_CHRIST’S MISSION_ ‘But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.’ Galatians 4:4 I. THE FACT OF CHRIST’S MISSION INTO THE WORLD IMPLIES THREE THINGS, AS H... [ Continue Reading ]
_FAITH AND CHARACTER_ ‘Until Christ be formed in you.’ Galatians 4:19 Why not Christianity without Christ? Ah, we are here face to face with a notable distinction. Of no other system, religious or moral, or both combined, can it be said that the Founder was the Faith. Christ preached no system. I... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SPIRITUAL JERUSALEM_ ‘Jerusalem which is above is free.’ Galatians 4:26 The spiritual Jerusalem is the Christian Church. The Church of God, in the full comprehension of the term, includes the Church Militant on earth, the Church at rest, and, in the future, the Church triumphant in heaven. I... [ Continue Reading ]
_BONDAGE OR FREEDOM?_ ‘So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.’ Galatians 4:31 In this Epistle St. Paul carries our thoughts back to the pathetic scenes associated with the names of Hagar and Ishmael. It is a beautiful story, and St. Paul finds in it spiritual si... [ Continue Reading ]