{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bridge Church Virginia Beach","title":"Galatians: The Gospel of Grace Part 4 - Archie Callahan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2368,"description":"July 13, 2025\nSeries: The Gospel of Grace\nSermon: Moving from Immaturity to Maturity...\nScripture: ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV\n\n“What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.”\n‬‬\n\nINTRODUCTION: You have to grow up to move up! \n\n“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.”\n‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬\nReceiving Adoption as Children (Galatians 4:5)\n\n“to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.”\n‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬\nEphesians 1:4-5: \"In love, he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.\"\n\nReceiving the Spirit of Sonship (Galatians 4:6)\n\n“Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.””\n‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬\n\"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, 'Abba! Father!' So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.\"\nGalatians 4:4-7\n“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sIeu9LJFAGDBASM0qmKgd9mBIkXQCcHvUeQLP6ao7r4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYWM0/YTkxYmFjYTcxNjc1/MzM4MWI0YjI0Zjcx/OGY3NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}