The Pulpit Commentary — Galatians — Section 220

ml■o thnt tho torm hu,l lmon In 111111 l,r,foro union with Uhri•t, hy 01110.nmo r,f Hnntlrnent Dmoug 1'1Lloatl11lrm ,Jow,, wltl, ruforanoo to Hfmllnr IQ that which ChriHt hnd <ixprr,MMorl. Iaraol'1 1tulo under tho thcooracy, flnd that Sin~ tho 110T1Ahiv ,,t Cl,riHt iH hero Hpokcn St. Paul borrowed It theuoo with roforouoo or Oil If It woru not mernly anti:c<'<lant, but to tho Ohrlstlan Ohurch, In which It found o.lHo In w,me way pr~pnmt.t,ry to the: He1,ding a moro complete roalizntion. forth of tho Spirit, it oo•t suit• Lho con- Ver. 6,-ADd beoa111e 7e are 1on1 (H-r, al nc,otion to e<mMtrue It, not, aH in vc,r. 4, aa ltT-r• ulo/), Tho apostlo Is Ddducln){ proof tlmt 1,,,J,,nging to hirn in hia pr1,incnrnl\to thut God'sfoeplo hi.Id uotuully rcooivcd tho etuto of hei11){, hut ns Uol\t which nppnrt.uinorl adoption o sous; It w111 because It WILB HO, to him aflc:r boini," mu,lo to be of a w,,u111n,'' thni God had sont Into tholr h1:11rtH the a.nil in which l11H diHciplea might bo con- Holy Spirit, Imparting tho.t vivid conBcio111- Hidnod 118 Htanding on e. certain f()(,ting of DOll8 of eoushlp which they enjoyed. 'fhe purity with him. Thia harm<,r,izcs with fa.et of the Ddoptlon must ho.vo heon there, the relation which in the Gr,epda nnd Act.a to quaU/11 them to be recipients of this tho aonding of tho Spirit iB rc1,rcsr:11lcd 011 divinely inapired couselouenese. 'fho affir- holding to hi1 resurrection and r,sc,rm•ion. mation in Rom. viii. 10, "'fho Spirit• him- Tl,o intorprc.:to.tion a.hove given in'"'" point self booreth witness with our Bpirf t thot wo prc·supposcH the apOHtlo'a knowkrlge ,,r the are children of God," closoly reeombles our btory of the o.gony in tho garden, when, present po.seage; b.ut it is not identical. according to St. Mo.rk (:iiv. 31)), ,JeeuH him- We a.re not made sons (the o.postlo inti- self uHed tho worda, "Abba, F'o.ther." 'l'hia mo.tee) by the Spirit giving us tho conscious- preauppoeition is warranted, not only by ness ol sonehip; but, bo.ving been previously the probabilities of tho case, but au,o by made sons, the Spirit re.Ieee in our spirits what we read in eh. v. 7 ol' the Epistle to eentimenh o.newering to the ftliol relution tho Hebrews, Puuline, certninly, if not ucta- already cstobliehcd. 'fhe position of the o.lly St. Paul's. We hl\vo to add that tho clal180 introduced by "because" IH like tho.t Gospels not only make repeated :ncntion of In 1 Cor. xii. 15, 16. The persons recited our Lord I\B addreesing the Suprr,me Ilcing by the "ye" are still God's people; not by the compellotive of "F'aUier," but also the Gnlo.tio.n believers In particular, except represent him as conetrintly speaking or as a portion of the whole Church of God. God 11,11 beo.ring that relation hoth to himself The apostle puts the thought in this form and to his diociplee. Tbid mode of <lesig- to bring tbe truth moro strikingly home to ne.tini; tbo Almighty was cho.racterislic in their minds. 'l'his ho does more closely the l,1gLr:Ht degree of Jesus, and up to that still in the ·next verso by "thou." But tho.t time, so far 118 o.ppco.rs in the Scripturea, he ho.s In view God's people o.e a wholo is uuknown. The munuer in which the apostle clear, not only from the whole strain of the here speaks of the "sending forth" of tho context but o.lso from tho phro.ee1 "Jnto our Spirit in cluee proximity tu the mention of hoarte' 1 in the next clause. Goll hath aent tho "sending forth" of the ~on, strongly forth (t{a.1rl1T-r1i>..,11 6 ee&s); God aent forth. favours the belief thut he regur<led the The tense indicatoe that the apostle doce Spirit, 118 being also a. personal ngon t. In not rofer to a. sending forth of Go<l'e Spirit PH. civ. 30 we have in tho Suptuni;int to each individual believer, parallel to that "Thou wilt send forth C'ca11'0f1TfA<,,) thy "sealing" which believers a.re eluted to be Spirit, and they will be creo.tcd." In Ps. sub)ecle of In Eph. i 18. This hietorio xiii!. 3 o.nd lvii. 3 God ie implored to" send nor1et, ns it docs in ver. 4, points to one forth [i(11,ro1T-r<1;\ov, Septmlgintl his light partioulo.r emieeion-tho.t by which the aud hie truth," "his mercy n111l Lis truth;" Comforter W118 sent forth to take up his tbcso being poetico.lly pcrsonifiecl ruo angelic dwelling in tho Ohurch ns hie temple mcl!l!engcre. Into your hearts (,i, -ri&, ,cap- through o.11 time (John xiv. Hl, 17: Acle Bla.s i,µii,v). Dut this rcncling of tho Toxtus i. 41 5). The Spirit of hill Bon, Tho Spirit Ilcccptus is, by recent c<litore, replaced by which" anointed" JcsUH to ho tho Christ; the reading, els -r/i, 1<11p8/ar ~µii,v, into uur which throughout uniruntod the Gocl-Mo.n hearts, the other rcuding bdng rcgurcled ae Jeeue; which prompted him iu full filial a correction designed to conform this cluaee coneciouencse, himeolf in a certain criLicul with the words, "yo ore sons," in the pre- hour with loud outcry (µ.-rli Kpa.vy·ijs /11,cupus, ceding one. In both CllBO~ tho apostlo bo.s Heb. v. 7) to call out, "Abba, Futlwr I" in his view tbo Church of God viewed The phrueo, "hie Son," is mLioloi;icul; L,y it gcncrnlly. His putlin~ " our" hero instead the o.poetlo intimates thot it was only con- of "your" wruo probo.l,ty an outcome of his gruous Lhut tho Spirit which had unimntcd feeling of proud gloclnces in the thought of the whole lifo of tho incaruo.to Son should hie own happy expcrienco. A preci.uly •imi• be ehed forth upon those who by foith lur change in thu pronoun, attributable pro- become c,,1e with him, o.nd should manifC11t bably to the Bllmc cause, ia observo.blo in the hi1 proeouco wilh thew, as well 118 thi,ir rcmo.rkably aru,Jogous pal!Bll,ge in Uow. viii,  186 THE EPISTtE TO THE GALA'I'IANS, [orr, IV, 1-81.