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 Well, I woke up before 5 a.m. one morning this week with the television still on.

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 I sometimes will keep it on as I'm having trouble falling asleep,

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 and it just helps me to kind of zone out.

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 This infomercial was on for LifeLock.

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 Identity theft prevention and this company who will restore people

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 who've had their identities stolen.

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 We know that it can, maybe some of you experience this,

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 where you've had money or private information taken from somebody.

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 Your identity has been stolen.

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 Well, in a similar way, the Christians in Galatia are under attack,

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 and the threat for their Christian identity in Christ is threatening to be stolen.

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 These Judaizers are claiming to be the true people of God

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 and calling these Gentile Christians to come underneath the law

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 so that you too may be true people of God and find salvation.

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 And the Galatian Christians are buying it hook, line, and sinker.

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 In fact, they're compelled to listen to these Judaizers,

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 and they're persuaded by their thieving opponents.

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 Paul recognizes this.

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 He recognizes what's at stake,

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 and he comes writing this letter saying that salvation in Jesus Christ alone,

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 through faith alone, is at stake, church.

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 And so, as we've been seeing for the last few weeks,

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 starting in chapter 3,

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 Paul's laying this rebuke down on the Galatian church

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 because they're in danger of abandoning the freedom in Christ

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 only through the gospel

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 to become slaves underneath the law.

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 And he's been doing so with the spiritual life lock,

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 the gospel.

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 So that's where we find ourselves today in our passage.

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 Paul's continuing to sharply rebuke and correct the Galatian Christians

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 by reminding them of their true identity and freedom in Jesus,

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 and by exposing the identity of these Judaizing thieves

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 for who they really are, slaves.

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 So Paul's going to build his argument

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 throughout the final 11 verses of chapter 4

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 and then reveal his purpose in chapter 5, verse 1.

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 So that's how we're going to walk through the passage.

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 We're going to look at three kind of increasing contrasts

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 and conclude with the command of 5, verse 1.

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 So three contrasts and the command.

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 The first contrast we see is found in verses 21 to 23.

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 And Paul's going to use this history lesson

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 to present this contrast.

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 So remember where we left off last week.

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 The last thing that Paul says in verse 20 of chapter 4 is,

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 I'm perplexed about you, Galatians.

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 And so what we're going to do in our passage is he's going to say,

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 here's why I'm perplexed.

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 Essentially, it's because they're surrendering their freedom.

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 It's only found in Christ for slavery to the law,

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 for this man-made sort of our own strength righteousness

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 that provides nothing but slavery.

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 Paul begins in verse 21 with a question.

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 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law,

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 do you not listen to the law?

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 Now, as Paul often does, this isn't really a question.

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 He's actually kind of continuing this rebuke

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 through a rhetorical question.

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 You're actually not listening to the law

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 because if you were, you wouldn't be doing what you're doing.

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 And this is started back in chapter 3, verse 1,

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 where he says,

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 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?

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 And his reasoning is found as we keep kind of tracing his argument

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 a couple more spots.

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 3, verse 10, Paul says,

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 Those who rely on works of the law are under a curse.

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 And in chapter 3, 21 and 22,

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 Paul continues by saying,

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 If a law had been given that could give life,

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 then righteousness would indeed be through the law.

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 But the Scriptures imprisoned everything

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 until Jesus, the promised offspring of Abraham, would come.

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 And in 4, verse 9, Paul says,

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 How can you turn back

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 to the weak and worthless things of the world

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 whose slaves you want to be once more?

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 So you see, this isn't really a question in verse 21.

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 It means you're not listening to the law, Galatians,

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 or you wouldn't be headed down this path of no return into slavery.

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 And it's interesting what he calls them.

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 You who desire to be under the law.

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 And this is a really loaded term.

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 And what he means by it is saying,

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 You folks are trying to justify yourselves.

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 You're trying to create this man-made,

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 flesh-sustaining righteousness.

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 And there is no such thing.

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 The law was not given for this purpose.

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 And the question that Paul raises

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 then leads into this history lesson

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 in verses 22 and 23.

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 It says, Abraham, you know him well,

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 he had two sons.

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 Now the overarching purpose

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 of Paul's history lesson here is this.

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 He wants to start this contrast.

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 And in the history lesson,

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 he's going to contrast two sons.

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 In the middle section of the passage,

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 he's going to contrast two cities.

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 In the final portion of the passage,

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 he's going to contrast two groups of people.

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 So the contrast is getting more and more defined as he goes.

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 Essentially, he's getting to the question,

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 he's getting to the root of the issue.

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 Whose gospel is legitimate?

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 Is Paul's gospel the one true gospel,

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 or is it the Judaizer's gospel?

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 Who are the true inheritors

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 of God's rich inheritance?

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 The Judaizers who are saying,

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 you must keep this law,

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 you must be circumcised,

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 you must enjoy and benefit from the Jewish calendar,

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 or is it Paul saying,

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 Christ alone through faith alone?

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 Who truly are God's people?

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 That's what's at stake.

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 So we remember the story of Abraham

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 back in Genesis chapter 12.

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 God called a man named Abram,

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 leave your country,

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 and I will show you this new land

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 where I'm going to take you.

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 And the reason that I'm asking you to leave

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 is because I'm going to make you this great nation.

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 And a little while later in this story,

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 God says,

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 through your offspring,

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 I'm going to bless all the nations.

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 Well, the only problem with that is Sarah,

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 Abraham's wife, is barren.

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 She's not able to give Abraham a child.

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 So this promise that God has made

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 seems to be in danger of never coming to pass.

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 No offspring, no great nation.

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 No offspring, no blessing to the nations.

