doesn't that idea seem to resonate with the first verses of chapter 4?
speaking of there being no difference between an heir who is a child and a slave?
well...since it's one of my favorite passages...
Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.
So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.
But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. (v 1-5)
Then in v. 9 Paul indicates he's amazed that the Galatians could have been persuaded to turn back to weak and worthless elemental things desiring to be enslaved again after being known by God!
I marvel at Paul's wording in this chapter. As you mentioned, he wants to help these people, but I can't think of any other place he calls his hearers "my children". (if you can, give me a heads up? )
Maybe it's just that I have a child who has turned her back on the Gospel, but the way he pleads with them is positively frightened parent.
speaking of there being no difference between an heir who is a child and a slave?
well...since it's one of my favorite passages...
Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.
So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.
But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. (v 1-5)
Then in v. 9 Paul indicates he's amazed that the Galatians could have been persuaded to turn back to weak and worthless elemental things desiring to be enslaved again after being known by God!
I marvel at Paul's wording in this chapter. As you mentioned, he wants to help these people, but I can't think of any other place he calls his hearers "my children". (if you can, give me a heads up?
)Maybe it's just that I have a child who has turned her back on the Gospel, but the way he pleads with them is positively frightened parent.
If Paul means it for one I believe he means it for all.