As long as an heir is under age, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.

Galatians 4, verse 1.

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Heirs of God's Salvation was written by Matt Lucas and read by West Ward.

Galatians chapter 4 verses 1 through 7. What I am saying is that as long as an heir is under age,

he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.

The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.

So also, when we were under age, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his son, born of a woman, born under the law,

to redeem those under the law that we might receive adoption to sonship.

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts,

the Spirit who calls out, Abba, Father, so you are no longer a slave, but God's child.

And since you are His child, God has made you also an heir.

Heirs of God's salvation, written by Matt Lucas.

When Abigail's parents died tragically in a car accident, she inherited a large real estate portfolio.

She also learned that her parents had arranged to place the portfolio in a trust.

For the time being, she could access only enough money for her college tuition.

The rest would come when she was older.

Abigail was frustrated, but she later realized her parents' wisdom

in planning a measured delivery of the inheritance.

In Galatians 4, Paul uses a similar example to illustrate Israel's situation in Genesis 17

as promised heirs of God's covenant with Abraham. God had made a covenant with Abraham to bless him,

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