But now that you know God —or rather are known by God …
Summary: Being known by God is an experience no false god can ever provide. The real God is really personal, and he knows you extremely well.
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… that we might receive adoption to sonship.
Summary: “Adoption to sonship” might be a bit of an arcane phrase, but the principle behind it is timeless.
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… to redeem those under the law
Summary: Simplifying the law helps make being redeemed easier to understand.
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… God sent his Son,
Summary: In today’s passage, we have four words that capture the essence of a mystery surrounding our God.
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If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Summary: How do you run a race? Are you a natural athlete or do you prefer being a couch potato?
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There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Summary: In this passage, Paul makes an astounding claim. God doesn’t see differences between people like we do. So what does God see?
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So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
Summary: Learning to trust Jesus is a big step for people who are used to trusting themselves.
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Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
Summary: What does it mean to live in faith? How do we act when we are no longer under a guardian? These questions haunt everyone who strives to live a life of faith in Jesus.
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Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
Summary: Paul returns to his discussion about the law with an interesting metaphor. The law, like the Sheriff in an old Western, can lock people up. What does this mean?
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… so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Summary: Paul is very close to his topic. So close that he makes assumptions about his audience and what they know. Deconstructing what Paul says requires us to look into the Old Testament for clues.
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