Galatians 4:3-7 "Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world (4) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (5) To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (6) And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ."
And then there are a few more verses that are very important to place with
these passages.
(John 8:31-32) "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
(32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
free."
(John 8:36) "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed."
I pray the truth of these verses will sink into our hearts this morning. We
have been made free from the condemnation of the law. As children of God, we
are still subject to correction and chastisement, but we are not under condemnation.
We were in bondage and absolutely could not bring ourselves out. By His grace,
God has called us out of darkness into the light of His redemption.
All that being said, I want us to think about God's timing. "When the
fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son..." Do you
remember how the 2nd chapter of Luke begins? It is the account of the birth of
Jesus and it begins, "And it came to pass..." In the fullnes of
time, it came to pass that God sent forth His Son to redeem us through His death.
He laid down His life to give us freedom from that bondage. He has made that
truth known to us. We now can pray to God as our "Abba, Father." And
it's all because of His amazing grace and love that we are now heirs of God and
joint-heirs with Christ. God's timing is always perfect. It isn't always
in line with our time schedule, but you can be assured that our God does all
things well.