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 So Abraham and Sarah,

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 they get this really great idea.

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 Well, you know,

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 when we went down to Egypt

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 during that famine,

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 we got this Egyptian slave girl, Hagar,

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 and we brought her back.

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 And Abraham,

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 why don't you go sleep with Hagar?

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 And she can get pregnant

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 and she can birth the son

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 that God promised to us.

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 So as the story goes,

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 that's what they do.

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 And Hagar conceives

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 and Ishmael is born.

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 But of course we know

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 that this was not God's plan

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 to fulfill the promise

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 He made to Abraham.

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 So God says,

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 Abraham, you don't get it.

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 Sarah, you don't get it.

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 Sarah will bear you a son.

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 And this is both hilarious

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 and inconceivable.

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 By this point,

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 these two are getting up in years.

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 Sarah's never been able to conceive.

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 But God works a miracle.

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 At 90 years old,

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 Sarah gives birth to Isaac,

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 the child of promise.

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 This is a story

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 that Paul is calling to mind

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 in Galatians chapter 4.

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 Notice the contrast.

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 Verse 22,

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 the contrast is,

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 one son was from a slave woman.

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 The other was born by a free woman.

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 And he heightens the contrast

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 a little bit in verse 23.

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 And this is really where he's driving.

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 One was born according to the flesh.

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 The other was born through a promise.

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 This contrast is extremely important

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 to Paul's argument

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 through this whole passage.

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 So it's worth taking

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 a little bit of time

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 to think it through.

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 What exactly does Paul mean

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 when he says,

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 in verse 23,

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 according to the flesh?

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 Well, in one sense,

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 this just means

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 the very natural way

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 that children are born.

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 Right?

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 We don't have to get

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 into the details of that.

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 People are able

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 to naturally become parents,

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 typically,

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 without any outside

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 additional effort.

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 This is man's effort.

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 But that's kind of

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 what's hinting

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 at this deeper spiritual

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 and theological reality

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 for Paul.

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 Saying,

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 see,

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 we can accomplish this

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 in most situations

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 by our own strength.

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 Human wisdom

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 and a fertile Hagar

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 equals Ishmael.

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 There's no more need.

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 This is human strength.

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 Right?

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 We know.

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 We know that we default

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 to this kind of thinking

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 spiritually all the time.

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 Right?

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 This is our default thinking.

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 By my good works

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 and my self-effort,

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 I will justify myself

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 before God.

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 I will stand before God

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 one day,

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 completely approved of Him

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 because I did it.

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 And Paul's saying,

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 no.

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 In fact,

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 all along,

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 he's been telling

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 the Galatians

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 over and over,

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 it's much better news

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 the gospel brings.

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 Listen to verses 4 and 5

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 of chapter 4.

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 But when the fullness

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 of time had come,

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 God sent forth His Son

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 born of woman,

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 born under the law

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 to redeem those

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 who were under the law

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 so that we might receive

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 adoption as sons

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 and as daughters.

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 See, the point Paul's been

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 making all along

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 is that it's God

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 who freely gives

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 righteousness

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 to those who trust

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 the one who lived

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 the one who lived

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 a perfect life

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 under the law,

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 the one who died

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 in the place of sinners

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 for our sin,

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 and the one who was raised

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 in victory

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 over sin and death.

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 Paul's argument is,

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 look,

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 we measure up

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 only because Jesus

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 measures up for us

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 and we are in Him.

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 So that's Paul's

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 ultimate purpose

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 in the history lesson

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 and he's going to

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 drive it home

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 as we keep going.

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 But he's contrasting

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 man's effort

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 with God's promise

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 and power

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 to fulfill

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 His promise.

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 It has everything

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 to do with salvation,

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 doesn't it?

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 Self-effort

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 is never ever

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 going to save us.

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 Just how self-effort

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 was never ever

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 going to get Abraham

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 and Sarah a child

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 through a barren

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 old woman.

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 Only God's power

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 in Christ

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 can make us righteous.

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 So that's the first

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 contrast between

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 these two sons.

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 Now we move

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 to the second contrast

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 found in verses

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 24 to 27.

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 Paul's going to

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 contrast two cities

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 but he gets a little bit

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 technical and tricky.

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 But essentially,

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 here's what Paul

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 wants to do.

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 He wants to repurpose

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 the story

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 from Genesis 12

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 to 21

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 to say,

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 let me tell you

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 who else

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 is a slave.

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 And let me tell you

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 who else

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 is giving birth

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 to free people.

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 So in verse 24

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 we see Paul write

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 this interesting word.

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 This may be

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 interpreted allegorically.

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 There's been a lot

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 of argument

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 about what this

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 means but

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 let me try and

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 illustrate my best

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 understanding of it.

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 There's one fall

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 a few years ago

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 it was really windy

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 and we came home

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 from running errands

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 back into our driveway

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 and here

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 lays this blue

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 plastic

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 kiddie pool

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 sitting in our

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 front yard.

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 I didn't think

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 much of it.

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 I kind of just

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 well it's got to

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 get out of the yard

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 so I threw it

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 in our shed.

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 A couple years

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 later

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 another fall

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 we're raking

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 leaves

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 from our

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 half acre

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 property

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 that's lined

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 with these

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 big oak trees.

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 I think

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 we've got to

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 get the leaves

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 from the far

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 back corner

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 of our property

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 up to the

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 front curb

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 so the village

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 can bring by

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 their vacuum

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 trucks and get

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 rid of these

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 leaves.

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 And I think

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 aha

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 I'm going to

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 repurpose

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 this blue

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 kiddie pool

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 to be a

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 leaf transport

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 vessel.

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 And I did

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 and it worked.

