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Bible Baptist Church

Bradenton, Florida

John Barch

Galatians Wk18

Conflict: Isaac & Ishmael          Gal 4:21-31 •         The Appeal
•         Tell me-A Command to Answer
•         Desire to be under the law-The Will is Moving in That Direction
•         Do ye not hear the law?-The Books of Moses 
•         The Historical Situation
•         Abraham Was 75 When God Made the Covenant with Him (Gen12:4)
•         Sarah Was 65 (Gen 17:17)
•         Abraham Was Promised to Have Many Physical Descendants  (Gen 13:16)
•         No Children for 10 Years
•         Sarah Encouraged Abraham to Have a Child by Hagar
•         Ishmael Was Born When Abraham Was 86 (Gen 16:1-16)
•         Later, Sarah Conceived and Isaac was Born When Abraham Was 100
•         Two Sons by Two Women
•         For it is written-Scripture Alone is the Basis for Settling Arguments
•         Abraham had two sons-For the Purpose of This Illustration
•         one by a bondmaid-A Slave Under the Law to Sarah
•         the other by a freewoman-The Rightful Wife of Abraham
•         Two Sons By Two Methods
•         Ishmael born after the flesh-The Result of Human Planning and Effort (Gen 30:3 & 9)
•         Isaac was by promise-Humanly Impossible (Heb 11:12) 
•         The Allegory
•         What is an Allegory?
•         Spiritual Application of a Literal Historical Event
•         Birth By Works of the Law
•         these are the two covenants
•         Sarah Symbolized the New Covenant (Heb 8:6–7 )
•         Hagar the Covenant of Law
•         Ishmael Came Before Isaac; So Law Before Grace
•         Bondage-Born Under Slavery As Hagar
•         Ishmael Did Not Receive the Inheritance
•         No Person Can be Born Again by Faith and Obedience to the Law
•         Hagar Symbolized the Jews Trying to Gain Righteousness by Their Own Efforts
•         Birth by Faith in the Promise
•         Sarah is Jerusalem which is above (Heb 11:10, 12:22; Rev 21:2 & Phil 3:20)
•         is free-From Bondage of Laws in Earthly Jerusalem (Jn 8:36)
•         mother of us all-Offspring of the Right Heir
•         barren… travailest not…desolate-Gentiles
•         she which hath an husband-Jewish People
•         Rejoice-Look to the Future Glory & Triumph of Israel (Is 54:1) 
•         The Application
•         In Identity
•         we, brethren, as Isaac was-Paul & the Galatians Are as Isaac
•         Believers are the children of promise
•         In Persecution
•         Ishmael Was Mocking Isaac After He Was Weaned (Gen 21:8-9)
•         even so it is now-In Galatia
•         The Judiazers (Representing Ishmael) Were Mocking Paul & The Galatians (Representing Isaac)
•         In Discipline
•         Cast out the bondwoman and her son-Not the Heir & No Inheritance
•         Why? Born of Two Different Mothers by Two Different Means
•         In Summary
•         Impossible to Be Born of Two Mothers
•         Spiritual Heirs Cannot be Both From Grace and Works at the Same Time

 

Published Nov 22 2009, 03:06 PM by jbarch

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