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Boiling down this whole chapter into a few paragraphs is
impossible, but some important things from my commentary stuck out:
“The New Testament word for adoption means “to place as an adult
son”. It’s more about our position that our condition, it said. “Under
grace, the believer is a son of God
with adult standing in God’s family …
Like the prodigal son, the Galatians wanted their Father to accept them as servants, when they really were sons … Since we are adopted – placed as adult sons in the
family – we may begin drawing on our
inheritance right now … The son has a future, while the servant
does not … The Galatians were dropping
out of the school of grace and enrolling in the kindergarten of law!”
“We must lay aside childish
things. How easy it is for us to hold
the toys of our earlier Christian
days and fail to lay hold of the tools of the mature believer. The child does not enjoy being weaned, but he can never become a man until it happens…”
“God began with grace, not law.” He clothed Adam and Eve in grace before
giving the law.
“Legalism is one of the major problems among Christians
today. We must keep in mind that legalism
does not mean the setting of spiritual standards; it
means worshipping those standards
and thinking that we are spiritual
because we obey them. It also means judging other believers on the basis of those standards.”
Father, help me to digest all of this and apply it to my
life. Remind me that You have adopted me as an adult son into Your family.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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