Freedom from the Law: Children of the Promise

What the apostle Paul says about Hagar's son is he was born according to the flesh, natural, and Sarah, his son, was born according to what? The promise. It was God's promise that this impossible thing would take place. And what he goes on to say in this very technical argument is that Hagar is a lot like the covenant at Sinai, represents the giving of the law, whereas Sarah represents the covenant made originally with Abraham, which was the promise given to all the nations. [00:59:20] (35 seconds)  #PromiseOverLaw

So in a roundabout way, I was thinking about this. That's exactly that's really similar to what Jesus Christ has done for you and I, right, to our benefit. He is a king who stepped down from the highest of heights to identify with the common person, and he lived out perfectly all of the laws that God had given where we were unable to do so. This is part of the story of the gospel. Right? An important part of it, and it was all for our benefit. And thus, he's able to extend grace where no one else was able to do so before. A divine favor, unattributed to anything that we've done ourselves, but extended to us in love and kindness. [00:52:35] (44 seconds)  #GraceThroughChrist

You remember that god made a covenant promise to Abraham. Now let's just say that was roughly around 75 years of age that that took place. What we forget a lot of times is that after God made this promise to Abraham, Abraham would have to wait another twenty five years before he saw the result of that promise. Can you imagine what that'd be like? God comes along and says, you're really old, but I'm gonna give you a son, and that son will one day be the father of an entire nation. [00:54:39] (35 seconds)  #FaithInGodsTiming

And if you follow the outline in front of you, basically, he's using the notion of cutting, you with me, to organize the remainder of what he has to say. So Paul then says, you don't want to become a proselyte of Judaism and get circumcised because then you're obligated to keep the entire law. Don't listen to people who are telling you to do that. You are already a prince of the kingdom. Just like Edward in, Mark Twain's book, you have the seal of the holy spirit as proof that you are. Those who believe in the gospel are like Isaac, promised people, the free family of God. Enjoy your freedom. [01:03:16] (46 seconds)  #SealedByTheSpirit