{"date":"2026-08-03","ref":"Galatians 4:7 · NKJV","title":"No Longer a Slave","verse":"“Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”","line":"Your status changed. Slave to son, servant to heir.","body":["Paul marks a change of status that the gospel makes permanent: no longer a slave but a son. The slave works to stay in the house. The son already belongs to it. If you are relating to God as a servant earning his keep, you are living below the status Christ gave you.","And he does not stop at son. If a son, then an heir. You are not only welcomed in, you are written into the will. Everything that belongs to the Father is part of your inheritance through Christ. That is not the language of a hired hand hoping to stay employed.","So when you catch yourself working to earn a place that is already yours, hear the new name over you. No longer a slave. A son. An heir. The fear of being put out the door belongs to the old status, and that status is gone."],"carry":"You are no longer a slave working to stay. You are a son, an heir. The house is already yours in Christ.","go_deeper":{"label":"Browse the Grace Answers articles","url":"https://www.graceanswers.com/articles"},"share_image_url":null,"permalink":"https://daily.graceanswers.com/?mode=page&date=2026-08-03"}