Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / How Do We Live as Children, Not Slaves? (Galatians 4:1–7)
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- 0:04Hello
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- 0:05Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:05Miller
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- 0:14Testament
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- 0:14selected
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- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:17Lectionary
- 0:17for
- 0:18this
- 0:18very
- 0:19day.
- 0:19The
- 0:19reading
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- 0:20understandable.
- 0:20I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21message
- 0:21version
- 0:22relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:23listen
- 0:24to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:24ponder
- 0:25and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
- 0:26action
- 0:26steps
- 0:27you
- 0:27can
- 0:28take.
- 0:28We
- 0:28pray
- 0:29and
- 0:29are
- 0:29done
- 0:29in
- 0:29less
- 0:30than
- 0:3010
- 0:30minutes.
- 0:30It's
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- 0:34which
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- 0:35your
- 0:35free
- 0:36personal
- 0:36Bible
- 0:37Study
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- 0:38the
- 0:38ABC1,
- 0:3923
- 0:41Bible
- 0:42Study
- 0:42Method.
- 0:42Please
- 0:43join
- 0:43me
- 0:43in
- 0:44my
- 0:44mission
- 0:44of
- 0:44getting
- 0:44the
- 0:45audible
- 0:45word
- 0:45of
- 0:45God
- 0:46into
- 0:46two
- 0:46millionaires
- 0:47a
- 0:47million
- 0:48people
- 0:48by
- 0:492028.
- 0:50You
- 0:50can
- 0:50help
- 0:50by
- 0:51saving
- 0:51and
- 0:51subscribing
- 0:52to
- 0:52the
- 0:52podcast
- 0:53and
- 0:53tagging
- 0:54your
- 0:54friends.
- 0:55Here's
- 0:55today's
- 0:55reading.
- 0:57We're
- 0:57reading
- 0:57from
- 0:58Galatians
- 0:584:1:7
- 0:59from
- 0:59the
- 1:00Message
- 1:01Let
- 1:01me
- 1:01show
- 1:01you
- 1:02the
- 1:02implications
- 1:03of
- 1:03all
- 1:04this.
- 1:04As
- 1:04long
- 1:04as
- 1:04the
- 1:05heir
- 1:05is
- 1:06a
- 1:06minor,
- 1:07he
- 1:07has
- 1:08no
- 1:08advantage
- 1:08over
- 1:08the
- 1:09slave.
- 1:10Though
- 1:10legally
- 1:11he
- 1:11owns
- 1:11the
- 1:11entire
- 1:12inheritance,
- 1:12he
- 1:13is
- 1:13subject
- 1:13to
- 1:14tutors.
- 1:16And
- 1:16administrators
- 1:17until
- 1:17whatever
- 1:18date
- 1:18the
- 1:18Father
- 1:19has
- 1:19set.
- 1:21For
- 1:21emancipation.
- 1:23That
- 1:24is
- 1:24the
- 1:24way
- 1:24it
- 1:24is
- 1:24with
- 1:25us.
- 1:26When
- 1:26we
- 1:26were
- 1:27minors,
- 1:27we
- 1:27were
- 1:27just
- 1:28like
- 1:28slaves,
- 1:29ordered
- 1:29around
- 1:30by
- 1:30simple
- 1:30instructions,
- 1:32the
- 1:33tutors
- 1:33and
- 1:34administrators
- 1:35of
- 1:35this
- 1:35world
- 1:36with
- 1:37no
- 1:37say
- 1:37in
- 1:37the
- 1:37conduct
- 1:38of
- 1:38our
- 1:38own
- 1:38lives.
- 1:39But
- 1:40when
- 1:40the
- 1:40time
- 1:40arrived
- 1:41that
- 1:41was
- 1:42set
- 1:42by
- 1:42God
- 1:42the
- 1:43Father.
