“Do NOT Perform a U Turn!” Galatians 4:8-9

But then, indeed, when you did not know God,… Galatians 4:8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God,…

Before conversion man is IGNORANT of God.

who were dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians 2:1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

God reveals Himself through NATURE.

Ephesians 14:17 Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

God reveals Himself through His WORD.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Galatians 4:8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

Idolatry is when things that are NOT God are WORSHIPPED as God.

Idolatry is when men ACKNOWLEDGE God, but do not WORSHIP Him as God.

What a man LOVES the most is his god.

The HEART must be converted and yielded.

Man must be BORN AGAIN.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

God is SEEKING the lost.

Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

The MIND of a believer must be illuminated and transformed.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

God will never FORGET His children.

Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

Galatians 4:9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

“Do NOT Perform a U Turn!” Galatians 4:8-9