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 The next year

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 I even added

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 a tow rope

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 so I didn't

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 have to stoop

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 down and kind

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 of bend

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 awkwardly.

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 I could just

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 walk like I

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 was plowing a

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 field like an

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 ox would.

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 And it works

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 great.

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 It's still a

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 swimming pool

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 but I've

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 repurposed it

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 for a different

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 task.

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 And that's

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 what Paul's

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 doing by

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 referring now

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 to the

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 allegory of

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 this story.

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 And like I

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 was saying

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 he's going

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 to move

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 through talking

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 about the

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 two moms

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 associating

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 them with

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 sort of two

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 different

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 covenants

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 and ultimately

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 associating them

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 with two

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 different

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 Jerusalems.

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 Those are the

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 two cities

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 that he wants

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 to get us

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 and our eyes

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 and our minds

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 around.

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 There's a here

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.320
 and now

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 Jerusalem.

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 He's saying

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 to the Galatians

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 you guys can

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 find it on a

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 map.

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 You can go

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 visit.

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 You can get

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 the tinker

00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.679
 toy tourist

00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:11.379
 things and

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 bring them

00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:11.919
 home.

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 And then

00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:13.579
 there's this

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 heavenly Jerusalem

00:15:14.459 --> 00:15:15.099
 this above

00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:15.620
 Jerusalem.

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 You can't

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 go visit

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.399
 that.

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 There's no

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 bus that

00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:20.819
 takes you

00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:21.079
 there.

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 So notice

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 the contrast.

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 First in

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 verses 24

00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:27.039
 and 25

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 look what

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 Paul is

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 going to

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 assign to

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 Hagar.

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 Remember

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 she's the

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 slave

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 sort of

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 wife of

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 Abraham

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 who gives

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 birth to

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.439
 the slave

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 son Ishmael.

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 He says

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 Hagar

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 is

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 Mount

00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:42.480
 Sinai.

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 She's

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 bearing

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:44.620
 children

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.480
 for slavery

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 and she

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 corresponds

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.820
 to present

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 day

00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:50.500
 Jerusalem.

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 This is

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 the center

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 of the

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.560
 Israelite

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:55.139
 religion.

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 Giving

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 birth

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.060
 to

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 slaves.

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 His argument

00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.800
 is this.

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.279
 Hagar

00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:04.300
 birthed

00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:04.680
 the slave

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 son according

00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:05.539
 to the

00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:05.879
 flesh.

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.340
 Present

00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.919
 Jerusalem

00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:08.819
 is

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.240
 birthing

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.899
 slave

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.340
 children

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.299
 according

00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:11.559
 to the

00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:11.860
 flesh.

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.480
 Because

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:13.620
 they're

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.179
 trying to

00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:14.639
 get people

00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.080
 to submit

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.439
 to a

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:15.620
 law

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:15.799
 that

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.100
 cannot

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.620
 save.

00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:19.019
 In

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.779
 verse 26

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.220
 then Paul

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.639
 moves from

00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.360
 the first

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:22.519
 woman

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.139
 covenant

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.639
 city

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.259
 to the

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.559
 second.

00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.220
 He skips

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.960
 over the

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.700
 kind of

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.519
 comparisons

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.559
 of Sarah

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:29.899
 and this

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.080
 and that

00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:30.220
 and the

00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:30.500
 other thing

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:30.759
 and just

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.139
 goes straight

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.439
 to the

00:16:31.439 --> 00:16:32.039
 Jerusalem

00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.259
 above

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.319
 is free.

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.819
 She

00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:36.480
 is our

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.100
 mother.

00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:39.960
 Paul's

00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.399
 argument is

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:40.980
 very similar

00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.340
 in this

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.559
 one.

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.139
 See Sarah

00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:42.700
 birthed

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.419
 free Isaac

00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:44.399
 through God's

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.460
 promise and

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.220
 his power

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:47.279
 to fulfill

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.039
 that promise.

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:48.759
 The

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.179
 Jerusalem

00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:49.759
 above

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.679
 aka heaven

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.740
 is birthing

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.600
 free sons

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.240
 and daughters

00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:54.179
 of the

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.519
 father

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.319
 through that

00:16:55.319 --> 00:16:56.360
 same promise

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.000
 and the

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.720
 same power

00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.559
 of God.

00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:02.439
 Why would

00:17:02.439 --> 00:17:02.899
 Paul be

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.899
 doing this?

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.559
 If we

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.119
 remember from

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.259
 the

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.720
 gospels

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.099
 and you

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.400
 may have

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:08.779
 even read

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.160
 it in your

00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:09.579
 bulletin

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.000
 this morning

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.339
 there's

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.579
 always been

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.200
 this claim

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.579
 from the

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.220
 Jewish folks

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:14.319
 that we're

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.900
 offspring of

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.279
 Abraham.

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.660
 We're

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.119
 children of

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.680
 the promise

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.319
 all of this

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:18.960
 belongs to

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.440
 us.

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.660
 And this

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.440
 certainly would

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.900
 be part of

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.460
 the Judaizers

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:23.900
 claim.

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.599
 See we're

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.079
 children of

00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.359
 Abraham.

00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:25.819
 We have

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.299
 the authority

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.859
 to call you

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.259
 to submit

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.640
 to this

00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:27.940
 law.

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.379
 And Paul

00:17:29.379 --> 00:17:29.720
 is saying

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.240
 you've got

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.579
 the wrong

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.019
 mom.

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:34.700
 You're

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.119
 children of

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:35.599
 the slave

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:35.900
 woman.

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.839
 Who's still

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.539
 giving birth

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.759
 to slaves.

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:40.839
 You see the

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.660
 contrast here.

