2019-12-24 — See Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes

Christmas Eve:
Date: December 24, 2019

Theme: See Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes

– Galatians 4:1-7

– ( Pastor John Hein )

The Order of Worship:

Liturgy:

Hymns:

WS 713
TLH 105

Theme: See Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes

Galatians 4:1–7 (Listen)

Sons and Heirs

4:1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,1 though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles2 of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Footnotes

[1] 4:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 7

[2] 4:3 Or elemental spirits; also verse 9

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