- 1:43God
- 1:44sent
- 1:44his
- 1:44son
- 1:45born
- 1:45among
- 1:46us
- 1:47of
- 1:47a
- 1:47woman
- 1:48born
- 1:48under
- 1:49the
- 1:49conditions
- 1:49of
- 1:50the
- 1:50law
- 1:51so
- 1:51that
- 1:51he
- 1:51might
- 1:51redeem
- 1:52those
- 1:53of
- 1:53us
- 1:53who
- 1:53have
- 1:53been
- 1:53kidnapped
- 1:54by
- 1:54the
- 1:54law.
- 1:55Thus
- 1:56we've
- 1:56been
- 1:56set
- 1:56free
- 1:57to
- 1:57experience
- 1:57our
- 1:58rightful
- 1:58heritage.
- 1:59You
- 1:59could
- 2:00tell
- 2:00for
- 2:00sure
- 2:00that
- 2:00you
- 2:01are
- 2:01now
- 2:01fully
- 2:01adopted
- 2:02as
- 2:03his
- 2:03own
- 2:03children
- 2:03because
- 2:04God
- 2:04sent
- 2:04the
- 2:05spirit
- 2:05of
- 2:06His
- 2:06Son
- 2:06into
- 2:06our
- 2:06lives,
- 2:07crying
- 2:07out,
- 2:07papa,
- 2:08Father,
- 2:10doesn't
- 2:10that
- 2:10privilege
- 2:11of
- 2:11intimate
- 2:11conversation
- 2:12with
- 2:12God
- 2:13make
- 2:13it
- 2:13plain
- 2:14that
- 2:14you
- 2:14are
- 2:14not
- 2:14a
- 2:14slave
- 2:15of
- 2:15but
- 2:15a
- 2:16child?
- 2:16And
- 2:16if
- 2:17you're
- 2:17a
- 2:17child,
- 2:18you're
- 2:18also
- 2:18an
- 2:19heir
- 2:20with
- 2:20complete
- 2:20access
- 2:21to
- 2:21the
- 2:22inheritance.
- 2:23Well
- 2:24friends,
- 2:24I
- 2:24just
- 2:24want
- 2:24to
- 2:25thank
- 2:25you
- 2:25for
- 2:25joining
- 2:25me
- 2:25for
- 2:26a
- 2:26few
- 2:26minutes
- 2:26as
- 2:26we
- 2:26explore
- 2:27a
- 2:27little
- 2:28deeper
- 2:28here
- 2:28about
- 2:29this
- 2:29passage.
- 2:30Paul
- 2:31uses
- 2:32this
- 2:32image,
- 2:33a
- 2:33family
- 2:33image
- 2:34of
- 2:35before
- 2:35maturity.
- 2:39And
- 2:39heir
- 2:39lives
- 2:40under
- 2:40tutors
- 2:41and
- 2:41administrators,
- 2:41which
- 2:42many
- 2:42people
- 2:42in
- 2:42the
- 2:43this
- 2:43day
- 2:43and
- 2:43age
- 2:45would
- 2:45be
- 2:45familiar
- 2:46with,
- 2:46more
- 2:46like
- 2:47a
- 2:47servant
- 2:47than
- 2:47a
- 2:48free
- 2:48child.
- 2:49But
- 2:49there
- 2:49comes
- 2:50a
- 2:50time
- 2:51and
- 2:51when
- 2:53the
- 2:53transition
- 2:53happens,
- 2:55and
- 2:56the
- 2:56reading
- 2:57here
- 2:57is
- 2:57talking
- 2:57about
- 2:57when
- 2:58God
- 2:58sends
- 2:58Jesus
- 2:59born
- 2:59under
- 2:59the
- 2:59law
- 3:00to
- 3:00redeem
- 3:01us
- 3:01from
- 3:01being
- 3:02kidnapped
- 3:02by
- 3:03the
- 3:03law,
- 3:03so
- 3:03to
- 3:03speak,
- 3:04we
- 3:04can
- 3:04become
- 3:05fully
- 3:05adopted
- 3:06and
- 3:07the
- 3:07Spirit
- 3:07moves
- 3:08in
- 3:08us
- 3:09with
- 3:09an
- 3:09intimate
- 3:09cry,
- 3:10papa,
- 3:11Father,
- 3:11Daddy,
- 3:13we're
- 3:13not
- 3:13slaves,
- 3:13we're
- 3:14children.
