Galatians 4:8-12
October 16, 2005
4:8 Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. 4:9 But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 4:10 You are observing religious days and months and seasons and years. 4:11 I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain. 4:12 I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
This short passage makes coming to know God, or being known by God, very desirable. In the case of the Galatians, they were in danger of falling back a step in their spiritual journey. It may seem arrogant of Paul to ask them to “become like me,” but Paul’s credentials, that of a converted Jewish Pharisee, gives special authority to the request. Become like Paul in not turning back to the sincere but misguided religious practices that served mostly to hold God at arm’s length. -sdg-
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