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.740
 The flesh

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.319
 versus the

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:43.839
 promise.

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.339
 Slavery

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.460
 versus free.

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.039
 Present

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.119
 Jerusalem

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.480
 versus the

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:50.920
 above

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.859
 Jerusalem.

00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.119
 Paul's

00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.900
 saying DNA

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:56.700
 human effort

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.299
 doesn't make

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.700
 you a son

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.160
 of Abraham.

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.579
 Your biology

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.119
 and family

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.639
 tree don't

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.120
 make you a

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.400
 son of

00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:01.860
 Abraham.

00:18:03.780 --> 00:18:04.259
 Promise

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.780
 makes you

00:18:05.780 --> 00:18:06.920
 children of

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.340
 Abraham.

00:18:09.060 --> 00:18:09.860
 Paul says

00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.400
 as much at

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.759
 the end of

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.320
 chapter 3

00:18:11.320 --> 00:18:11.620
 in verse

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 29.

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 If you look

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 at that and

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 listen to it.

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 And if you

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 are Christ's

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 then you are

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 Abraham's

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 offspring.

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 Heirs

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 according to

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 promise.

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 See the only

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 way that you

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 truly become

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 Abraham's

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 offspring is if

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 you are in

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 Christ.

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 That you've

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 put your

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 faith and

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 your trust

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 in him

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 for salvation.

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 That's how

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 you become

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 children of

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 promise.

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 It's through

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 Jesus.

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 There's one

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 more step

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 that Paul

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 takes in

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 this repurposing

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 section and

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 it's verse

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 27.

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 Essentially

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 he's answering

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 the question

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 well Paul

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 you know

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 okay so

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 you're saying

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 this stuff

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 but where

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 does the

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 law promise

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 us anything.

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 And he

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 goes to

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 Isaiah

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 54 verse

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 1.

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 He's wanting

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 to convince

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 the Galatians

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 who their

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 mother is.

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 And in

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 verse 27

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 quoting from

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 Isaiah

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 Paul quotes

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 a verse

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 that gives

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 us this

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 picture of

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 Israel

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 in exile.

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 Israel is

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 seen as the

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 barren one

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 who does

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 not bear

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 children.

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 And the

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 interesting thing

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 right is that

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 we know why

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 Israel is in

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 exile.

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 Because Israel

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 couldn't keep

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 the law.

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 God judged

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 Israel for

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 their fleshly

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 efforts to

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 keep the law

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 which fell

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 way short.

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 They slipped

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 into idolatry

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 they disobeyed

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 and they're in

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 exile and yet

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 look what God

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 says he is

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 going to do.

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 Again he issues

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.660
 a promise

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 and says

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 I will give

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 you more

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 children

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 than she

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 who has

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 a husband.

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 And it's

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 not going to

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 be because

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 you all of a

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 sudden start

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 measuring up

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 to my

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 standard.

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 All along

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 it's meant

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 to show

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 that God's

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 promise

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:09.500
 is how

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 he births

00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.359
 children

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.519
 of Abraham

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 and Jesus.

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 God's going

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 to intervene

00:20:18.959 --> 00:20:19.679
 and restore

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 Israel but

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 not just

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 Israel right?

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 Because

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 Paul's

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 talking to

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 the Galatians

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 and saying

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 look at

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 verse 28

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 you brothers

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 like Isaac

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 are children

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.019
 of promise.

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 This was

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 never just

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 meant for

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 Israel but

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 for the

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 nations right?

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 Going all

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.700
 the way back

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.200
 to Abraham

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 it's through

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.120
 your offspring

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 all the

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.140
 nations of

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 the world

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 shall be

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.460
 blessed.

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 And Paul

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.400
 looks

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.700
 he pens

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.080
 this

00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:45.560
 joy

00:20:45.560 --> 00:20:46.280
 brothers

00:20:46.280 --> 00:20:46.540
 your

00:20:46.540 --> 00:20:47.120
 children

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.900
 promise.

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 This leads

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.960
 us to the

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.759
 third kind

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.640
 of contrast

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 of what

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.100
 Paul's

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.759
 getting at

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 in verses

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 28 to

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 31.

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 It's a

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 contrast of

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.140
 identities.

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 He wants

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 the Galatians

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.600
 to be

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.920
 crystal clear

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.880
 that they

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 are children

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:09.100
 of promise

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.619
 and that

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 as children

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.779
 of promise

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 they are

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 free.

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 See he

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.379
 says that

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:16.899
 in 28

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.240
 and he

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.599
 compares

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:17.980
 them to

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.399
 Isaac.

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.879
 Isaac of

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.399
 course was

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.459
 the original

00:21:21.459 --> 00:21:22.240
 offspring of

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.799
 promise.

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 The one

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.639
 not produced

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.219
 by human

00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:28.159
 effort but

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:28.599
 the one

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.879
 supernaturally

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:31.079
 produced by

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.579
 the power

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.159
 of God.

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.319
 Paul says

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.899
 so too

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:35.240
 are you

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.719
 Galatian

00:21:35.719 --> 00:21:36.219
 Christians

00:21:36.219 --> 00:21:37.759
 so too

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.159
 are you

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.679
 church

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:41.360
 you didn't

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.000
 measure up

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.460
 Christ

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.100
 measured up

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.820
 for you.

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.560
 It was

00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:45.980
 God's

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.420
 promise

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.299
 that

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.720
 redeemed

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.360
 your life.

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:51.700
 And

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:51.940
 Abraham

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.180
 was

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.560
 promised

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:52.860
 this

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.299
 offspring

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.660
 would

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:53.920
 bless

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.279
 all the

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.700
 nations.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.100
 Jesus

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.799
 has come

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.880
 and fulfilled

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.779
 that promise.

