Welcome to episode 151 of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Galatians, covering chapters 3:26-4:11. The series is called “Free.” Today, we will cover:
- Sons of God are Abraham’s offspring (3:26–29)
- Argument from slavery to sonship (4:1-7)
- The Folly of Reverting to the Law (4:8-11)
Key takeaways:
- Believers are all children of God through faith, and they are all one in Christ.
- Faith in Christ is what qualifies one to be a member of God’s people.
- The period of infancy and immaturity refers to the era of salvation history when the Mosaic law was in force. According to Paul, the reign of the law has ceased with the coming of Christ.
- Jesus lived obediently to God’s law, whereas all others violated God’s will. As the one who lived under the law, he took the curse of the law on himself so that he could liberate and free those who were captivated by the power of sin.
- The fundamental proof and evidence that the Galatians are truly God’s adopted sons is that God has given them the Holy Spirit, and their sonship is expressed by their claim that God is their Father.
- The Galatians are relapsing back into paganism, but in a most remarkable way, for their relapse manifests itself in their desire to subject themselves to the Mosaic law.
- Life “under law” is characterized as one in which human beings lived under the dominion and tyranny of sin.
- Before one becomes a believer, one is enslaved to that which is not the true God. Conversion is described as redemption, as being freed from the mastery and tyranny of sin.
Quotable:
- God’s family comprises solely adopted sons and daughters—there are no natural-born sons or daughters in his divine household.
Application:
- All those who are united to Christ are equal as members of Abraham’s family. Therefore, the church should not be marked by social classes and cliques.
- In His own wisdom, God determined when the Son would be sent into the world. If God rules over history, we can trust Him with the particulars of our lives as well.
- The fundamental error of unbelievers is their failure to know and praise and thank God, and hence they turn instead to self-worship and adulation of the creature rather than the Creator. Those who do not know God give worship to someone or something else instead of to the one and only true God.
- Those who are saved demonstrate their new life by continuing in faith until the last day. Their perseverance in faith functions as the evidence that they have truly come to know God.
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