More arguments that Jesus is both the Son of God and the fulfillment of Jewish Law. Paul argues that the Galatians now know God and do not need to be slaves to religious intermediaries. Laws can never be fully kept, so God can never be fully satisfied. However, God's own Son can satisfy for what we lack. Paul describes being ill with the Galatians when he was there. Their joy is gone because their faith is in a dead end if they abandon Christ. Paul likens being a spiritual father to childbirth. He is pained. Paul closes with another Old Testament (which would appeal to Jewish converts) parallel of two paths, only one leading to life. The right one was taken earlier in Jewish history. Take the right one now!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Galatians 4
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