- 3:14And
- 3:14if
- 3:15children,
- 3:15then
- 3:15heirs
- 3:17with
- 3:17full
- 3:17access
- 3:19to
- 3:19the
- 3:19inheritance.
- 3:21Look
- 3:21for
- 3:21the
- 3:21nuance
- 3:22shift
- 3:23here.
- 3:23Let's
- 3:24explore
- 3:24three
- 3:24points
- 3:25to
- 3:25ponder
- 3:25Teaching
- 3:26points
- 3:26about
- 3:26this
- 3:27passage.
- 3:29The
- 3:29first
- 3:29is
- 3:29about
- 3:30going
- 3:30from
- 3:30legalism
- 3:31to
- 3:32liberating
- 3:32belonging.
- 3:34Paul
- 3:34contrasts
- 3:35being
- 3:35managed
- 3:36by
- 3:36rules
- 3:36with
- 3:37being
- 3:37embraced
- 3:38as
- 3:38family.
- 3:39A
- 3:39progressive
- 3:40reading
- 3:40of
- 3:40this
- 3:40passage
- 3:41doesn't
- 3:41despise
- 3:42wisdom
- 3:42or
- 3:43boundaries,
- 3:43but
- 3:44it
- 3:44rejects
- 3:44religion
- 3:45that
- 3:45controls,
- 3:46shames
- 3:46or
- 3:47excludes.
- 3:48Adoption
- 3:49means
- 3:49our
- 3:49core
- 3:50identity
- 3:50is
- 3:51belovedness,
- 3:52not
- 3:53performance.
- 3:54Intimacy
- 3:55with
- 3:55God,
- 3:56Papa,
- 3:56Daddy,
- 3:57decenters,
- 3:58gatekeepers,
- 3:59and
- 4:00centers,
- 4:01grace
- 4:01that
- 4:01heals.
- 4:03Communities
- 4:03shaped
- 4:04by
- 4:04this
- 4:04move
- 4:04will
- 4:05prioritize
- 4:06trauma,
- 4:07informed
- 4:08care,
- 4:08accessibility,
- 4:10and
- 4:10practices
- 4:11that
- 4:11say
- 4:11you
- 4:11belong
- 4:12before
- 4:13practices
- 4:14say
- 4:14you
- 4:14must.
- 4:16A
- 4:17second
- 4:17point
- 4:17to
- 4:17ponder
- 4:19is
- 4:19that
- 4:19adoption
- 4:20creates
- 4:21new
- 4:21solidarity,
- 4:22not
- 4:23private
- 4:24privilege.
- 4:26Heirs
- 4:26with
- 4:27full
- 4:27access
- 4:27is
- 4:27what
- 4:28it
- 4:28says
- 4:28here.
- 4:29It
- 4:29isn't
- 4:30a
- 4:30personal
- 4:31upgrade,
- 4:31it's
- 4:32a
- 4:32shared
- 4:33inheritance.
- 4:34If
- 4:34God's
- 4:35household
- 4:35is
- 4:35truly
- 4:36family,
- 4:36then
- 4:37resources,
- 4:38dignity,
- 4:39decision
- 4:39making
- 4:40are
- 4:40shared
- 4:40too.
- 4:41That
- 4:42pushes
- 4:42us
- 4:42to
- 4:43dismantle
- 4:44hierarchies
- 4:45of
- 4:45sexism,
- 4:46racism,
- 4:47transphobia,
- 4:48classism
- 4:49that
- 4:49keep
- 4:50some
- 4:51under
- 4:51tutors,
- 4:52as
- 4:52it
- 4:52were,
- 4:53forever.
- 4:54An
- 4:54adopted
- 4:55family
- 4:55learns
- 4:56to
- 4:56redistribute
- 4:57power,
- 4:59elevate
- 4:59marginalized
- 5:00voices,
- 5:01and
- 5:01make
- 5:02sure
- 5:02the
- 5:02household's
- 5:03abundance
- 5:03actually
- 5:04reaches
- 5:05those
- 5:05who
- 5:06need
- 5:06it
- 5:06most.
