoming a child of God, receiving the Holy Spirit to live in our hearts, being set free from the slavery of the law, and receiving all that belongs to Him, is the greatest inheritance there is. Why would you want anything other than the absolute best? This is the best there is!
Again, why would you choose slavery to the law over freedom in Christ? Why would you choose death that the law offers, over life that Christ gives?
S-Share with someone the inheritance that is theirs through Christ
And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were slaves to the spiritual powers of this world. But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father. Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you." Galatians 4:1-7
Several things to take from these passages.
1. Verse 1-2-Maturity-understanding-discipline, all come with time, age, guidance, and being taught. Don't focus on the waiting, rather take joy in the time you are given to grow, mature, and learn under the leading of the Lord. For when you receive your inheritance it will be used wisely and will have been worth the wait.
2. Verse 3-Before Christ- we were slaves to the law. We were in bondage to it, and we tried to be saved by obeying it, only to come up short every time.
3. Verse 4-5. God's timing is perfect in all things, and though waiting can be hard, we can use it to draw near to God, focus on His goodness, and sit under His teaching. These two verses reveal God's love and grace. They also remind us that Christ came in human form, born of a woman, a Jew, subject to the law just like us. This helps us relate to Christ, because He too faced the things we face today, yet He never sinned. He fulfilled every law, thus becoming the perfect sacrifice, who set us free, by purchasing our freedom with His blood.
4. Verse 6-7-It doesn't get better than this. Becoming a child of God, receiving the Holy Spirit to live in our hearts, being set free from the slavery of the law, and receiving all that belongs to Him, is the greatest inheritance there is. Why would you want anything other than the absolute best? This is the best there is!
Again, why would you choose slavery to the law over freedom in Christ? Why would you choose death that the law offers, over life that Christ gives?
S-Share with someone the inheritance that is theirs through Christ
