Freedom -vs- Slavery

Freedom vs. Slavery
Galatians 4:21-5:1

“Full freedom is what you have when you have no lack of opportunity, no lack of ability and no lack of desire preventing you from doing what will make you the happiest in a thousand years.” - John Piper

Our Study

The Appeal (4:21-22)

The appeal to a proud heart—Abraham was their father, but who was their mother?

The Annals (4:22-23, Genesis 16)

When we try to accomplish God's purpose in a human plan we tend to use a…

Human schedule

Human strength

The Allegory (4:24-27)

An allegory is a story that has a deeper symbolic meaning.

Two mothers:  Hagar/Sarah

Two sons:  Ishmael/Isaac

Two conditions:  Flesh/Promise

Two covenants:  Law/Grace

Two results:  Outcast/Heir

Two Jerusalems:  Enslaved/Free

The Application (4:28-5:1)

You can look great on the outside and be empty on the inside—(legalism).

Those things that keep us from living by the spirit must be cast out.

As children of promise, we are born to live free.  Are you an Ishmael or an Isaac?