In order to. At the time of Christ, Jews spoke of two ages of time: the present evil age meant the time they were then living in; the New Age they viewed as a time when sin and death would no longer rule, and they expected it to come with the (first) Advent of the Messiah. Paul writes to tell them Christ has set us free from this present evil age. That means that the New Age is here!!! Compare Romans 8:1-4; Matthew 19:28 and notes. In obedience. God himself ACTED in Christ-on-the-cross!!! That is, God sent his Son, and his Son obeyed by dying to set us free!!!

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