It has been established, in the church bulletin, above, that a Christian who seeks to be justified by the law of Moses is severed from Christ. In Galatians 4:3-5, it is written, " 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, c were enslaved to the elementary principles2 of the world. 4 But d when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, e born f of woman, born g under the law, 5 h to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive i adoption as sons. " Paul wrote that a Christian who seeks to be justified by the law of Moses is turning back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world — to be slaves to them once more ( see Galatians 4:9, for example ).
In Galatians 4:7, it is written, " 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then k an heir through God. " What does this mean? The phrase " i adoption as sons, " in Galatians 4:5, has two cross-references, the first of which is to Galatians 3:26: verses twenty-six and twenty-seven read as follows, namely: " 26 for in Christ Jesus u you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as v were baptized w into Christ have x put on Christ. " Thus, when one is Scripturally baptized, he or she is no longer a slave of the elementary principles of the world, but is now a Chrisitan — a slave of Christ, for example.
Seeking to be justified by the law of Moses is equated with seeking to be a slave of sin ( see also Romans 6:20, 21, for example ). This means that the elementary principles of the world are equated with sin. Therefore, a Christian who seeks to be justified by the law of Moses is a Christian who has apostatized ( see Hebrews 6:4-8, for example ), since the best that the law of Moses can do is to provide a knowledge of sin.
Why break forth into singing and cry aloud if we are still in our sins? What good is that? As Chrisitans, members of the church, we have been set free from our past sins. Please seek and read from the book of the LORD ( see Isaiah 34:16, for example ).