- 5:09Another
- 5:10point
- 5:10to
- 5:10ponder.
- 5:11The
- 5:12Spirit's
- 5:12cry
- 5:13becomes
- 5:14our
- 5:14public
- 5:14ethic.
- 5:15The
- 5:16Spirit
- 5:16teaches
- 5:16us
- 5:17to
- 5:18pray
- 5:18this
- 5:18intimate
- 5:18prayer
- 5:19like
- 5:19Papa
- 5:19or
- 5:20Daddy,
- 5:20but
- 5:21also
- 5:21to
- 5:21protest
- 5:23what
- 5:23kidnaps
- 5:24laws
- 5:24and
- 5:24systems
- 5:24that
- 5:25trap
- 5:25people
- 5:25in
- 5:25shame,
- 5:27debt,
- 5:27or
- 5:28second
- 5:28class
- 5:28status.
- 5:30Progressive
- 5:30discipleship
- 5:31pairs
- 5:32intimacy
- 5:32with
- 5:32God
- 5:33and
- 5:33advocacy
- 5:34for
- 5:34neighbors,
- 5:35healthcare
- 5:36access,
- 5:37worker
- 5:38protections,
- 5:39humane
- 5:40immigration
- 5:41policies,
- 5:42destigmatized
- 5:43mental
- 5:44health
- 5:44support.
- 5:45The
- 5:45same
- 5:46spirit
- 5:46who
- 5:46comforts
- 5:47us
- 5:47all
- 5:48moves
- 5:48us
- 5:48to
- 5:48free
- 5:49each
- 5:49other
- 5:49from
- 5:49red
- 5:50tape
- 5:50and
- 5:51contempt.
- 5:53Let's
- 5:53talk
- 5:53about
- 5:53an
- 5:54action
- 5:54step
- 5:55practice
- 5:57adopted
- 5:58family
- 5:58freedom.
- 5:59Let
- 6:00me
- 6:00unpack
- 6:00that
- 6:00a
- 6:01little
- 6:01further.
- 6:03Let's
- 6:03say
- 6:03it's
- 6:04in
- 6:04the
- 6:04area
- 6:04of
- 6:04intimacy.
- 6:05Spend
- 6:06two
- 6:06or
- 6:06three
- 6:06minutes
- 6:07a
- 6:07day
- 6:08with
- 6:08a
- 6:09prayer,
- 6:10kind
- 6:10of
- 6:11like
- 6:11you
- 6:11might
- 6:12want
- 6:12to
- 6:12inhale
- 6:12like
- 6:13I
- 6:13am
- 6:13your
- 6:13child
- 6:14and
- 6:14exhale,
- 6:15set
- 6:15me
- 6:15free
- 6:15in
- 6:15love.
- 6:16Inhale,
- 6:17I'm
- 6:17your
- 6:17child.
- 6:19Exhale,
- 6:20set
- 6:20me
- 6:20free
- 6:20in
- 6:20love.
- 6:22And
- 6:22solidarity
- 6:23is
- 6:23another
- 6:23aspect.
- 6:23You
- 6:24ever
- 6:24do
- 6:24one
- 6:24freeing
- 6:25act
- 6:26for
- 6:26someone
- 6:27tangled
- 6:27up
- 6:27in
- 6:28shame
- 6:28or
- 6:28systems?
- 6:30I
- 6:30mean,
- 6:30offering
- 6:31a
- 6:31ride
- 6:31for
- 6:31someone
- 6:32who
- 6:32needs
- 6:32a
- 6:32ride
- 6:32to
- 6:33the
- 6:33doctor's
- 6:33office
- 6:34or
- 6:35help
- 6:35in
- 6:35some
- 6:35way
- 6:36with
- 6:36a
- 6:36medical
- 6:37bill,
- 6:37maybe
- 6:38financial
- 6:38assistance,
- 6:38or
- 6:39might
- 6:39be
- 6:39helping
- 6:39someone
- 6:40untangle
- 6:41all
- 6:41the
- 6:42phone
- 6:42calls
- 6:43and
- 6:43insurance
- 6:44things
- 6:44that
- 6:44happen,
- 6:45or
- 6:46contribute
- 6:46to
- 6:46some
- 6:46mutual
- 6:47aid
- 6:47like
- 6:47a
- 6:48food
- 6:48pantry
- 6:48or
- 6:49some
- 6:49sort
- 6:49of
- 6:49a
- 6:50housing
- 6:50endeavor
- 6:52or
- 6:52accompany
- 6:53a
- 6:53friend
- 6:53to
- 6:53a
- 6:53hard
- 6:54meeting,
- 6:55you
- 6:55know,
- 6:55maybe
- 6:55like
- 6:55an
- 6:56AA
- 6:56meeting
- 6:56or
- 6:56something
- 6:57like
- 6:57that.
