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All right, day three, we're in chapter four. We're going to pick it up in verse eight.

Paul says, formally, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not

gods. But now that you have come to know God or rather be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and

worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

You see, this world and the law in order to try and earn your salvation just equal slavery.

And so Paul is like, what is wrong with you? You have

heard the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. You pagans used to worship pagans. Surely you don't

want to go back to pagan worship and being tricked and duped by this world because this world can't do

anything for you. And those of you that grew up in good religious systems that

taught you right and wrong, please don't go back to the yoke and the slavery of thinking,

if I do good, then I can stand right before God. This is what he's saying. Verse 10,

you observe days and months and seasons and years, and I'm afraid I may have labored over you in vain.

Brothers, I entreat you.

I just want to stop right here.

Paul is not the, he's not like the most emotional guy.

Well, he's got a lot of emotion, but he ain't the most tender fellow you've ever read before.

And yet, this word treat means to beg and cry, to get on your knees, to plead.

Another time this is used is when Jesus is telling the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15.

After the boy, the younger son comes to his senses and comes home, and the dad throws a party for him,

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