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Galatians 4

Okay, let's talk about Galatians 4 in a way that a five-year-old can understand!

So, Galatians 4 is a part of the Bible where a man named Paul is trying to explain some important things to a group of people called the Galatians. Paul is teaching them about God and how to live a good life.

In this particular section, Paul starts by talking about how when you are a baby, you are not any different from a servant. A servant is someone who works for another person and does what they are told. When you are a baby, you can't do things for yourself and you have to rely on other people to take care of you, just like a servant relies on their master.

But then, when you grow up and become an adult, you become like the son or daughter of the person you were a servant to. A son or daughter is someone who is loved and cared for and has a special relationship with their parent. Paul is saying that when you become a Christian and start following God, you become like a son or daughter to God. God loves you and cares for you like a parent would.

Paul goes on to say that before people knew about God, they followed rules and did things a certain way in order to try to be good enough for God. But now that they know God, they don't have to follow all those rules anymore. Instead, they can just trust in God and live a good life because they love him.

So in summary, Galatians 4 is a part of the Bible where Paul is explaining that when you become a Christian, you become like a son or daughter to God and don't have to follow all the rules to try to be good enough for him anymore. You can just trust in God and live a good life because you love him.
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