Galatians Chapter Four Galatians 4 9 But now

Galatians Chapter Four Galatians 4: 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

Two-fold Purpose of Israel’s Holy Days: 1. Require by Law as religious observance. Part of holding the lid on the nation by requiring then to participate in these holy days. But, as the Law was fulfilled on the Cross so were all the religious holy days 2. Each holy day and feast was a type of Christ and looked ahead to the Messiah who was to come

Israel’s Holy Days: PASSOVER: Looked back to deliverance from Egyptian bondage and ahead to Messiah’s deliverance from the bondage of sin PENTECOST: Feast of the first harvest which looked ahead to the Messiah supplying all our needs DAY OF ATONEMENT: National day of sacrifice for sins and looked directly are the once and for all sacrifice of Christ on the Cross

Israel’s Holy Days continued: FEAST OF TABERNACLES: Looked at fellowship and growth in doctrine which is provided through Christ's DEDICATION or HANUKAH: Celebrated the restoration of the temple and looked ahead to the believer being the temple of God in the C. A. LOTS or PURIM: Which celebrated God's protection of Israel and looked ahead to God's protection of every believer.

PRINCIPLE Once the object of the celebration has come, there is no need to continue to celebrate looking ahead to the fulfillment of the celebration.

HOW IS PAUL, what has he become? 1. Rejecting legalism 2. Rejecting the bondage of the Judiazers. Remember Galatians 2: 4 -5, did not give the legalist the time of day 3. Oriented to Mercy and Grace 4. Life style of a Gentile: Ministering to and defending the Gentiles

PRINCIPLES of v 12: Paul Personal Appeal 1. Personal appeals are a legitimate way to persuades the people to fulfill the plan of God 2. Paul has been laying down principles but now switches to the personal 3. These principles are for people. They are not theoretical. Every word of doctrine demands application

PRINCIPLES of v 12: Paul Personal Appeal contiued 4. No matter how harsh the W. O. G. may seem it is for my benefit 5. Paul has been harsh, and will get even harsher but it is for the ultimate well being of these Galatian believers PRINCIPLE Any authority must eventually make tough decisions. Some call this tough love as if it is something new. But it is not new; we see it over and over again in the W. O. G.

PRINCIPLES: 1. Paul learned: It is not what happens to you in life that matter but how you respond to it 2. Perfectionist often falls apart when their plans do not work out. But Isaiah 55: 8 God said My ways are not your ways 3. We too often give into the circumstances and let them become an excuse 4. Paul was sick, probably longed for home, but instead he ministered the W. O. G. 5. How many people today would have given up? But Paul preached Jesus Christ

APPLICATION You will suffer in life: 1. Self-Induced misery 2. Divine Discipline 3. Providential Preventative Suffering 4. Momentum Testing 5. Evidence Testing PRINCIPLE OF SUFFERING God can eliminate or lessen suffering. He will never allow you to suffer beyond His provision for you. There is often greater blessing when He takes you through the valley of the shadow of death rather than taking you around it