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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 34
GALATIANS 4:1-14
Now back to the Book of Galatians Chapter 4 and we'll pick up with verse 6. The most important part is God is with us here and now, and He can help us avoid all the pitfalls of life. Well it's because they evidently never understood that the answer to all of life's dilemmas are right here in this Book. Galatians 4:6
"And because ye are sons, (sons of whom? Well sons of God - we're now the born ones as a result of our salvation. And since we're sons) God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."
Just wait for the power of God. So here again because of our position after believing faith, God is the One who precipitates the action.
Galatians 4:6b
"...God hath sent forth the Spirit (the Holy Spirit of promise) of his Son into your hearts, (notice it's the heart, and not the denomination or church building. crying, `Abba, Father.'"
Now we have that full privilege of approaching God as our heavenly Father. Galatians 4:7
"Wherefore thou art no more a servant, (slave) but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ."
Remember how many times Paul likes to use that word, "wherefore." Because Paul's is a progressive revelation. A Son. Because I am a joint heir. You as a believer, are a joint heir with God Himself. Now let's go back to Romans Chapter 8, and this isn't a slip of Paul's pen. Romans 8:14
"For as many (or all of you) as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Because some of these people write in and condemn people for being exclusionists. Lost people are not led by the Holy Spirit. They're out there on their own under the power of the god of this world. But believers are led by the Spirit of God. If not I doubt if there's any true salvation because it just follows like daylight following dark, that when we become a child of God we hunger after His word. 2. Do you enjoy being with God's people? If you don't, then there's something wrong and I would re-examine my so-called salvation experience. If not, I doubt if there's any relationship there."
The Spirit does that. Now here again, if we're led by the Spirit of God then we are the sons, or the born ones of God. Now let's go to verse 15 and again he's talking to believers here.
Romans 8:15
fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father."
Believers don't have to walk around in constant fear. How much He loved them! Now then, when we have that kind of a salvation, the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
It's the witness of the Holy Spirit that we have that salvation, we have that we are children of God. Now let's look at verse 17.
Romans 8:17
"And if children, (true sons of God by virtue of our saving faith) then heirs; (not of some rich grandfather, or of some corporation president with millions and millions of shares. We've got something far greater) heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
We are heirs of God and now to bring it even tighter, we are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. You're joint-heirs. We are heirs of God because we are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. Galatians 4:7
"Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." A one in full heirship - an heir of God through Christ. Now verse 8.
Galatians 4:8
"Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are not gods."
Galatians 4:8b
"...when ye knew not God, (they were steeped in pagan darkness Paul says) ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods." See, they worshipped these pagan gods who, by nature when you boil everything down, they weren't gods at all. Galatians 4:9
"But (they're no longer in that paganism, they're no longer worshipping wood and stone, but) now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, (God knows them personally now because they're His. They're His children and Paul says if you are in such a glorified position ) how turn ye again to the weak, and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?"
Well what's he talking about? The Law, legalism, and legalism is beggarly. It is a dust groveling system, and if people could see that. The Galatians were going back into that stuff, if I may call it that.

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