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The Epistle to the Galatians
Now Sons and Heirs Galatians 44-7

• Gal 44 NKJV But when the fullness of the time
  had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a
  woman, born under the law,
• Note verse 2 until the time appointed of the
  Father
• God is not haphazard in His planning Eph 110,
  Psalms 10213
• Consider the plethora of prophecy related to this
  timing.
• And God became proactive (also in verse 6)
• What does sent forth or sent out of
  (exapostello) imply?
• His Son already existed! Phil 26, John 842
• Out of a woman.- born or made (anew)
• And under the demanding system of bondage.
• Gal 310,13
• And like every other Jew? Matt 517
• The true God-man.

July 11, 2010 Bob Eckel
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The Epistle to the Galatians
Now Sons and Heirs Galatians 44-7

• Gal 45 NKJV to redeem those who were under
  the law, that we might receive the adoption as
  sons.
• Two purposes
• redeem them under the law
• Jews only or Gentiles too?
• Theres no article before law here .
• Here he changed from them, the third person,
  to we, the first person, so in Gal 46 he
  changes from ye, the second person, to our,
  the first person this he does to identify their
  case as Gentiles, with his own and that of his
  believing fellow countrymen, as Jews. - JFB
• Redeem again, Gal 313
• buy out
• rescue from loss
• purchase out of a condition with no idea of
  selling back
• pay a price to recover from the power of another
• adopt us as sons
• Adoption, huiothesia signifies the place and
  condition of a son given to one to whom it does
  not naturally belong (Vine)

July 11, 2010 Bob Eckel
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The Epistle to the Galatians
Now Sons and Heirs Galatians 44-7

• Not as infants or small children, but sons or
  full grown heirs why?
• Eph 15-12
• Gal 46 NKJV And because you are sons, God has
  sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your
  hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
• Positional truth John 112
• And not as to an infant or children Gal 41
• Notice that the sending forth the Spirit of His
  Son is conditional.
• Are you a son?
• What is the principle role of the HS?
• John 1526 1613,14
• crying out
• not tears but croaking like a raven being
  vociferous a proclamation
• Abba, Father
• Abba is simply the Syriac for father
• In Aramaic - papa
• The identity-trust expression of a feeble
  infant - Merryman
• Yet, we are sons not infants.

July 11, 2010 Bob Eckel
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The Epistle to the Galatians
Now Sons and Heirs Galatians 44-7

• Implies intimacy
• Christ Himself declared this relationship - Mark
  1436
• Father
• Identity-confidence expression that springs from
  a knowledgeable, intelligent, understanding of
  identity. Merryman
• By faith ye are one with the Son, so that what
  is His is yours His Sonship ensures your
  sonship His Spirit ensures for you a share in
  the same. JFB
• Rom 815-17
• The application Heb 416
• Gal 47 NKJV Therefore you are no longer a
  slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of
  God through Christ.
• Therefore whats it there for?
• The slave here is to the Law (Israel) not to sin.
• This is not law-works-merit but
  grace-promise-faith Merryman
• Gal 318, Gal 51
• II Cor 618 "I will be a Father to you, And you
  shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord
  Almighty."

July 11, 2010 Bob Eckel
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The Epistle to the Galatians
Now Sons and Heirs Galatians 44-7

• He shows us that we are free and set at liberty
  in such a way that while here we are governed by
  the Spirit of Christ who while reigning in our
  hearts, may teach us the true service of the
  Father.
• But this is not to serve as a slave, but rather
  to enjoy true liberty, as it is fitting for true
  sons and heirs.
• By that which follows He gathers that which went
  before, i.e. Calvary for if we have His Spirit,
  we are His sons, and if we are His sons, then we
  are free.
• Keep looking down!

July 11, 2010 Bob Eckel
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