majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Galatians 4:31,
"Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of
the free woman."
Paul points out to the Churches of Galatia that believers have
experienced a release from slavery and are now living in freedom.
False teachers who had come to Galatia were trying to persuade these
new Christians to return to law-keeping as a means to find acceptance
by God. Paul tells these believers that the law was given to folks
caught up in slavery to sin. Such is the case for all mankind: we are
all born into the world as slaves to sin and under God's law - a law
that is hopeless to keep. But when faith in Jesus Christ was revealed
to these believers through the gospel Paul had preached to them, they
found freedom from sin and the law! In this passage he uses the Old
Testament illustration of the free woman, Sarah and the slave woman,
Hagar.
In Romans 6:17-18 we read, "Thanks be to God that, though you used to
be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to
which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have
become slaves to righteousness." All who have placed their trust in
Jesus Christ have been freed from both sin and the law! We are free!
We are now free to become "slaves to righteousness"!
How wonderful is our liberator, Jesus Christ who has wrought such a
wonderful freedom for us! No longer consigned to the dungeons of our
sinful natures and the condemnation of such, the gates have swung open
wide and we new stand in the breath-taking sunlight of the freedom of
our wonderful Savior!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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