Ep 141 (S8E9) Galatians: Pt 7

References:

• Quick Review
  • Gal 3:15-29
    • Seed vs seeds
    • Abraham vs Moses (heir vs slave)
    • Jesus our mediator & the law our tutor
    • Promise vs keeping the law
  • What’s next?
• Galatians 4:1-20
  • Vss 1-7
    • Heir, child, slave, guardian, manager
      • Remember the vineyard and tenants (Mt 21; Mk 12; Lk 20)
      • Consider 1 Cor 13:11 - gives new meaning
      • δοῦλος - servant, slave - very common in NT
      • Guardian = steward
    • Basic spiritual principles - στοιχεῖον (stoy-khi'-on)
      • The foundational elements of life apart from life in the Spirit
      • ABCs - Col 2:8, 20
      • A revival - Desiderata (Max Ehrmann’s “child of the universe” philosophy)
  • Vss 8-16
    • Consider the weak, worthless word πτωχός (pto-khos')
      • Compare fleshly spirituality with HS Spirituality
      • Mt 5:3 “poor” in spirit; Mt 11:5 “poor” have the gospel preached to them
      • Galatians are choosing the poverty of homelessness
    • Vss 12-16 - Paul’s poverty
      • How he came to them
      • Their overlooking of his temptation (KJV) πειρασμός (pi-ras-mos') trial
        • Lead us not into πειρασμός
        • Jas 1:2 - consider it pure joy when πειρασμός come
      • Would have given him their own eyes?
  • Vss 17-20
    • See vs 17 in MSG
    • The pain of childbirth - ὠδίνω (o-dee'-no)
      • see ὠδίν - Mt 24:8; Mk 13:8 - the beginnings of the labor pains
      • compare συνωδίνω - Rom 8:22
    • Since he is writing rather than talking face to face Paul is
      • perplexed - ἀπορέω (ap-or-eh'-o)
        • John 13:22 - one of you will betray me
        • 2 Cor 4:8 - “We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.”
  • He will keep trying to get through to them, though, so
• Stay tuned!