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Prayer: Open our ears and hearts to receive What God is saying in this message today.
May we respond to it, live it and heed it.
This is a scripture that is where Paul explains grace & law to the Galatians.
Paul also compares faith and works.
This is the famous allegory of Paul.
Where he uses a story and examples to bring the point of grace alive to the Galatians and to us.
Paul contrasts: 2 sons, 2 mothers, 2 covenants, 2 Jerusalems.
Paul teaches us that there is a need for a new covenant perspective and to realize the grace of God in our relationship with Him.
Friends, we are called to abandon the effort of trying to live our lives on our own abilities.
We are not supposed to be a people who are burdened with guilt and failure.
As Christians, do we understand and walk in the grace of God?
By walking in the grace of God we are living a life of divine freedom in Christ.
That’s why the title New Year, Fresh Start.
How?
Understand and walk in:
Desire for Freedom
Design for Freedom
Delight of Freedom
Desire for Freedom
There are two difference senses of the law.
The law as a means to attaining holiness
The books of the Law (Gen. to Deut.)
Notice the word “under” that is used in this verse.
To be “under” something is to be in complete subjection to it, and that constitutes slavery.
None of us want to be slaves?
No one is ready and wanting to sign up to be a slave, correct?
Paul is accusing the Galatians of making themselves follow something they don’t even understand.
And if you don’t understand it how can you obey it?
The reason he says this is because if they truly understood the Law they would understand the danger they are putting themselves in by putting themselves under it.
Some think if we set ourselves to do more, try harder, or be more we will earn our way into Heaven.
But we need to understand that if we focus on God’s promises, God’s resources, and God’s enabling through grace - He promises to provide strength and He will empower us through His spirit working in us.
The concept of 2 sons is introduced here.
Abraham is our forefather, he is the origin of humanity.
Paul is able to speak open and candidly to the Galatians because he has their trust.
Also because he was one of them and they received salvation due to trusting the message he proclaimed to them.
But they had realized through:
That being a decendant of Abraham does not get you into heaven.
That is not the ticket or the answer.
Verse 9 in Matt. 3 made them realize that it does not matter who their relatives are they cannot use that to get into heaven.
It is only through a personal relationship with Christ.
The Jews in that day prided themselves on the fact that they were direct descendants of Abraham and that this relationship is enough to give them salvation.
Our text talks about the fact that there were two different sons that came from two different mothers.
The first son - Ishamel who is born from Hagar & Abraham being together.
Hagar is an Egyptian slave owned by Sarah who is Abraham’s wife.
The second son - Isaac who is born from Sarah & Abraham being together.
Let’s look at some background here to better understand things.
All of this is found in Gen. 21:1-20 we won’t read it this morning only reference it.
Also in Gen. God made a covenant with Abraham and Sarah to make of them a great nation.
To give them descendants as numberless as the stars.
They wee promised a son.
They believed and were obedient.
Time passed and they grew older
Time passed and Sarah did not have any children and was past the age to bear them.
Sarah gave Abraham her servant Hagar to lie with because she felt that was the only way her husband would have a child.
Hagar conceived a son and gave birth to Ishamel.
Abram became a father at the age of 86.
In Gen. 17 the Lord appeared to Abram and Sarai and spoke to them about His promise to them.
Told them they would have a son.
He changed their names to mark this covenant.
Sarah laughed when she heard this becauase she felt it was impossible given her age.
Abraham did as God said and honored God.
Gen. 18 a son is promised to Sarah and she laughed.
God said “Is anything to hard for the Lord?”
The Lord kept His word to Abraham and Sarah.
Sarah gave birth to a son Isaac.
He was born because of God’s power.
He brought joy because the impossible became possible.
His name means laughter because he brought joy again and again to his parents.
Salvation is an experience of joy.
This joy is not only in the believer but also for those around the believer.
Isaac grew and was weaned.
Gen. 21:8.
After salvation we are a new babe in Christ and we must grow.
Along with growing we must mature and wean - we must lay aside childish things.
Ishmael was jealous of how Isaac was treated and celebrated.
Ishmael hated Isaac.
Hagar hated Sarah.
Isaac was persecuted Gen. 21:9
Ishmael represented the flesh - taking things into our own hands.
Ishmael caused problems for Isaac, just as the flesh causes problems for us.
All the differences between the two sons were based on the fact that they had two different mothers and not the fact that they had the same father.
Heritage through Hagar - lostness & Bondage
Heritage through Sarah - salvation & freedom
We cannot claim to belong to Abraham unless we belong to Christ.
Ishmael was born of a slave/bondwoman - he was born according to the flesh.
Isaac was born of a free woman - born according to the promise of God.
Sarah waited for a child for many years but took things into her own hands and gave Hagar to her husband.
This cause hatred to grow between these women.
Of course this happened because they operated outside of God’s plan.
The motivation was based on selfish desires and human means rather than waiting on God’s perfect timing.
We must remember when God promises things it is in His time and not ours.
Get your hands off and wait on Him.
Ishmael represents those who based their hope for eternity in what they can do themselves - on their own works.
Here we are reminded that we have a Fresh start in this new year and let that be a renewal in the promises of God for us.
We are not to try to use short cuts it is in His time.
We must continue to trust God, even if the promise doesn’t happen immediately - He promises to bless in His time.
Isaac - Sarah - free woman’s son - through God’s promise.
Isaac’s conception was through the supernatural but not the same as the conception of Christ.
The Holy Spirit miraculously enabled Sarah to conceive to produce Abraham’s child even beyonf child bearing years.
Ishmael represents man’s way - the way of the flesh.
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