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.320
 As his

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:01.820
 name and

00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:02.240
 his word

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.779
 go out

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.279
 more and

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.799
 more people

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.380
 from around

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.160
 this globe

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.080
 put their

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.519
 faith and

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.000
 trust in

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.220
 him.

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.940
 and become

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.100
 children of

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.640
 promise.

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.299
 Isaac was

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.779
 the original

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.299
 child of

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.000
 promise but

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.319
 he is

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.839
 followed by

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.360
 countless

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.660
 others like

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.140
 us.

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.360
 We're free

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.779
 from the

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.539
 law's curse

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.579
 and condemnation.

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.480
 We're born

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.279
 from above

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.059
 not by

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.220
 human effort.

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.779
 We're saved

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.480
 by God's

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.120
 gospel and

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:31.420
 not man-made

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.279
 righteousness.

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.359
 righteousness.

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.099
 Paul repeats

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.879
 this idea in

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.940
 verse 31

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.539
 with a little

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.059
 bit different

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.539
 language.

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.980
 Again

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.859
 contrasting the

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.119
 mothers.

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.680
 So brothers

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.160
 we are not

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.740
 children of

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.319
 the slave

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.980
 but of the

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.579
 free woman.

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.259
 Children of

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.759
 promise.

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.639
 Children born

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.099
 free.

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.099
 Children born

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.420
 from above

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.660
 through promise

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.420
 not through

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.839
 effort.

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:57.879
 And in

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.619
 between these

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.919
 kind of

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.480
 bookend

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.480
 here's who

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.079
 you are

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.759
 Paul sets a

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.659
 further contrast

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.019
 in verses

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.059
 29 and 30.

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.379
 He returns

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.079
 once more to

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.919
 our story from

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.339
 Genesis.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.559
 He says look

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.379
 the slave son

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.879
 Ishmael he

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.959
 persecuted the

00:23:13.959 --> 00:23:14.539
 free son

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.159
 Isaac.

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.619
 So too

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.000
 today.

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.559
 Right?

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.420
 I almost

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.960
 hear Jesus'

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.859
 words ringing

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.720
 behind what

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.039
 Paul is

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.220
 saying.

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.859
 Do not be

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.559
 surprised if

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.880
 the world

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.559
 hates you

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.559
 for it

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.940
 hated me

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.480
 first.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.240
 Paul himself

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.920
 bears witness

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.180
 in 511

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.980
 which we'll

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.359
 hear from

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.099
 Billy next

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.720
 week about.

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.400
 Paul says

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.759
 that it's

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.519
 the offense

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.880
 of the

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.460
 cross.

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.819
 It's the

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.339
 reason why

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.839
 he's taken

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.339
 so much

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.880
 flack.

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.019
 He's telling

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.579
 these folks

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.339
 that you're

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.779
 slaves and

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.019
 you need

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.399
 to wake

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.779
 up and

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.000
 you need

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.359
 to repent

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:49.680
 and you

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:49.940
 need to

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.339
 trust in

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.980
 Christ or

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.240
 you will

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.680
 remain

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.440
 slaves.

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.920
 The slave

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.539
 will always

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.980
 resent and

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.579
 resist the

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.859
 free.

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.339
 Paul is

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.740
 saying don't

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.759
 cave Galatians.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.559
 Don't let

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.160
 this heat of

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.740
 persecution

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.599
 overwhelm you.

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.639
 There's a

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.079
 loud and

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.059
 demanding voice

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.899
 that's pulling

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:11.599
 you into a

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.200
 prison and

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.680
 it's claiming

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.259
 to be setting

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.779
 you free.

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.460
 Don't buy

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.920
 it for a

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.139
 moment.

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.440
 Your

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.039
 children of

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.420
 promise.

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.700
 You're

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.279
 already

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.840
 free.

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.559
 Verse 30

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:27.279
 Paul quotes

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.360
 the words of

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.900
 Sarah to

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.559
 her husband

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:31.640
 cast out

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.140
 the slave

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.600
 woman and

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.080
 her son.

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.000
 For the

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.420
 son of the

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.980
 slave woman

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.660
 shall not

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.400
 inherit with

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.920
 the son of

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.259
 the free

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.539
 woman.

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.820
 God agreed

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.360
 with Sarah.

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.480
 The slave

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.000
 will not

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.960
 inherit along

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.400
 with the

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.980
 children of

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.600
 promise.

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.220
 Along with

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.700
 the free.

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:51.980
 Here's

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.559
 essentially the

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.100
 two voices

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.799
 speaking in

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.400
 each side of

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.160
 the Galatians

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.539
 ears.

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.059
 First the

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.799
 Judaizers are

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.299
 saying to the

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.740
 Galatians,

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.960
 we're the

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.279
 heirs.

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.860
 We have the

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.440
 riches and

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.120
 promises of

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.319
 God.

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.960
 The inheritance

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.779
 is ours and

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.740
 until you join

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.420
 us under the

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.880
 law, you

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.360
 don't have any

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:08.039
 share in that.

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.759
 Paul flips it

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.460
 on its head.

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:13.059
 They are the

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.640
 cast out

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.319
 slaves with

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.340
 empty pockets.

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.360
 You are the

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.039
 heirs according

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.680
 to promise.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.460
 They can't

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.000
 offer you

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.620
 anything.

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.340
 And you

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.920
 stand to

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.900
 lose everything

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:29.360
 if you listen

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.840
 to them.

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.440
 You're already

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.200
 free because

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.319
 Jesus has set

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.960
 you free.

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.079
 free.

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.980
 So stand

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.680
 firm in

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.960
 your freedom.

