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The character of the biblical revelation informs the content of the sermon

Paul first makes his readers to understand the facts upon which their faith depends, for faith must understand the works of God before it gives answer to the will of God.

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Commentary & Exposition

- Galatians
- Galatians 4:1-11

A Surprising Application of a Familiar Situation

Paul reminds his readers that salvation necessarily arose from a righteous servant

Paul’s point is not merely that there is a temporary similarity between the heir and the servant, since both are under the same tutorial of the Mosaic law; but Paul goes on to show that the rightful heir turns around and provides an undeserved inheritance to the Lord’s servants.

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Commentary & Exposition

- Galatians
- Galatians 4:1-11

Paul Corrects Confusion & Error in the Churches of Galatia

Noting the Positive Principle & Power that Confirms God's Promise

In its misperceived, perverted form, the promise could not be good news to all people, for it was enjoined to commands that had been given to some people. Once the universal scope and offer of the gospel was hidden by this heresy, Paul was swift and courageous to correct the error.

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Commentary & Exposition

- Galatians
- Galatians 4:19-31

Communicating Truth by Memory & Metaphor

Preliminary remarks on literary devices & Galatians 4

The more frequently and deeply people converse with one another, the richer language becomes. Ironically, this richness and complexity of language also leads to the comprehensibility of ideas. Comprehensibility, then, is surprisingly made subject to a kind of complexity.

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Book: Galatians

Mood, Medium, & Message

A Surprising Application of a Familiar Situation

Paul Corrects Confusion & Error in the Churches of Galatia

Communicating Truth by Memory & Metaphor

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