Short Word Study

In Cultural Background the word παιδαγωγός is the word that was studied and it means a tutor or a guardian of boys as they went place such as school. Among the Greeks and the Romans the name was applied to trustworthy slaves who were charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of boys belonging to the better class. The boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house without them before arriving at the age of manhood. The use of guardian to refer to the Law would have been move of a shook to the audience than it is to us today because a guardian was slave set in charge of the protection of a child of a richer class (Keener). This would make the slave lesser than the child. Which since the Jews were set on the Law being their teacher then they would not have reviewed the news that the Law was a guardian too well. In addition to that the guardian would protect the child while getting from point A to point B (Browser). So the point of the Law was to get the children of a wealthy person from point A to point B.
In Short Word Study the word that was studied was Χριστός. The different meanings for Χριστός helps one to see the an aspect of Christ that otherwise one would not. If one examines the meaning Christ and Messiah then one can get a glimpse of the purpose of why Jesus can to earth. The Christ has …show more content…
Verse 25: “But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian” (NET). This shows us how humans we hold on to things that YHWH wants to replace with something better. Yet as humans we like it to be our way so we hold on to the Law. Verse 29: “And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise” (NET). We are naturally a blessing to all those around us if we are apart of the body of Christ. Since we are heirs of the promise then we will be able to be a blessing to all, “so that you will be a blessing” (Gen 12:2b,