Freedom: Free to Receive

We will be continuing our journey through Galatians this week as we look at how, in Christ, there is no distinction or discrimination based on race, social status, or gender. We are all equal and united in Christ, and as heirs of God's promise, we have the freedom to receive His blessings and grace.⁠ As we prepare our hearts for this message, let us be reminded and encouraged by Paul as he writes in Galatians 4:7: "So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God."⁠

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This Week's Scripture:
// Galatians 3:28–4:11 (NRSVUE) //
There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise.

My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than those who are enslaved, though they are the owners of all the property, but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God.

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods. Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles? How can you want to be enslaved to them again? You are observing special days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.