Galatians 4:1-8 [LEB]
4 Now I say, for as long a time as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he* is master of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father. 3 So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption. 6 And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! (Father!),” 7 so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.
Memory Verse:
Galatians 4:6 6
And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! (Father!),” 7 so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.
CHRISTIANS ARE DESTINED FOR GLORY. THEY HAVE BEEN..
I. DESTINED TO BE LED TO THE SAVIOR
Galatians 4:1-8 [LEB]
1 Now I say, for as long a time as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he* is master of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father.
Galatians 3:23-29 [LEB]
23 But before faith came, we were detained under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed. 24 So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.
Galatians 4:3 3
So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.
2 Corinthians 4:4 [NCV]
4 The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God. Romans 8:38 [NLT] And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
1 Corinthians 2:6 [NCV]
6 However, I speak a wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or from the rulers of this world, who are losing their power
Galatians 3:23-29 [LEB]
But before faith came, we were detained under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed. 24 So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.
CHRISTIANS ARE DESTINED FOR GLORY. THEY HAVE BEEN..
1. DESTINED TO BE LED TO THE SAVIOR
2. DESTINED TO BE REDEEMED FROM CAPTIVITY
II. DESTINED TO BE REDEEMED FROM CAPTIVITY
Galatians 4:4,5
4 But when the fullness of time came,
God sent out his Son,
born of a woman,
Hebrews 4:15
Jesus was put to the test in every conceivable way that we can be put to the test—yet without sin.
Galatians 4:4c
born under the law,
Galatians 4:5
in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption.
Galatians 3:23-29 [LEB]
25 But after* faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27 for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
CHRISTIANS ARE DESTINED FOR GLORY. THEY HAVE BEEN..
1. DESTINED TO BE LED TO THE SAVIOR
2. DESTINED TO BE REDEEMED FROM CAPTIVITY
3. DESTINED TO BE SONS OF GOD
III. DESTINED TO BE SONS OF GOD
Galatians 4:6-8 [LEB]
6 And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
Rom 8:15–16
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship (huiothesia). And by him we cry ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
Galatians 4:6B
crying out, “Abba! (Father!),”
Galatians 4:7
7 so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.
Hebrew 1:2-3
“God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son He created the universe. The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and He sustains everything by the mighty power of His command. When He had cleansed us from our sins, He sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.”
Hebrews 2:10
Jesus is “the Author of salvation”, and He “brings many sons to glory So now Jesus and the ones He makes holy have the same Father.”
Hebrews 2:11a
“Both the One who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family.”
Hebrews 2:11b
“That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them His brothers and sisters.”
Hebrews 9:15
“That is why He (Jesus) is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.”
CHRISTIANS ARE DESTINED FOR GLORY. THEY HAVE BEEN..
1. DESTINED TO BE LED TO THE SAVIOR.
2. DESTINED TO BE REDEEMED FROM CAPTIVITY.
3. DESTINED TO BE SONS OF GOD.