Tutors, Governors, and a Child
Galatians 4:1-3 "Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
The born-again believer is under tutors and governors (circumstances and situations) until the time he/she is removed from being under them. This, of course, is done in accordance with the timing of the born-again believer’s father. Something of great importance should be noted at this point.
Galatians 4:3 states, this was a time of “bondage” which means that it was totally against the will of that child. Tutors and governors (C and S gang) have jurisdiction by coercion, not by choice. This is due to the fact that the child does not know what he needs to bring maturity to him according to his father’s desire. It is the father’s decision to place his child under tutors and governors because he knows what the child needs to bring maturity.
It is not the child’s choice to be under tutors and governors, but tutors and governors are assigned jurisdiction over the child until he matures according to his father’s purpose. This was his father’s choice, not the child’s choice. In essence, this means his father made the choice for the child because of the child’s immaturity.
The child still has a free-will choice
even under these circumstances.
He can yield to or resist the tutors
and governors. This in essence is
learning how to yield to the choice
of another individual. Normally, the
child is not in agreement with the
tutors and governors, thus mani-
festing the undesirable resistance
of the child toward them. This has
to do with learning how to yield to
the “will” of another. This does not
mean that the child no longer has a
mind or will of his own, but it means
that his mind is now conforming to
the will of another individual.This
is best known as being compatible
with others. To be compatible means
that more than one entity has the
exact same desire.
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29).
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
(Romans 12:2).
Tutors and governors bring the child to the place where the child has learned how to yield without resistance to tutors and governors. The child’s father places the child under tutors and governors to teach the child how to be responsible for himself and to teach responsibility toward his father. The child is being taught how to be responsible no matter what. Hopefully, the child will learn and respond in these areas. This is a very critical point in the child’s life because this child has now reached the place called “…the time appointed of the father.” (Galatians 4:2) This is the moment that the child is placed in the family to learn about his family and mostly learn about his father.
Holy Spirit Ministry
This, in essence, is being removed from the jurisdiction of tutors and governors and being placed under the ministry of the Holy Spirit. This child now knows how to yield without resistance to his teacher, thus enabling the teacher to teach in fullness what the child needs to know about his Father. Not just that alone, but the child can now learn who he is in the Father’s family through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not, has not, will never, use force in dealing with the child while under His ministry. This means it will be totally the child’s choice to freely yield to the Holy Spirit so that the intended things of mine (things in Christ) can be learned.
“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual," 1 Corinthians 2:13.
The Holy Spirit uses the things of Christ to bring revelation into the mind of the believer.
Galatians 4:1-3 "Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
The born-again believer is under tutors and governors (circumstances and situations) until the time he/she is removed from being under them. This, of course, is done in accordance with the timing of the born-again believer’s father. Something of great importance should be noted at this point.
Galatians 4:3 states, this was a time of “bondage” which means that it was totally against the will of that child. Tutors and governors (C and S gang) have jurisdiction by coercion, not by choice. This is due to the fact that the child does not know what he needs to bring maturity to him according to his father’s desire. It is the father’s decision to place his child under tutors and governors because he knows what the child needs to bring maturity.
It is not the child’s choice to be under tutors and governors, but tutors and governors are assigned jurisdiction over the child until he matures according to his father’s purpose. This was his father’s choice, not the child’s choice. In essence, this means his father made the choice for the child because of the child’s immaturity.
The child still has a free-will choice
even under these circumstances.
He can yield to or resist the tutors
and governors. This in essence is
learning how to yield to the choice
of another individual. Normally, the
child is not in agreement with the
tutors and governors, thus mani-
festing the undesirable resistance
of the child toward them. This has
to do with learning how to yield to
the “will” of another. This does not
mean that the child no longer has a
mind or will of his own, but it means
that his mind is now conforming to
the will of another individual.This
is best known as being compatible
with others. To be compatible means
that more than one entity has the
exact same desire.
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29).
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
(Romans 12:2).
Tutors and governors bring the child to the place where the child has learned how to yield without resistance to tutors and governors. The child’s father places the child under tutors and governors to teach the child how to be responsible for himself and to teach responsibility toward his father. The child is being taught how to be responsible no matter what. Hopefully, the child will learn and respond in these areas. This is a very critical point in the child’s life because this child has now reached the place called “…the time appointed of the father.” (Galatians 4:2) This is the moment that the child is placed in the family to learn about his family and mostly learn about his father.
Holy Spirit Ministry
This, in essence, is being removed from the jurisdiction of tutors and governors and being placed under the ministry of the Holy Spirit. This child now knows how to yield without resistance to his teacher, thus enabling the teacher to teach in fullness what the child needs to know about his Father. Not just that alone, but the child can now learn who he is in the Father’s family through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not, has not, will never, use force in dealing with the child while under His ministry. This means it will be totally the child’s choice to freely yield to the Holy Spirit so that the intended things of mine (things in Christ) can be learned.
“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual," 1 Corinthians 2:13.
The Holy Spirit uses the things of Christ to bring revelation into the mind of the believer.
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