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.299
 That's where

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.100
 Paul has been

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.860
 going this whole

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.799
 time to 5

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.340
 verse 1.

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.240
 For freedom

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.120
 Christ has set

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.660
 you free.

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.759
 Stand firm

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.840
 therefore and

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.700
 do not submit

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.340
 again to a

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.740
 yoke of

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.220
 slavery.

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.220
 Stand firm

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.759
 in the

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.860
 freedom Christ

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:07.200
 alone provides

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.740
 for you,

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.500
 church.

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.319
 God has

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.759
 done what

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.539
 religion could

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.200
 never do.

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.720
 What the law

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.700
 has no hope

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.400
 of accomplishing

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.000
 and what human

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.620
 effort just

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.980
 simply cannot

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.880
 accomplish.

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.799
 A promise

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.579
 made to

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.360
 Abraham results

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.220
 in a supernatural

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.660
 birth.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.420
 A heavenly

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.700
 Jerusalem is

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.880
 continuing day

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.420
 after day

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.000
 after day to

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.539
 birth many

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.160
 children of

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.839
 promise as

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.360
 people put

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.920
 their faith

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.400
 and hope

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.880
 and trust

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.400
 in Jesus

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.960
 alone.

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.820
 So stand

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:41.759
 firm in the

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.220
 freedom you

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.600
 have in

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:42.900
 Jesus.

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.480
 Don't turn

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.160
 back to weak

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.100
 and worthless

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.980
 things thinking

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.600
 that you're

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.120
 somehow going

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.740
 to justify

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.440
 yourself or

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.940
 somehow going

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.560
 to sustain

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.300
 your salvation

00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:51.860
 in your own

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.360
 strength.

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.960
 That's slavery

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.960
 and it leads

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.759
 only to death.

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.900
 Christ sets

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.480
 us free

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:01.759
 so that we

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.420
 can remain

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.880
 free.

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.160
 Children of

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.940
 God and

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.579
 heirs with

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.180
 Christ.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.960
 Not because

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.539
 we earned

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:12.400
 it but

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.220
 because we

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.480
 believe God's

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.140
 promise.

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.240
 Sinners can

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.099
 be made sons

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.640
 and daughters

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.240
 through faith

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.740
 in Jesus

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.599
 due to no

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.299
 merit of our

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.579
 own.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.059
 We're no

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.200
 longer slaves.

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.480
 This is why

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.139
 Paul is so

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:32.039
 perplexed with

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.720
 the Galatians

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.259
 and why he's

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.099
 dropping this

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.559
 harsh rebuke on

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.079
 their heads

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.759
 like a hammer.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.799
 Because

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.240
 spiritually

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.919
 speaking they

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.419
 were acting

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.460
 like slaves.

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.039
 Imagine if

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.299
 Isaac came

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.799
 up to mom

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.240
 and dad

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:50.659
 and said

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:53.039
 mommy

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.559
 dearest

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.859
 dad

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:57.720
 would you

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.379
 please cast

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.779
 me out

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.279
 with Hagar

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.779
 and with

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.319
 Ishmael?

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.139
 I know

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.619
 that I'm

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.659
 this special

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:05.500
 kid that

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.539
 God's

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.259
 promised to

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.200
 use to be a

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.839
 blessing to

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.159
 all the

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.639
 nations.

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.480
 I know

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.859
 that this

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.379
 beautiful

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.079
 inheritance

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.879
 has been

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.940
 secured for

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.839
 me and

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.379
 for my

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.159
 family.

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.000
 And yet

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:21.059
 I really

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.779
 like Hagar's

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.159
 mac and

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.559
 cheese.

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.859
 Ishmael

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.259
 just got

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.799
 that new

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.720
 call of

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.200
 duty for

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.779
 Xbox.

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.259
 Are you

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.819
 kidding me?

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.639
 To abandon

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.240
 the freedom

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.799
 in Christ

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.220
 to become

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.759
 a slave

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.259
 to something

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.539
 that will

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.180
 only lead

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.440
 to your

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.859
 demise?

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.000
 No way!

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.599
 Stand

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.099
 firm in

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.559
 the freedom

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:45.940
 you have

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.539
 in Christ

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.339
 Paul says.

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.619
 Don't

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.200
 return to

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.700
 slavery.

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.259
 The law

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.879
 cracks a

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.139
 whip.

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.240
 Christ

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.740
 unlocks

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.359
 our chains.

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.019
 Stand

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.419
 firm

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:06.619
 in the

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.059
 freedom you

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.359
 have in

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.779
 Christ.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.879
 So I want

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.180
 us to

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.960
 consider three

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.779
 questions as

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.299
 we close

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.819
 this morning.

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:16.799
 first question

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.200
 are you

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.579
 free?

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.539
 Has your

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.619
 inability to

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.379
 measure up

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.639
 led you to

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.299
 the cross of

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.619
 Jesus?

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.139
 To trust in

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.419
 his work on

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:31.599
 your behalf to

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.519
 save you and

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.179
 set you free?

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.419
 Or are you

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.139
 still trying to

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.740
 make yourself

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:38.279
 presentable to

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.279
 a holy and

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.019
 righteous God?

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.119
 you?

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.119
 This passage

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.839
 today calls

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:46.680
 you don't

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.440
 remain a

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.879
 slave.

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.920
 Christ can

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.639
 set you

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.019
 free.

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.660
 That's why

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.319
 he shed his

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.700
 blood.

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.519
 That's why

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.200
 God raised him

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.740
 from the dead

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.359
 to offer a

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.379
 salvation free

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.160
 of charge.

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.019
 You'll never

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.819
 deserve it.

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.859
 Just receive it

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.159
 by faith.

