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Section IV
THE FIVEFOLD APPEAL TO BE JUSTIFIED BY
FAITH ALONE
Galatians 4:8–5:12
Study 3: APPEAL THREE: LISTEN TO WHAT THE LAW
REALLY SAYS
Text: Galatians 4:21-31
Aim: To fine-tune our spiritual hearing and understanding.
Memory Verse: “Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the
children of promise” (Ga.4:28).
INTRODUCTION:
Noted radio announcer Paul Harvey is known for this famous phrase:
“
And now, for the rest of the story.” This was the Apostle Paul’s
exact point to the churches of Galatia. There were some church
members who did not fully understand all that the law was saying.
The Fivefold Appeal to Be Justified By Faith Alone
Study 8: Galatians 4:21-31 —Teacher’s Outline and Study Bible™
C.
Appeal
Three: Listen to what
the Law Really Says, 4:21-31
21
Tell me, ye that desire to be
under the law, do ye not hear the
law?
22
For it is written, that Abraham
had two sons, the one by a
bondmaid
,
the other by a
freewoman
.
23
But he who was of the
bondwoman
was born after the
flesh; but he of the
freewoman
was
by promise.
24
Which things are an allegory: for
these are the two covenants; the one
from the mount Sinai, which
gendereth to bondage, which is
Agar.
25
For this Agar is mount Sinai in
Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem
which now is, and is in bondage
with her children.
26
But Jerusalem which is above is
free, which is the mother of us all.
27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou
barren that bearest not; break forth
and cry, thou that travailest not: for
the desolate hath many more
children than she which hath an
husband.
28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was,
are the children of promise.
29
But as then he that was born
after the flesh persecuted him that
was born after the Spirit, even so it
is now.
30
Nevertheless what saith the
scripture? 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
.
1.
Hearing the law is
absolutely essential for the
legalist or religionist
2.
Legalism emphasizes the
difference between
Abraham’s two sons
a. One was born a slave
b. One was born free
c. The first was born
naturally—by man’s
efforts
d. The second was born by
the promise of God
3.
Legalism emphasizes the
difference between two
covenants, two mothers
a. Hagar: A type of the law
1)
It enslaves
2)
It represents the very
center of legal
religion—Mount
Sinai & Jerusalem
b. Sarah: A type of grace
1)
It represents
heavenly, spiritual
Jerusalem
2)
It sets men free, v.26
3)
It results in joy & far
more children
c. The point: True believers
are the children of
Promise
4.
Legalism persecutes &
enslaves believers
5.
Legalism is to be cast out
receive no inheritance
6.
Legalism has no claim
upon the children of grace
