Galatians 4:10
10 Ye observe [paratereo] days [hemera], and [kai] months [men], and [kai] times [kairos], and [kai] years [eniautos]. KJV-Interlinear
10 You observe days and months
and seasons and years. NASB
Man is easily impressed by the things of man. Man
is easily impressed by the things in his environment around him. Man is easily
impressed by the things he thinks others are impressed with, and especially
impressed with himself.
It takes far less activity, but far more wisdom, to
be impressed with the things of God.
Paul’s criticism of the Galatians, among other
things, is spelled out here in their observance, and more particularly their
intense observance, of the rituals that were specified in the mosaic law, as
well as the many more rituals that were added to that law down through the
centuries to the time Christ.
The mention of days, months, seasons and years
applies to the various ritual festivals and feasts and celebrations that the
Israelites and later on the Jewish people observed throughout their history.
They had missed the whole point that the purpose of
these rituals, was to teach of the promised Savior to come, and to the details
of his work on the cross which was portrayed by all of the animal sacrifices,
as well as the need for confession and spiritual synchronization between the
individual believer and God, by means of the Savior.
The mosaic law was a compilation of written
doctrine that pointed forward to the work of the cross.
Once Christ had come, and completed his work on the
cross, then the mosaic law as a ritual component of one’s daily life, was
abrogated and no longer of use. Once the work of the cross had been completed,
then a new standard came into view. And that new standard was faith through
Christ, and Bible doctrine was the substance, or rather is the substance, that
manufactures that faith and sustains that faith.
Faith is an internal attribute that is a
constructed component of your very essence. Bible doctrine, studied and learned
and understood becomes the substance components of your spiritual life, that
likewise is an internal attribute of your soul, contained within you and
becomes an integral part of your very life.
Observing days, performing rituals, doing or saying
things that appear before others, are external to your soul, external to your
life, and therefore are thin and shallow, and typically are forms of pretense
useful only for others when observing you.
With Bible doctrine in your soul, then your
spiritual life becomes an integral part of your essence, and external
observances or activities, are not necessary for the maintenance of your
spiritual life.
Your spiritual life depends on Bible doctrine in
your soul, and the construction of your spiritual complex within your soul that
becomes an integral part of your life.
Faith builds on the substance of doctrine within
your soul, not on the superficiality of external observances. God examines the
content of your soul, not the activities on your calendar, or how you intend to
impress others.
