圣经从头到尾都关心各种关系，但是圣经一开始就先讲你生命中第一个，也是最重要的关系。这个关系不是你和妻子或丈夫的关系，不是你和父母或孩子的关系，不是你和兄弟姐妹的关系，不是你和朋友的关系。你生命中最重要的关系会决定你往后的一生，那就是你与上帝的关系。

你会如何形容这种关系？在本章保罗说我们跟上帝的关系不是「奴隶与主人」的关系，而是「儿女与父亲」的关系。如果换成问句，那就是「上帝是你的老板，还是你的爸爸？」这就是保罗要加拉太教会好好想清楚的问题。你与你的创造主的关系是仆人还是儿子？祂是你的老板还是你的天父？

查考加拉太书至此，我们已经从好几个角度来看我们与上帝的关系。我们从旧约与新约的角度，从犹太教与基督教的角度，从基于努力和基于信靠的角度，也从建立于律法和建立于爱的角度，我们都看过。

保罗在这里针对同一个问题，却是从你是上帝的儿子还是上帝的仆人的角度来看。这个角度对我们如何面对上帝至关重要，从这个角度我们可问很多问题，例如：敬拜上帝对你而言是服事还是欢庆？你祷告的时候称呼上帝为「上帝」还是「阿爸」？

上帝不想要奴仆，祂想要儿子。祂看你为儿子，也称你为儿子；你是否看祂是你的父，也称祂一声阿爸？

简体圣经 | https://www.bible.com/bible/140/GAL.4.RCUVSS

繁體聖經 | https://www.bible.com/bible/139/GAL.4.RCUV

The Bible cares about all kinds of relationships from beginning to end, but it starts by emphasizing the first and most important relationship in your life. This relationship is not with your spouse, parents, children, siblings, or friends. The most important relationship in your life will determine your future, and that is your relationship with God.

How would you describe this relationship? In this chapter, Paul says that our relationship with God is not a relationship of "slave and master" but a relationship of "children and father." If we ask it as a question, it would be, "Is God your boss or your dad?" This is the question that Paul wants the Galatian church to think about carefully. Is your relationship with your Creator that of a servant or a son? Is He your boss or your Heavenly Father?

By studying the book of Galatians, we have looked at our relationship with God from several perspectives. We have seen it from the perspective of the Old and New Testaments, Judaism and Christianity, effort-based and faith-based, and law-based and love-based.

Here, Paul addresses the same issue but from the perspective of whether we are God's children or His servants. This perspective is crucial to how we approach God. From this perspective, we can ask many questions, such as: Is worshipping God serving or celebrating? When you pray, do you call God "God" or "Abba" (Daddy)?

God does not want servants; He wants sons. He sees you as a son and calls you a son. Do you see Him as your Father and call Him Abba?

Reading the Bible | https://www.bible.com/bible/59/GAL.4.ESV