Abraham and Sarah

Sarah was Barren

Hagar handmaid – son – Ishmael

Sarah had son – Isaac

Hagar and Ishmael were cast out

AllegoryAllegory = figure of speech

[Simile – metaphor – metonymy –[Simile – metaphor – metonymy –synecdoche - hyperbole]synecdoche - hyperbole]

Two words – another, to speak

Speak something else than what the language means

Extended type of comparison

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I. Two women - - Two Covenants

II. Two Sons - - Two Births

III. Two Social Ranks - - Two Spiritual Ranks

IV. Two Characters - - Two DispositionsV. Two Inheritances - - Physical and

SpiritualVI. Two Cast out - - Hagar and IshmaelVII. Two Remained - - Sarah and Isaac

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Gal. 4:21-22 NKJVGal. 4:21-22 NKJV21. “Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

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Gal. 4:23 NKJVGal. 4:23 NKJV“But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,”

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Gal. 4:24 NKJVGal. 4:24 NKJV“which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar—”

“Which things are an allegory:” KJV

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Gal. 4:25-26 NKJVGal. 4:25-26 NKJV25. “for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children--26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

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Gal. 4:27-28 NKJVGal. 4:27-28 NKJV27. “For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband." 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.”

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Gal. 4:29 NKJVGal. 4:29 NKJV“But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.”

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Gal. 4:30 NKJVGal. 4:30 NKJV“Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."

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Gal. 4:31-5:1 NKJVGal. 4:31-5:1 NKJV4:31 “So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.”5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”

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1.Handmaid

2.Slave woman

3.Ability to bear

4.Son - Ishmael

5.Born - flesh

1.Real Wife

2.Free woman

3.Barren

4.Son – Isaac

5.Born - promise

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6.Covenant from Sinai

7.Children unto bondage

8.Not with Promise

9. Jerusalem now

6.Covenant of Christ

7. Children unto freedom

8. Related to Promise

9.Jerusalem above

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10.Bondage with children

11.Judaism

12.Bondage

13.Persecuted

14.Cast out

15.Physical

10.Children are free

11.Christians

12.Freedom

13.Persecution

14.Retained

15. Heir

Misunderstanding the covenants Misunderstanding the covenants continues to cause problemscontinues to cause problems

Premillennialism

Worship on Sabbath Day

Bring over parts of Old Law

Instrumental MusicInstrumental Music

TithingTithing

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the KINGDOMCol. 1:13

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the CHURCH Acts2:47

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Sinai

Ex. 19

Col 2:14Col 2:14 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

“having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.” NKJVNKJV

27. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Gal. 3:27-29 (NKJV)

We are no longer living under the law, but under Christ !!

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

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Evans, Ga. 30809

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Sunday Evening Mar. 16, 2008