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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b>F.
GALATIANS 3:23-4:7</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b>CONTRAST
OF LAW AND BLESSING OF FAITH IN CHRIST</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b>1.
3:23-25 TEMPORARY SERVICE AND NATURE OF LAW</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a.
3:23 LAW RULED TILL FAITH CAME</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Pro tou de elTHEIN t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
PIstin </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4102]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
huPO NOmon </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3551]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
eph-rouROUme-tha </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5432]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But before the faith came, we
were kept in ward under law,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sun-kleiOme-noi
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4788]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
eis t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n MELlou-san
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3195]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
PIstin a-po-ka-luphTH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">nai
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[601]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>shut up unto the faith to be
revealed.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 3:24 LAW SERVES AS A
GUIDE TO CHRIST</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">H</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ste
ho NOmos pai-da-g</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">GOS
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3807]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
GEgo-nen eis ChrisTON,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>So that the law is become our
tutor unto Christ,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HIna
ek PIste-</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
di-kai-</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">TH</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">men
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1344]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>that we be justified from
faith.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 3:25 THE FAITH REPLACES
LAW</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">exTHOUs</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
de t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s PIste-</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s,
ouKEti huPO pai-da-g</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">GON
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3807]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
es-men.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But the faith having come, we
are no more under a tutor.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>2. 3:26-29 FAITH IN CHRIST
GIVES US ABRAHAM'S PROMISE OF HEIRSHIP</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 3:26 FAITH IN CHRIST
MAKES SONS OF GOD</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">PANtes gar huiOI <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[5207]</font>
TheOU es-te,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>For you are all sons of God,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">diA
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s PIste-</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
en ChrisT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> 'I</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">SOU.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>through the faith, in Christ
Jesus.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 3:27 CHRIST'S BAPTISM
GIVES CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS AS CLOTHING</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HOsoi
gar eis ChrisTON e-bapTISth</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-te
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[907]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ChrisTON e-neDUsas-the </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1746]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>For as many of you as were
baptized into Christ did put on Christ.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 3:28 ALL DISTINCTIONS ARE
ERASED IN CHRIST</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ouk
Eni 'IouDAIos ouDE HELl</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n,
ouk Eni DOUlos </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1401]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ouDE eLEUthe-ros </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1658]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">There</span></b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is neither Jew nor Greek, </span></b></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">there</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is neither bond nor free.</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ouk
Eni ARsen </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[730]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai TH</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">lu
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2338]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">there
</span></b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">is
no male and female;</span></b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">PANtes
gar huMEIS HEIS es-te en ChrisT</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
'I</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">SOU.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">for
you all are one </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">man</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in Christ Jesus.</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>d. 3:29 OUR INHERITANCE
FLOWS FROM ABRAHAM IN CHRIST</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ei de huMEIS ChrisTOU, Ara tou
A-braAM SPERma <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[4690]</font>
esTE,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And if you are Christ's, then
are you :Abraham's seed,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">kat'
e-pag-geLIan </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1860]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kl</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-roNOmoi
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2818]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>heirs according to promise.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>3. 4:1-5 NATURE OF SONS
UNDER LAW BEFORE ADOPTION</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 4:1-2 NATURE OF A BABE
BEFORE ADOPTION: AS A SERVANT</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">LEg</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
de eph' HOson CHROnon </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5550]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ho kl</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-roNOmos
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2818]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
N</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">piOS
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3516]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
es-tin,</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But I say that so long time
as the heir is a babe,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ouDEN
di-aPHErei </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1308]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
DOUlou </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1401]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
KUri-os </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2962]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
PANt</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">n;</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>he differs nothing from a
bondman, though lord of all;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">alLA
huPO e-piTROpous </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2012]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
esTI kai oi-koNOmous </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3623]</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2</span></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
