402 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 34 - Grace Through Faith Plus Nothing - Pt 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 34 GRACE THROUGH FAITH PLUS NOTHING - PART 2 Now let's pick up where we left off in the last lesson, and although we started in Galatians Chapter 4, we ended up in the Book of Genesis Chapter 21. Now Paul is going to use the two sons of Abraham as an allegory, and maybe we should go back and look at Galatians Chapter 4 for just a second as a kick-off point. Galatians 4:22-24 Why does God send her back? I think this whole scenario in the episode of these two sons, one by the slave girl and the son of promise was programmed by God so that Paul could use it as a tremendous lesson for you and I today. Genesis 21:9 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking." In other words Ishmael was simply teasing that little 5 year old Isaac. Genesis 21:10 "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac." "...Cast out this bondwoman and her son for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son even with Isaac." Now remember this is more than just the thought of a mother or a woman, this is now the Word of God. "Cast out this bondwoman." Now let's come back again to verse 24 of Galatians Chapter 4. Galatians 4:24 So in reality what is spoken here as bondage. The Law! Galatians 5:1b Now let's see what the apostle Peter said about the Law. Come back to Acts Chapter 15, and pick up the text at that great Jerusalem counsel. Now look how Peter describes the Law in verse 10. Acts 15:10 "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples (the believers up there at Antioch who had become believers of Paul's Gospel) which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" The Law! The Law was a yoke of bondage. I've always made the point that living under the Law was severe. For example if the poor old High Priest goofed in one little detail, what happened? All right now coming back to Galatians Chapter 4 once again. Paul is using that same analogy, that the Law was the flesh, it was like a yoke, it only brought in bondage. Now verse 25 of Galatians 4. Galatians 4:25a "For this Agar is (typically now in the allegory) Mount Sinai in Arabia,..." Now I guess you've heard me teach that I felt the apostle Paul spent three years at Sinai. Now, that's what Paul says. Hagar is a picture of the giving of the Ten Commandments on Sinai. Galatians 4:25b "...and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children." When was the Temple destroyed? 70 AD. Temple worship! Sacrifices every day. The Temple was the very center of all Jewish activity at the time that Paul is writing Galatians. It all makes sense if you understand the timing. Galatians 4:25b "...and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children." The heavy hand of the Law! The Law was full speed ahead in Jerusalem. Now verse 26, and what's the first word? Galatians 4:26a The GRACE of God, without the Law. The book of Acts is not a doctrinal book, it's transitional from an historical point of God dealing with Israel to His turning to the Gentiles. Acts is merely a book of transition. You're moving from that Jewish program, Temple worship, the Law, that Jesus was the Christ, the King, the Redeemer of Israel, and we're moving over to Paul's gospel of Grace through faith plus nothing. Galatians 4:26 Now, come with me back to Colossians, Chapter 1 and then we'll go to Philippians Chapter 3. Colossians 1:12-13 Now let's go to Philippians Chapter 3. Philippians 3:20a is in heaven;..." Heaven! Now let's go back to Galatians Chapter 4. Galatians 4:26 For us Grace Age believers, we're not tied to the Temple worship in earthly Jerusalem, we're tied to the heavenly Jerusalem which is above and it's free. FREE!! With total liberty. Now verse 27 and this where we come back to Ishmael and Isaac. Galatians 4:27 The offspring of Ishmael or the offspring of Isaac? Ishmael did! Galatians 4:28 "Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise." Galatians 4:29 "But as then he that was born after the flesh (Ishmael) persecuted him that was born after the Spirit (Isaac.) Has anything changed? Galatians 4:30-31 Cast out the bondwoman and her son; (why?) for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. Legalism!! You cast it out, just exactly like Abraham and Sarah sent Hagar and Ishmael into the desert. There had to be a total break between grace and legalism. And if you don't remember anything else today, remember that. Cast out the bondwoman and her son for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. Then Paul puts the cap on it in verse 31. Galatians 4:31 Galatians 5:1a liberty..." #lesfeldick #biblestudy #bible