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18-Apr-22

The Bible Says:

Example of Hagar and Sarah (Listen)

Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written,

  “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
    break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
  For the children of the desolate one will be more
    than those of the one who has a husband.”

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.

(ESV)

—Galatians 4:21-31

And here is a thought:

by: Dorothy Noel.

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The story of Hagar and Sarah from Genesis was well known to Paul’s readers. He used this history as an allegory to relate his lesson to something his reader could understand. In this case, it was the difference between being held under the law and being freed. Similarly, he compared the Jerusalem he was familiar with, still predominantly Jewish and therefore under the law, with God’s heavenly city, which is free. By using history and geography his readers were familiar with, these lessons come through more clearly. What modern day allegories can we use to share the gospel of Christ with our world today?

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