but is under guardians and stewards</span></span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Achri
t</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
pro-thesMIas </span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4287]</span></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
tou paTROS.</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>until the father's appointed
day.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 4:3-5 GOD'S METHOD OF
ADOPTING SONS: THROUGH CHRIST</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HOUt</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
kai h</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">MEIS,
HOte </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">men
N</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">pi-oi
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3516]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>So we also, when we were
babes, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">huPO
ta stoiCHEIa </span></font><span style="">[4747]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
tou KOSmou </span></font><span style="">[2889]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">E</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">me-tha
de-dou-l</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">o</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">MEnoi
</span></font><span style="">[1402]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">:
</span></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>were in bondage under the
rudiments of the world:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HOte
de </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Lthen
to PL</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">r</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">-ma
</font>[4138]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> tou CHROnou,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>4<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
but when the fulness of the time came,</font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e-xaPEStei-len <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2064]</font>
ho TheOS ton huiON auTOU, </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>:God sent forth his :Son,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">geNOme-non ek gu-naiKOS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1135]</font>,
geNOme-non huPO NOmon,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>born of woman, born under
law,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HIna tous huPO NOmon e-xa-goRAs<u>e</u>
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1805]</font>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>5<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
that he might redeem th</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>os</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e
under law,</font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HIna
t</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">n
hui-o-theSIan </font>[5206]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
a-poLAb</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">-men
</font>[618]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>that he might receive the
adoption of sons.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>4. 4:6-7 PROOF OF SONSHIP
AND HEIRSHIP</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 4:6 PROOF OF SONSHIP: THE
WITNESSING SPIRIT OF ADOPTION</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">HOti de es-te huiOI,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>And because you are sons,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e-xaPEStei-len
</font>[1821]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> ho TheOS to PNEUma
</font>[4151]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> tou huiOU </font>[5207]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
auTOU eis tas karDIas </font>[2588]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
h</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">M</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">N,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>:God sent forth the Spirit of
his :Son into our :hearts,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">KRAzon,
AbBA, ho paT</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">R.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>crying, Abba, the Father.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 4:7 SONSHIP RECEIVED -
PRODUCES HEIRSHIP</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">H<u>O</u>Ste ouKEti ei DOUlos
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1401]</font>, alLA huiOS;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>So that you are no longer
bondman, but son;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ei de huiOS, kai kl<u>e</u>-roNOmos
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2818]</font> diA TheOU.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and if son, then heir through
God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>G. 4:8-11 TO RETURN TO
LAW-KEEPING IS TO RETURN TO BONDAGE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 4:8-9 ILLOGICAL DECISION:
TO RETURN TO A BONDAGE FROM WHICH NOW FREED!</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">AlLA, TOte men ouk eiDOtes
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1492]</font> TheON</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>However, then indeed not
knowing God</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e-douLEUsa-te <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1398]</font>
tois PHUsei <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[5449]</font> m<u>e</u>
OUsi theOIS:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>you were in bondage to them
that by nature are no gods:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">nun de GNONtes TheON, MALlon de
gn<u>o</u>sTHENtes <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1097]</font>
huPO TheOU,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>9 <font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">but
now knowing God, or rather being known by God,</font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">p</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">s
e-piSTREphe-te </font>[1994]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
PAlin ePI ta as-theN</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
</font>[772] <font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai pt</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">CHA
</font>[4434]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> stoiCHEIa </font>[4747]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>how turn you back again to
the weak and poor elements,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">hois
PAlin An</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">-then
</font>[509]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> douLEUsai </font>[1398]<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
THEle-te?</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>in which you desire to be in
bondage over again?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 4:10 SLAVERY TO
OBSERVANCES OF TIMES</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">h<u>e</u>MEras pa-ra-t<u>e</u>REISthe
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3906]</font> kai M<u>E</u>nas
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3376]</font> kai kaiROUS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2540]</font>
kai e-ni-auTOUS <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1763]</font>.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>You observe days and months
and seasons and years.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 4:11 RESULT: THE LABORS
OF THE APOSTLE COME TO VANITY</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">phoBOUmai <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[5399]</font>
huMAS, m<u>e</u> p<u>o</u>s eiK<u>E</u> <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1500]
</font>ke-koPIa-ka <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2872] I</font>
eis huMAS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>I am afraid of you, lest
somehow I have toiled over you in vain.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
Galatians 2:23-25 we have a clear word, revealing the relationship
between law and faith. Just as a plant like a potato sheds the seed
potato before harvest, so we need to shed </span></span><u><span style="">law</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
once we enter into God's Kingdom of faith!</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">3:26-29.
