Galatians 4:28-31
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
We who are of Christ are His children by the promise given by faith as to Abraham. Those relying on a law of good deeds and the do’s and don’ts of religious bondage oppose this grace in which we stand by that faith we are given, but we know God will not accept them in His covenant promise while they continue as slaves to that law. We are free children, born of faith by grace and mercy, reconciled to the Father through the Son’s righteousness. We who inherit the kingdom as the free woman’s heirs are free indeed, not bound in the power of sin wrapped in its bondage any longer. We are born of God’s Spirit and no longer of the flesh.
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