- 6:58And
- 6:58ask
- 6:59yourself
- 6:59the
- 6:59question,
- 6:59maybe
- 7:00ask
- 7:00someone
- 7:00else.
- 7:01What
- 7:01would
- 7:01help
- 7:02you
- 7:02feel
- 7:02less
- 7:03alone
- 7:03today?
- 7:05Inequity.
- 7:06If
- 7:06you
- 7:06have
- 7:06any
- 7:07influence
- 7:07in
- 7:07any
- 7:07kind
- 7:07of
- 7:08a
- 7:08group,
- 7:08church,
- 7:09workplace,
- 7:10politics,
- 7:11service
- 7:12of
- 7:12some
- 7:12kind,
- 7:13make
- 7:14some
- 7:14sort
- 7:14of
- 7:14a
- 7:14policy
- 7:15or
- 7:15practice
- 7:16more
- 7:16family
- 7:17like
- 7:18that
- 7:18is
- 7:18being
- 7:19benevolent
- 7:19and
- 7:19caring
- 7:20to
- 7:20someone.
- 7:21Or
- 7:22help
- 7:22to
- 7:23alleviate
- 7:24some
- 7:24child
- 7:24care
- 7:26issues.
- 7:27Or
- 7:27rotate
- 7:28leadership
- 7:29in
- 7:29your
- 7:29group
- 7:31so
- 7:31that
- 7:32everyone
- 7:32shares
- 7:33a
- 7:33voice.
- 7:35We'Re
- 7:35going.
- 7:35To
- 7:36close
- 7:36our
- 7:36time
- 7:36with
- 7:36a
- 7:36prayer
- 7:37here
- 7:37in
- 7:37just
- 7:37a
- 7:37minute,
- 7:37but
- 7:37I
- 7:38want
- 7:38you
- 7:38to
- 7:38know
- 7:38we
- 7:38have
- 7:38a
- 7:39wonderful
- 7:40resource
- 7:40for
- 7:40you
- 7:40to
- 7:40help
- 7:41you
- 7:41with
- 7:41your
- 7:41at
- 7:41home
- 7:42daily
- 7:43Bible
- 7:43study.
- 7:43It's
- 7:44called
- 7:44the
- 7:44ABC
- 7:45123
- 7:47Bible
- 7:48Study
- 7:48Method.
- 7:49You
- 7:49pick
- 7:49it
- 7:49up
- 7:49at
- 7:50our
- 7:50website
- 7:50voiceofgoddaily.com
- 7:53let's
- 7:54pray.
- 7:55Oh
- 7:55God,
- 7:56Papa,
- 7:57God,
- 7:58Daddy
- 7:58God.
- 8:00Thank
- 8:00you
- 8:00for
- 8:00calling
- 8:01us
- 8:01children,
- 8:01your
- 8:01intimate
- 8:02children,
- 8:02not
- 8:03servants,
- 8:03and
- 8:04for
- 8:04pulling
- 8:04us
- 8:04close
- 8:05when
- 8:05life
- 8:05and
- 8:05religion
- 8:06push
- 8:07us
- 8:07away.
- 8:08Teach
- 8:08us
- 8:08to
- 8:08breathe
- 8:08in
- 8:09belonging
- 8:09and
- 8:09breathe
- 8:10out
- 8:10courage.
- 8:11Where
- 8:11rules
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