But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. Galatians 4:30-31 (NIV). In concluding his comparison of theContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 19 May 2022. Today’s topic: Sin is Slavery”
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Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 12 May 2022. Today’s topic: Have-Not’s
These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that isContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 12 May 2022. Today’s topic: Have-Not’s”
Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 11 May 2022. Today’s topic: Miracles Around Us
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise. Galatians 4:22-23 (NIV). In the next few verses, PaulContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 11 May 2022. Today’s topic: Miracles Around Us”