Who is Your Mother? | Galatians 4:21-31
Introduction:
- Allegory: a story that explains a complex idea in an easy way.
- Who is your mother? (Whose child are you?)
1. Sons and Mothers (v21-23)
- Genesis 16: Ishmael and Hagar.
- Genesis 17: Isaac and Sarah.
2. The Allegory Explained as Two Covenants (v24-27).
3. The Personal Application (v28-31).
Conclusion
1. Love Your Mother: Sarah.
- We are Sarah’s children, through faith in Christ.
- The promises of God lead us to Christ today.
2. Honour Your Father: Abraham.
- God’s Covenant with Abraham is critical.
3. Glorify Your Saviour: Christ.
- Get rid of the slave woman and her son.
- Say ‘goodbye’ to legalistic righteousness.
- Finish the race with Jesus as Lord.
The Law is not our mother. Grace and merit are like two wives who can’t live together.