Friday, November 25, 2016

Galatians 4 Are you truly free or a bond slave?

      21Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. 23But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.24This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar. 25Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.
27For it is written,
            “REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR;
            BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR;
            FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE
            THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.”

28And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.
30But what does the Scripture say?
            “CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON,
            FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN.”

31So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman.

Whom shall you be, bond or free? Paul was a very smart man as he uses history and then associates it with the requirements of the law vs freedom with Jesus Christ. So if you are one of those who states;
You need to attend church on the sabbath....
Or you need to be baptized to be saved....
Can you not see you are a bond slave?
DO NOT add requirements to Gods free gift of salvation through His Son Jesus Christ!

Before I was "born again" I had a friend that was a Christian. His wife went to Jesus. A legalist persuaded him that he wasn't going to church on the sabbath, he wasn't referring to God by the proper name. I honestly don't know if they turned him from Jesus Christ. He talked as he was studying under law.
I wonder how God will judge people who persuade Christians to turn from Jesus Christ?
Paul was harsh with them and called them false apostles and teachers.
Are you truly free or a bond slave?

Blessings, David

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