Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. Galatians 4:28 (NIV). I love the plainspoken mystery of this verse. If you take it out of context, or you don’t know the history of Isaac and Ishmael, you would either reject or accept it at face value. Now, dig deeper. Do that, thenContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 17 May 2022. Today’s topic: An Ancient, Beautiful Thing”
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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”
Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 23 March 2022. Today’s topic: Genealogy
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. Galatians 3:16 (NIV). I love how Scripture has such deep, dual meanings in so many ways, and how those meanings always ultimately point to Christ. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 23 March 2022. Today’s topic: Genealogy”
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