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Galatians
Three Examples of Grace Over the Law (Gal 4)
A.A child coming of age (1-7)
1. If I live (1-5)
Ephesians 3:2; 5-6 (NKJV)
2if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,
5which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
6that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,
Colossians 2:20–22 (NKJV)
20Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
21“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,”
22which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?
2. If (6-7)
B. A Pharisee becoming like a gentile (8-20)
1. Inclusion (8-11)
2. The (12-20)
C. A symbol for opposite lives (21-31)
1. The (21-25)
The Old Covenant of Law / The New Covenant of Grace1. Symbolized by Hagar the slave-girl / 1. Symbolized by Sarah, the free woman
2. Ishmael, a son born after the flesh / 2. Isaac, a son born miraculously by God’s promise
3. Represents Jerusalem in Paul’s day,
still in spiritual (and political) bondage / 3. Represents the heavenly Jerusalem which is free and glorious
By Warren Wiersbe