2. Child ~ nēpios ~ literally without speech

3. Elements ~ stoicheion – elemental principles World ~ kosmos – the philosophy of the world Col. 2:8 ~ Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

4. John R. W. Stott ~ "Just as during a child's minority his guardian may ill- treat and even tyrannize him in ways his father never intended, so the devil has exploited God's good law, in order to tyrannize men in ways God never intended. God intended the law to reveal sin and to drive men to Christ; Satan uses it to reveal sin and to drive men to despair. God meant the law as an interim step to man's justification; Satan uses it as the final step to his condemnation. God meant the law to be a stepping-stone to liberty; Satan uses it as a cul-de-sac, deceiving his dupes; into supposing that from its fearful bondage there is no escape."

5. "The day you take responsibility for yourself, and the day you stop making excuses, that's the day you start to the top." – O. J. Simpson

6. Rom. 11:25 ~ For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

7. Fullness of times Pax Romana System of Roads Old Testament Prophecies Lingua Franca LXX

8. Dayenu ~ It would have been enough

9. Ps. 19:7 ~ The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Beggarly ~ pt ō chos – utterly destitute