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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Galatians 4:21-31
Galatians
Freedom’s Children
Galatians 4:21-31
Mothers are very important people (VIP’s). You don’t want to offend them, because they wield so much influence.
The first book of the Law, the book of Genesis, makes it very clear that Abraham had two children with two different mothers. One was a slave.
When we seek to secure God’s promised blessings through our own human efforts, we don’t get blessed; we get trouble.
There is a relationship with God based on adherence to the rules. The law said, “Obey and God will bless you; disobey and God will curse you.”
That’s what the covenant of law does to us. It makes us slaves to sin.
We relate to God on the basis of a promise with its unconditional blessings.
That’s because, as believers, we don’t relate to God on the basis of law; we relate to God on the basis of promise–the promise of His unfailing love.
So, get to know your mother, and throw out the other. Believe the promise, and stop trying to earn your way.