Identity: Free at Last! (Galatians 3:23-4:7) (Galatians 3:23-4:7)
Aëlla Gage, 23rd July 2023Part of the Relationships and Identity series, preached at a Fordham Sunday Service service
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3:24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.
3:25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.
3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,
3:27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
3:29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
4:1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.
4:2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
4:3 So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world.
4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law,
4:5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
4:6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
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