Day 12 - Galatians 4:24-31

24 These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them. 25 And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law. 26 But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother. 27 As Isaiah said,

“Rejoice, O childless woman,
    you who have never given birth!
Break into a joyful shout,
    you who have never been in labor!
For the desolate woman now has more children
    than the woman who lives with her husband!”
28 And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac. 29 But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.

30 But what do the Scriptures say about that? “Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” 31 So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman.


Terrie's Comments:

This is a powerful illustration.  We cannot live by the power of the Spirit and by the Law at the same time.  The law ENSLAVED those to whom it was given.  Why do any of us want to be enslaved by a law that could never save us.  We are saved by Jesus Christ when we put our faith in Him and make Him lord of our lives.  We are then given the Holy Spirit to give us power and comfort and to lead us into all truth.  We are freed from our sinful nature.  


Tori's Comments:

I think one of the most fruitful rewards of reading the entire bible cover to cover is seeing the symbolism and how everything points to Jesus Christ.





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