On puzzling over Gal. 4:1-7, I went
on a hunt to see what Mrs. Eddy has written about the Ten Commandments that
might satisfy my wondering about verse 5: “To redeem those who were under
the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.” I found this: “The ten
horns of the dragon typify the belief that matter has power of its own, and
that by means of an evil mind in matter the Ten Commandments can be broken”
Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p.563:11.
Now “But mortals did need this help”
comes to mind (S&H 294): “Is it not a species of infidelity to
believe that so great a work as the Messiah’s was done for himself or for God,
who needed no help from Jesus’ example to preserve the eternal harmony:
But mortals did need this help, and Jesus pointed the way for them.”
Perhaps we can conclude that the Ten Commandments are dealing with
mortals. The real man of God’s creation is not subject to that law.
And there is a clue in this week’s
Christian Science Bible Lesson-Sermon’s Golden Text: “…The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God
is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). In a
side note to Mark 1:15, the New King James Version referred me to Gal. 4:4
which echoes the “time is fulfilled” idea.
So with the coming of Christ Jesus
the time is right for us to know our true, spiritual relationship with God, not
as children or slaves, but as man, God’s very expression. And S&H
cements that truth in its every statement.
Joyce Voysey
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