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Section III
THE PROOF THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
ALONE AND NOT BY WORKS
Galatians 3:1-4:7
Study 6: THE PROOF OF CHRIST AND THE FULLNESS OF
TIME
Text: Galatians 4:1-7
Aim: To rest assured that God’s time is the right time in all
things.
Memory Verse:
“
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth
His Son, made of a woman, made under the law”
(
Ga.4:4).
INTRODUCTION:
Have you ever watched and waited for a pot of water to boil? It
seems to take forever! In the same sense, we sometimes look at God
and wonder when is He going to do this or do that? No matter how
impatient we get, God will do things in His time—the right time.
Just as water boils at the right temperature, God sent His Son
into the world at the right time. God was not early. God was not
late. He was right on time...just in time!
Some in the churches of Galatia were teaching that a person is
The Proof That A Man Is Justified By Faith Alone And Not By Works
Study 6: Galatians 4:1-7 —Teacher’s Outline and Study Bible™
C
HAPTER 4
F. The Proof of Christ & the
Fullness of Time, 4:1-7
1.
Now I say, that the heir, as
long as he is a child, differeth
nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all;
2.
But is under tutors and
governors until the time ap-
pointed of the father.
3.
Even so we, when we were
children, were in bondage
under the elements of the
world:
4.
But when the fullness 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.
1.
There was a time when the
world was in bondage
a. A child: An illustration
Is under guardians &
trustees
Inherits the estate at
the appointed time
b. The world or mankind:
Is enslaved by the ele-
mentary or childish
knowledge of the world
2.
There was an appointed time
when God delivered the
world
a. How: God sent His Son as a
man, under the law
b. Why? To redeem the world
c. The results
We are adopted as
God’s sons
We receive assurance of
acceptance by the Spirit
We become heirs of
God
