At the same time, today many in Christ are being led back into bondage of The Law by not understanding our 'Rest' in Christ Who became our Sabbath;

 

 Heb.4: Read All.

 

And by re-instituting ordinances which were fulfilled on the cross and some are very judgmental about other Christians who don't comply, saying they take part in a certain ancient Christian Church which changed the day of worship centuries ago. How is it that many hard criminals are set free today, while many Christians are being led back into bondage?
     Now back to Galatians 4:

 

Gal 4:6   And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
7    Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

     Paul is referring to the term 'sons of God' in these verses;

 

 John 1:12;

Rom.8: Read All.

Phil.2:15;

1 John 3: Read All.

 

 Is that office of the flesh? No. What then? Of the Spirit of Christ dwelling in us, even while we are still in this flesh body! This goes back to what Paul taught in I Cor.15:50 that 'flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God'. That coming Kingdom will not be a flesh existence, but a spiritual one. So then, our 'spirit' in Christ is no longer a servant to The Law, because we are joint-heirs through Jesus Christ, a Kingdom to come on earth, of The Spirit, and not of the flesh.

Gal 4:8   Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

     There's more than one Message by Paul in this verse. GOD cast away His People out of the land He gave them, for following idols of the nations instead of our Father. Since Paul is speaking here in Galatians, to the Gauls, or Celts, part of this Message is to the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. The other part is to all those, Jew and Gentile both, who once served idols of wood, metal, and stone, "...which by nature are no gods," but now turn to Christ.

 

Gal 4:9   But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

     Going back to those 'idols' is what the word apostasy means. Christ set us free from all those traditions which cause bondage. Now that Christ became our Perfect Sacrifice, our Passover, why would anyone want to go back to practicing those things?
     Then how does The Holy Spirit guide us today? Does God's Spirit guide us to do evil, or good? Question; do you think a 'convicted' murderer should be able to pay a ransom to escape punishment? What answer is God's Spirit telling you right now, if you listen? Letting a murderer go free for a price after being found guilty is crazy isn't it? Do you know what God's Law says?

 

Num 35:31   Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

     The word 'satisfaction' is kopher in the Hebrew meaning 'a cover; a redemption