"Timing is Everything" - Galatians 4:1-7 - (December 31, 2023 - Christmas 2)

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Timing is everything. To be funny, the punch line of any joke needs to be said at the right time. If not, the whole joke is ruined, the point doesn’t get across. When delicate discussions need to take place, you choose the right moment to begin the conversation. Just like you carefully consider when and how to deliver a punch line to a joke, or when and how to approach someone to talk about a potentially explosive subject, Paul considered which Greek word to use which, in English, simply translates as “time”. In English we have only this one word, but for Paul the Greek language offered two choices.