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.000
 Second

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.519
 question.

00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:13.639
 Are you

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.679
 standing firm

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.240
 in your

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.099
 freedom?

00:30:16.459 --> 00:30:17.039
 If you're a

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.639
 Christian in the

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.219
 room, are you

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:19.719
 standing firm

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.619
 in your

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:20.939
 freedom?

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.359
 Or are you

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.279
 a child of

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.740
 God who's

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.019
 kind of

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.159
 living like

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.939
 a slave?

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.319
 I want us

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.899
 to think about

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.939
 standing firm a

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.659
 certain way this

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:33.979
 morning.

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.759
 Have you

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.199
 ever kind of

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:37.740
 seen a

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.459
 football coach

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:38.819
 who's got

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.319
 kind of this

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:42.319
 blocking pad,

00:30:42.459 --> 00:30:42.559
 right?

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.419
 It's this kind

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.119
 of big pad

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.539
 that he holds

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.479
 and he keeps

00:30:46.479 --> 00:30:47.319
 in front of

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.639
 him so

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.359
 linemen and

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.859
 other people

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.299
 will kind of

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.959
 practice the

00:30:49.959 --> 00:30:50.599
 technique of

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.119
 kind of running

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.659
 into it.

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.799
 You imagine

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.379
 that football

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.079
 coach needs

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.879
 to stand a

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.599
 certain way

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.579
 to not get

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.539
 bowled over

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.699
 by the people

00:30:59.699 --> 00:31:00.319
 working on

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.839
 their tackling

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.879
 technique or

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.379
 their blocking

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.079
 technique.

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.139
 technique.

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.039
 He needs

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.659
 to get in

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.259
 a stance

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.699
 that's going

00:31:05.699 --> 00:31:06.279
 to allow

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.159
 him to

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.480
 stand firm.

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.179
 Sometimes I

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.659
 think we can

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.240
 kind of just

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.339
 sort of just

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.740
 coast through

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.559
 this life as

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.539
 Christians not

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.000
 knowing that

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.639
 there's voices

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.439
 all around us

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:22.059
 and within us

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.939
 that are seeking

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.619
 to knock us

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.319
 off our feet

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:27.419
 and ruin the

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:27.839
 freedom we

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.159
 have in

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:28.559
 Christ.

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.079
 So are you

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.179
 standing firm

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:33.200
 in your

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.559
 freedom?

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.359
 Here's kind

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.559
 of a

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.159
 diagnostic.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.079
 Do your own

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:45.179
 thoughts tend

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.839
 to puff you

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:47.679
 up and give

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.019
 off the

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.659
 impression that

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.339
 you have

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.139
 earned or are

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:51.039
 earning God's

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.419
 approval?

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.500
 people.

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.920
 Like during

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.940
 the weeks or

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.300
 the longer

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.840
 periods of

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.440
 your life when

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.940
 you're feeling

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.640
 pretty good and

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:57.900
 you haven't

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.340
 really messed

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.300
 up too badly

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.039
 in a while and

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.700
 you haven't

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.440
 gotten really

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.140
 angry, you

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.539
 haven't done

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.080
 anything really

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:04.120
 blatantly offensive

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:05.700
 to God, you

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.240
 start thinking

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.779
 that you're

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:08.240
 earning something

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:10.300
 in that moment.

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.900
 Paul says that's

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.640
 slave thinking.

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.740
 You're not

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.580
 earning anything.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.380
 Christ has

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.060
 freed you from

00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:19.560
 that kind of

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.620
 thinking, of

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.039
 thinking that you

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.619
 have to submit

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.460
 to the law to

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.839
 find your

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.519
 salvation because

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.980
 Christ has

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.639
 set you free.

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.099
 Repent of that

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:29.579
 thinking, slave

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.059
 thinking.

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.259
 On the

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.200
 underbelly of

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.480
 that, are

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.899
 you, maybe

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.680
 you're hiding

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.319
 sin in the

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.539
 dark, thinking

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.659
 that it's just

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.159
 a matter of

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:41.139
 time before God

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.859
 kind of casts

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.319
 you out.

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.079
 You're not

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.619
 feeling good

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.079
 about your

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.680
 self-events,

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.200
 you're feeling

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.039
 terrible about

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.240
 them.

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.920
 I don't measure

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.180
 up.

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:51.660
 I never

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:53.500
 will.

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.380
 I don't

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.960
 know why God

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.500
 would ever have

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.100
 anything to do

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.420
 with me.

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.840
 And you're just

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.700
 kind of sulking

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.680
 in this despair

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.120
 and this

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.720
 Christian

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.320
 depression.

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.080
 You too are

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.660
 living like a

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.039
 slave.

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.539
 To stand

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.180
 firm in the

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.779
 freedom that

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.440
 Christ has

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.180
 accomplished for

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.600
 you is to

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.560
 humbly admit

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.140
 your sin,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.820
 your failure,

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.539
 and your

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.060
 weaknesses.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.300
 Bring it into

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.740
 the light.

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.860
 Because we

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.539
 don't maintain

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.100
 our freedom.

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.179
 freedom.

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.519
 And if we

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.039
 don't maintain

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.579
 it, it means

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.259
 that we can't

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.019
 mess up so

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.759
 bad to lose

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.419
 it as long

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:23.839
 as we are

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.539
 seeking to

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.219
 remain in

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:25.480
 it.

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.719
 Don't hide

00:33:29.719 --> 00:33:30.319
 in the dark.

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.299
 Don't live

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.039
 defeated and

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.519
 shackled.

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.379
 Step into

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.980
 your freedom

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.699
 and stand

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.819
 firm in it

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.539
 by faith.

