We are winding down to an end of Paul's theological arguments against his opponents in Galatians 3 & 4. Once again he makes an appeal to their experience, this time on a very personal level. He reminds them of the personal relationship he previously had with them and how they received him when he first came to them preaching the gospel. And he shows deep concern for them because he views their turning to the law to be tantamount to returning to their pagan roots and religion. It is interesting how Paul equates these two things in this passage and interesting how similar his appeal and arguments to the book of Hebrews where the same appeal is being made to believing Jews not to go back to the Mosaic covenant.
In this section of chapter four we also have a very controversial, but I hope charitable, discussion about the ramifications of some of what Paul says to the modern use by many Protestants and evangelicals of a liturgical calendar. More importantly there is discussion about what it means to know Christ, or to be known of Christ.
The audio of this study went 45 minutes, but there was a lot of discussion. I hope you will forgive the disjointedness of much of it, though, and still be able to profit from the lesson taught, in spite of the length and the sometimes rambling nature of the conversation. God bless.
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Galatians 4:8-20 - No Turning Back
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