Galatians 4:1-11
…when we were children, [we] were enslaved to the elementary principles (i.e., rudimentary teachings (NASB), referred to as “weak and worthless” in verse 9) of the world. But…God sent forth His Son…to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (vv. 4-5) To be born under the Law was to be born a slave to the Law – a slave who was committed to following all its precepts. But with Jesus’ redemption, those who had been slaves to the Law are now God’s adopted sons.
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God… (v. 9) I loved Paul’s flipped terminology here – it is less that we have come to know God and more that we are known by Him! It is truly a marvelous thought – that we are known by God! One of our songs from church comes to mind, “He knows my name…”! GLORY!
Slava Bohu!