Why come and why then?
WHY COME AND WHY THEN?/APRIL 23RD A.M.
GALATIANS 4:1-7
- WHY COME IN THE FLESH?
- Born of a woman (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23)
- So He could be tempted (James 1:13; Matthew 4:1-11; 1 John 2:16; Hebrews 2:18; 4:15)
- So He could be like us (Hebrews 2:17; Deuteronomy 18:15)
- So He could die (Hebrews 10:5-7; 2:9, 14; Philippians 2:5-9; Matthew 26:39)
- Born of a woman (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23)
- WHY THEN?
- Fullness of time
- Babylonian synagogue worship
- Medo-Persian respect for law (Daniel 6:8)
- Greek language
- Roman road system (Acts 1:8)
- Fullness of time
- Born under the law (Matthew 15:8)
- He showed them the proper way (Matthew 5:22,28,32,34,44; 6:6,17,33)
- He fulfilled the Law (Matthew 5:17)
- He established the second (Hebrews 8:6-13; 9:11-28; 10:1-9)
- Born under the law (Matthew 15:8)