1. Two covenants: pick one! (21-26)

It seemed that Abraham and Sarah could never have children. So, Sarah gave her maidservant Hagar to Abraham, and they had a son, Ishmael. He was born of the flesh. Later, God promised Abraham a son by Sarah. That was Isaac. He was born by the promise of God. Paul compared Hagar and Sarah to the covenants of law and grace. The covenant of law leaves us as slaves to sin and death. The covenant of grace makes us truly free. As Christians, we are under God's covenant of grace, and we are free from sin!

2. Like Isaac, we are children of promise (27-31)

Paul quoted Isaiah to tell the Galatian Christians that though they were small in number, they would flourish if they held to the gospel. He reminded them that they were children of the promise. As Ishmael persecuted Isaac, so they were being persecuted by the false teachers. They should get rid of them! They were made to be free by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.


Application: Lord, thank you for setting us free by the gospel of Jesus.
One Word: Set free by the gospel of Jesus Christ