Day 17: Galatians 4:1-7
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1 Let me show you the implications of this. As long as the heir is a minor, he has no advantage over the slave. Though legally he owns the entire inheritance,2 he is subject to tutors and administrators until whatever date the father has set for emancipation.3 That is the way it is with us: When we were minors, we were just like slaves ordered around by simple instructions (the tutors and administrators of this world), with no say in the conduct of our own lives.4 But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law.5 Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage.6 You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, “Papa! Father!”7 Doesn’t that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you’re also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance.
Galatians 4:1-7 from The Message
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Day 2 of our Christmas Bible reading listed the linage of Jesus. Matthew begins his Gospel by giving a legal defense of Jesus. A families heritage brought legitimacy in the Jewish world. Jesus has a linage that traces back to Abraham. God had promised Abraham that he would be the father of nations. His offspring would be like the stars.
The list that Matthew gives us in chapter 1 has more significance then just the family line of Jesus. We only realize this significance when we know the stories of some of the people listed. The linage of Jesus includes people of all kinds of character. It is lined with people of questionable character to those of good character: adulterers, prostitutes, heroes, and Gentiles.
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