This morning I want to drop you in the middle of Paul's epistle to the Galatians. Galatians 4, and this morning I hope to cover verses 8-20.
This is the transitional moment in Paul's letter to the Galatians. He is about to shift gears from doctrine to practical application. The apostle Paul usually follows a similar pattern in his letters: he first expounds doctrine; then he applies it. I've showed you this before so I won't belabor it now. But that is how Galatians is laid out. Chapters 5-6 are practical material based on the doctrinal foundation of the first four chapters...