The Progress of the Elected
Childhood under guardians
Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything. Instead, he is under guardians and stewards until the time set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world.The completion: Redemption and Adoption
When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the Law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.The New Status: Sonship, Hereditary position, Heritage
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.Gal 4.
