21.170 | When The Son Is Like A Slave | Galatians 4:1-3 | God’s Word for Today W/ Ptr Nazario Sinon

Galatians 4:1-3 ESV
I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
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1 Ganito ang ibig kong sabihin: ang tagapagmana, habang bata pa ay hindi nakahihigit sa mga alipin bagama't siya ang may-ari ng lahat, 2 subalit siya ay nasa ilalim ng mga tagapangalaga at mga katiwala hanggang sa panahong itinakda ng ama. 3 Gayundin tayo, nang tayo'y mga bata pa, tayo'y naalipin sa mga panimulang aral ng sanlibutan.
Paul draws the domestic imagery pertaining to man’s relationship with the law. The child has then entitled heir of his wealthy father. But, he won’t be able to possess it until his legal age. Thus, during his childhood, he is under guardians and managers. They dealt with him not different from a slave. In other words, he lived day by day with limited freedom. While they oversee the estate and make decisions about property and investments, they also discipline the child. And until a specific date, he would inherit his portion of the family estate as designated by the father.
WHEN THE SON IS LIKE A SLAVE.
Notedly, the Jews are heirs to the promises of Abraham by birth. Similarly, Christians [ Jews and Gentiles] are heirs by faith in Christ. Yet all, as children are enslaved to the “elementary principles of the world”. Paul has referred this to all religions (including the Old Testament Law and especially its ritual system) before and outside of Christ. All of us have lived in a similar predicament..decisions about property and investments, they also discipline the child. And until a specific date, he would inherit his portion of the family estate as designated by the father.
Such was the case of the nation of Israel while they were under Moses. And in a similar sense, this apply to the Gentile believers' previous history when they were under the pagan philosophies of their own culture as well. Gentile believers once lived as slaves to "the elementary principles of the world" until Christ came.
Notedly, the Jews are heirs to the promises of Abraham by birth. Similarly, Christians [ Jews and Gentiles] are heirs by faith in Christ. Yet all, as children are enslaved to the “elementary principles of the world”. Paul has referred this to all religion (including the Old Testament Law and especially its ritual system) before and outside of Christ. All of us have lived under a similar predicament.
In this light, Paul had warned us. He said, “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.”[Col 2:8]
“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind.”[Col 2:16-18]
What does this mean for us today? Should we allow these things in the world to govern our lives, we are sons who live like slaves. Let us not allow compromises, that is by not “making void the word of God by your tradition[ man made] that you have handed down.”[Mark 7:13]
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