What A Difference A Day Makes

“What a Difference a Day Makes”

Galatians 4:1-7 12/22/24 a.m.

A man in Phoenix called his son in New York on Christmas Eve and says, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough – I cannot take it any more!” The startled son replies, “Pop what are you talking about, you and mom are so in love”

The father replies we simply cannot stand the sight of each other any longer. We are sick of each other and I do not want to talk about it any longer; you call your sister in Chicago and tell her the bad news.

Frantic, the son calls his sister in Chicago, and tells her of their parents impending divorce – she is shocked and immediately calls her parents – Her dad answers the phone, but before he can say hello, she blurts out; THERE IS NO WAY YOU & MOM ARE GETTING A DIVORCE! I will take care of this. She tells her father not to do a thing she will be in Phoenix tomorrow and her brother from Chicago will be there as well.

The old man hangs up the phone and turns to his wife and says “THE KIDS ARE COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS AND PAYING THEIR OWN WAY!

SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CHRISTMAS!!!

We’ve been working our way through the Book of James on Wednesdays and we finished up Chapter 4 last Wednesday night. And part of that study we covered Verse 14,

“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”

What a difference one day can make. Throughout the history of the world, just one day changed everything. I guarantee you if I was to give you a date you could tell me what happened that day. Here we go ...

November 5, 2024 The Presidential Election. I believe it changed the direction of our country.

September 11, 2001 Islamic Terrorists attacked the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. 2996 dead.

April 19, 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing. 168 dead.

January 28, 1986 The Space Shuttle Challenger blew up. 7

June 2, 1966 I was BORN!!!

November 22, 1963. President was assassinated.

July 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. It was ratified on August 2, 1776.

All of these are very important days except for that June 2, 1966. It might not be quite as important as the rest. But going on back into history there was ONE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. Let’s read about it in Galatians 4. We’ll read Verses 1-7.

“Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

Verse 4 is kind of the KEY VERSE that we read there.

“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law”

This morning I’d like to take a look at what things were like BEFORE the FULNESS of TIME and what things are like AFTER the FULNESS of TIME. But before we do let’s go to the Lord in Prayer.

Brother _____, would you lead us?

The phrase "in the fullness of time" means something will eventually happen after a long time or a series of events. It can also mean when the time is JUST RIGHT. Both of these definitions are true when it comes to this Verse.

After a long series of events and when it was just the right time Jesus came. And oh what a difference He made in this world. Nothing will ever be the same again. Oh how things have changed. It was like NIGHT and DAY.

Now we don’t know exactly when that day was and we’re not even for sure what year it was. Some believe Jesus could have been born as early as 6 B.C. and others believe Dionysius Exiguus (DIONY SIUS EXI GU US) got it right when he set the date as 1 A.D. Either way, Jesus was born sometime in that 7 year period and it was at the RIGHT TIME and the RIGHT PLACE. No matter the date, EVERYTHING CHANGED when Jesus came.