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Welcome to the Word of the Lord Endures Forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

Now, you might be thinking, but wait a minute, I'm a Christian who observes the Lord's Day,

Sunday, and the church here with its many festivals and such.

Does that mean Paul wouldn't approve of what I'm doing?

The Word of the Lord Endures Forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the

church, past and present. Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of Galatians.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you

all. Amen. Greetings, people, loved by God. Well, in our previous podcast, we covered the first seven

verses of Galatians 4. Paul used another analogy from human life to undergird the point he

had just been making, this time using the image of an underage air.

Even though the kid will end up being the owner of everything,

he still has to obey the guardians and managers his dad has set over him

until he reaches the predetermined age or at least the age of majority.

Then he comes into his own.

He gets the possession, use, and management of his

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