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.439
 We know

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:41.899
 too, right,

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.379
 that there's

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.539
 outside voices.

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.940
 We have

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.740
 enough sort

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.339
 of internal

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.079
 struggle that

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.639
 wants to get

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.220
 us to forget

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.599
 all this,

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.000
 but there's

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.799
 voices outside

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.399
 of us too.

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.079
 Stronger and

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.639
 powerful and

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.279
 more convincing

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.980
 probably than

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.659
 ourselves at

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.039
 points.

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.759
 We know

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.240
 Satan would

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.839
 like nothing

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.480
 better than

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.599
 to enslave

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.659
 us under

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.420
 some false

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.200
 gospel.

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.579
 We know

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.099
 the voice of

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.399
 the world

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.720
 too.

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.219
 Those Jesus

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.800
 people are

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.539
 intolerant,

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.699
 they're bigoted,

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.279
 they're hate

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.659
 filled.

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.179
 Paul's

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.519
 saying these

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.139
 are slave

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.539
 voices.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.159
 This is not

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.759
 the voice of

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.119
 freedom.

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:19.139
 Only Christ

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:21.039
 speaks freedom.

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.539
 Stand firm.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.119
 Are you

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.719
 standing firm

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.000
 in your

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.259
 freedom?

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.219
 Third

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.659
 question,

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:35.039
 are you

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.719
 helping others

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.320
 stand firm

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.619
 in their

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:36.880
 freedom?

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.779
 It's going

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.500
 to look a

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.940
 couple different

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.239
 ways.

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.940
 If we're

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.400
 speaking

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:45.180
 of non-believers

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:45.539
 who are

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.039
 outside of

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.559
 the church,

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.680
 who are

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.440
 not currently

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.079
 free in

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.579
 Christ,

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.519
 it means,

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:51.860
 as we

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.240
 kind of

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.480
 mentioned

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.720
 earlier,

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.000
 it means

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.460
 bringing them

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.940
 face to

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.360
 face with

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.880
 the offense

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.160
 of the

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:55.639
 cross.

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.519
 Letting

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.720
 people realize

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.139
 that they're

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.840
 in slavery.

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.460
 And until

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.079
 they stop

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.519
 trying to

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.099
 measure up,

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.639
 until they

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.079
 stop trying

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.579
 to ignore

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.320
 God's laws

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.000
 and repent

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.519
 and put

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.980
 their faith

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.400
 in Christ,

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.079
 they'll remain

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.660
 a slave.

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:11.579
 whether they're

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.879
 a rule

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.579
 keeper or

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:12.899
 a rule

00:35:12.899 --> 00:35:13.420
 breaker,

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:17.139
 we point

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.139
 to them

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.379
 that,

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.859
 look,

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.179
 you're

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.679
 enslaved

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.259
 to sin.

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.239
 You can't

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.980
 free yourself.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.399
 You need

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:23.039
 Christ to

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.379
 set you

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.679
 free.

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.799
 That's how

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.339
 we can help

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:30.799
 others move

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.239
 into the

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.639
 freedom that

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.239
 Christ alone

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.619
 offers.

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.079
 But then

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.940
 for one

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.259
 another,

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.619
 for the

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.159
 brothers and

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:37.359
 sisters of

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:38.000
 the church,

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.940
 we need to

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.619
 be reminding

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.259
 each other

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:40.779
 of this

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.039
 freedom.

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.460
 We need to

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.579
 be exhorting

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.179
 and warning

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.920
 each other

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.920
 that we can

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.759
 lose out on

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.199
 this freedom

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.679
 and we can

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.299
 live in ways

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.799
 that deny

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.519
 this freedom.

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.039
 And sometimes

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.559
 even like

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.179
 Paul to the

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.880
 Galatian church,

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.500
 we need to

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.980
 rebuke one

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.739
 another when

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.759
 we see that

00:35:58.759 --> 00:36:00.279
 we're abandoning

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.779
 this freedom.

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.519
 How could we

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.980
 do that?

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.460
 Why would we

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.779
 want to go

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.519
 back to slavery?

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.940
 It can't

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.719
 save us.

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:09.980
 Return to

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.460
 the freedom

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.940
 of the

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.339
 gospel,

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.420
 Jesus.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.440
 Church,

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.039
 we must do

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.259
 this.

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:17.339
 We must be

00:36:17.339 --> 00:36:17.880
 helping one

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.319
 another to

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.059
 stand firm

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.400
 in this

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.039
 freedom that

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.639
 Christ has

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.400
 purchased for

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.719
 us.

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:28.059
 But isn't

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.380
 it good

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.779
 news?

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.619
 Christ has

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.339
 unlocked your

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.880
 chains.

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:36.980
 Stand firm

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.260
 in your

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.539
 freedom.

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.200
 Let's pray.

00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:47.420
 Father, thank

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.900
 you in the

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 fullness of

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:50.240
 time, you

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.780
 sent your

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.420
 son Jesus

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 to redeem

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 us out from

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 under the

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.960
 things of

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 our own

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.860
 effort that

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 could not

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 save us.

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 God, thank

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.980
 you Jesus

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.519
 for the

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.200
 freedom that

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 you have

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:04.039
 secured for

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.660
 us through

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.360
 your own

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 life, death,

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 and resurrection.

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 Father, help

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.019
 us to live in

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 this by your

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.880
 spirit day by

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 day.

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 All for your

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 glory.

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 We rejoice

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.579
 together in the

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 salvation that

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.100
 you have

00:37:21.100 --> 00:37:21.980
 promised and

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.519
 accomplished for

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.340
 us in Christ.

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.300
 we pray through

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 him.

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.480
 Amen.

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 Amen.