If God knows everything and everyone, what does Paul mean when he describes Christians as those who are known by God?

Even though people can know about God through creation, hard hearts suppress that knowledge. Thus, sinners do not know God.

For Paul, pagan idolatry and reliance on the law to get right with God amount to the same thing. Neither can offer any help to save our souls.

When Paul describes the Spirit’s witness in the heart of believers, he says the Spirit cries, “Abba!” Why is that name so significant?

Why did Jesus need to be born of a woman as a human being in order to redeem those under the curse of the law?

God sent his Son into the world, born of a woman and under the law. Few statements hold more import, wonder, and mystery.

Paul says that the law was given by God to act as a guardian until “the fullness of time” had come to pass. When is the fullness of time?

God intended the law to act as a guardian, pointing us to our need for a redeemer. However, when we put our faith in the law, it’s no better than the rules of pagan religions.

How do people become sons of God and heirs to his promises? They must put on Jesus Christ, God’s true Son, by faith and not by law-keeping.

Paul calls the law “a guardian” meant to lead us to Christ. What does that mean? How does the law guard us and guide us to Jesus?