Monday, January 10, 2011

 

New Maturity under the New Covenant

paidagogos: a tutor i.e. a guardian and guide of boys. Among the Greeks and the Romans the name was applied to trustworthy slaves who were charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of boys belonging to the better class. The boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house without them before arriving at the age of manhood.

"Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith woulb be revealed. So then, the law was our paidagogos until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under paidagogos, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith." (Galatians 3:24-26)

"And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise." (Gal. 3:29)

Before Christ, Abraham's offspring were under the law like boys under a guardian. When Christ came, Abraham's offspring became men.

"I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a bondservant, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world." (Gal. 4:1-3)

Therefore, as those who are no longer under the guidance of the law but are mature, we should act like adults. "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." (1 Corinthians 13:11)

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