How long do you think God had been preparing to send His Son into the world? Was there a specific time in which Christ would be born? Why? How do you know? Do you think God has “set times” now? What is the next big event on God’s prophetic calendar? What amazing thing happens to us when we are adopted by God? What does it mean to call God “Abba, Father!” (Rom. 8:15-16) How does this reflect a change in the way God views us, and in the ways we relate to Him?

1. Galatians 4:4-6

2. But when the fullness of the time had
come, God sent forth His Son, born of a
woman, born under the law, 5 to
redeem those who were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption as
sons. 6 And because you are sons, God
has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into
your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

3. “fullness” -
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
πλήρωµα (plērōma) contents
which fill something up; that
which makes something full
or complete

4. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
“time” - χρόνος (chronos) an indefinite
period of time during which
some activity or event takes
place; quantity of time
καιρός (kairós) a specific event or
Acts 1:7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to
know times (chronos) or seasons (kairós) which
the Father has put in His own authority.
circumstance, quantity of time

5. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
“God sent forth His Son”
“born of a woman”
“born under the law”
ἐξαποστέλλω (exapostellō) send out
with a purpose or mission
Messiah is Human
Messiah is God

7. A Religious Preparation
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
1. Monotheism.
2. The canon of Old Testament Scripture
was completed under Ezra.
3. The Jewish synagogue came into being.

8. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
A Cultural Preparation
1. Greek (Koine = common) language
2. Roman roads

9. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
A Cultural Preparation
Seneca: “The world is full of crimes and vices.
More are committed than can be cured by force.
There is an immense struggle for iniquity. Crimes
are no longer hidden, but open before the eyes.
Innocence is not only rare, but nowhere.”
“the world by wisdom knew not God” (1 Cor. 1:21)

10. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
A Political Preparation
1. Caesar Augustus census (Lk. 2:1-2)
2. Daniel Dream & Vision (Dan. 2; 7)

11. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
A Spiritual Preparation
Anna (Lk. 2:36-38)
Simeon (Lk. 2:25-35)

12. Jesus Came to Fulfill
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons.
Matthew 5:17–18 “Do not think that I
came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I
did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For
assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth
pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no
means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

13. Jesus Came to Redeem
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons.
Romans 8:15–17 For you did not receive the spirit of
bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of
adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16 The
Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we
are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—
heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we
suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified
together.

14. Jesus Came to Adopt
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons.
huiós son + títhēmi to place
υἱοθεσία (huiothesia)

15. Jesus Came to Adopt
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons.
huiós son + títhēmi to place
υἱοθεσία (huiothesia)

16. We are no longer Slaves but Sons
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
υἱός (huios) male child, a term of
endearment
ἐξαποστέλλω (exapostellō) send out
with a purpose or mission

17. We are not just Sons but Heirs
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
κληρονόµος (klēronomos) one who
receives; possessor of an estate;
beneficiary

18. The 1860’s in Missouri
Being a “border state,”
the civilians of MO were
often the victims of
abuses by both Union
and Confederate troops,
not to mention the
number of looters who
just roamed the countryside and took advantage of
the general disarray of the country. This went on for
some months even after the war was officially over.

19. Before the war ended a boy named George Giles
was born in Diamond, MO. His father apparently
was killed in an accident shortly after George’s
birth. When he was just a baby, he, his sister and
his mother Mary were kidnapped by night raiders
from Arkansas.

20. Only George was found and returned. The
orphaned slave-child returned home to what was
then called Diamond Grove, to the farm of his
owners, Moses and Susan Carver. Though they
were slave owners, the Carvers had supported
the Union all throughout the war.

21. Sources say they were unconventional in their
opposition to slavery, and they treated Mary
and her family as their own.
Baby George was given
the family name, and
they raised him as their
own son,
George Washington Carver.

22. George Washington Carver became a scientist, an
agriculturalist, an inventor, and a professor.

23. Given the choice later, do
you think Dr. Carver would
have preferred to remain a
slave?
Carver’s a good example of
what can happen when an
orphaned slave is given a
family name and a future.

24. Isaiah 7:14; Luke 2:12

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