Text: Galatians 4
Hymn: 410, Within the Father’s House
Kretzmann Commentary: Galatians 4
Bonus Bumper: Bobby Fuller Four, I Fought the Law
The Law is good, but it does not make alive. It is a guide for how we should live, but it does not save. It points out our sin and kills us, so that we may wholly trust in Christ for forgiveness and for inheritance into His kingdom.
Within the Father’s house, the Son has found his home. Christ fulfills the law on our behalf and takes the punishment that we deserve. The incarnate Word revealed himself to the Pharisees through the Word (Luke 4:17-21). That is where we find him today.
Chris Loemker again joins us on the organ.
Within the Father’s House
- Within the Father’s house
The Son has found His home,
And to His temple suddenly
The Lord of life has come. - The doctors of the Law
Gaze on the wondrous child
And marvel at His gracious words
Of wisdom undefiled. - Yet not to them is giv’n
The mighty truth to know,
To lift the earthly veil that hides
Incarnate God below. - The secret of the Lord
Escapes each human eye,
And faithful pond’ring hearts await
The full epiphany. - Lord, visit Thou our souls
And teach us by Thy grace
Each dim revealing of Thyself
With loving awe to trace. - Till we behold Thy face
And know as we are known
Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Coequal Three in One.