The Holy Spirit baptizes us into Christ, and then Christ baptizes us
into the Spirit. The preacher baptizes us into water, usually between
these two. Dr. J. Edwin Orr illustrates it this way: Plug up the
sink; place an empty glass under the tap. Keep the tap running after
the glass is full, till the sink is also full. Then the full glass
is immersed in the full sink. </span></span><u><span style="">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is being baptized in the Spirit!</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4:1-5 is most important to
understand. It merely enlarges on this above thought. It centers
around the understanding of “adoption” as practiced in the Middle
East, particularly in Israel. The procedure of adoption in our
Western Culture does not help us to understand the Biblical
procedure.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">First
of all, it does not relate to adopting someone outside the family to
take place legally as if the child adopted had not been </span></span><u><span style="">born</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
into that family. Rather, it describes how a youth of Israel born
into the family is trained by the servants of his father to become a
partner with his father, and eventually take over the business. When
the servants are satisfied that they have trained the father's son to
this point, </span></span><u><span style="">then</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
they announce to him that “his son” is ready to be “adopted”.
</span></span><u><span style="">Adoption</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is a ceremony for one born into the family, but passes on from under
the control and training of servants, and </span></span><u><span style="">now</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
takes his place </span></span><u><span style="">beside</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
his father, and </span></span><u><span style="">over</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the servants who trained him.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
servants represent the law. </span></span><u><span style="">It</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
brought Israel to the point of “adoption.” Now that faith has
come through Christ, we in the church, the “One New Man”, are now
</span></span><u><span style="">over</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the law. It has served its purpose. We have moved on! Let us </span></span><u><span style="">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
turn back and place ourselves again under tutors!</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
as a boy and young man was under his father and mother. His Bar
Mitzvah at the age of 12 did not remove Him from this position. But
at the age of 30 when He was baptized, He was “adopted”, became
one with His Father in </span></span><u><span style="">Ministry</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and no longer returned to His former position. When His mother
suggested He help out at a wedding when the wine failed, He said,
“Woman - what have I to do with you? My hour has not yet come.”'
I have graduated. I have been Adopted. It is now only what My
Heavenly Father commands - that I obey. </span></span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">His
Heavenly Father did show Jesus that this was His will! He then
performed His first miracle by turning water into wine! </span></span><u><span style="">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
illustrates the Biblical and Middle East understanding of “Adoption”.
5 times this word is used in the NT. Each reference has rich insights
in its meaning.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">4:8-11.
In the light of 3:23-4:7 - the Holy Spirit through Paul then makes a
resounding conclusion. How can a son who has been </span></span><u><span style="">freed</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
from the tutelage of the law return there again? Inconceivable.
Unbelievable. But the “Judaizers” would bring both Jew and
Gentile back into law-bondage!</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Now
Jewish Culture for Jews is </span></span><u><span style="">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to be taken from them in this light. But “law-bondage” is! A
similar illustration can be seen in what white missionaries have
often taught our “First Nations People”, the aborigines of
America. They have often taken </span></span><u><span style="">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
their culture from them. This is wrong. What is not under a curse and
condemned by the Bible, can be redeemed and lived in as their
culture, just as we live in our culture. </span></span><u><span style="">Some</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
things in </span></span><u><span style="">our</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
culture should be put out, just as we have required our Indian
friends to put aside even legitimate cultural customs. See “Dancing
our Prayers” by Richard Twiss. He makes this point abundantly
clear. - </span></span><u><b><a href="http://www.wiconi.com/">www.wiconi.com</a></b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
- Phone 360-546-1867</b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">So while we take care not to
fall back into law-bondage following our “spiritual adoption”,
let us not fall into the opposite ditch, and judge legitimate
cultural customs that do not fall under Biblical condemnation. -
J.A.W.</font></p>
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