Galatians 4: Sons of God

Sons of God

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Paul's Concern for the Galatians

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Hagar and Sarah

Parallelism between Isaac and Jesus:

1. Isaac was born out of God's promise. Ishmael was born out of human's effort.
Jesus signified the fact that salvation comes only from God. Legalism signified the fact (wrongly) that salvation comes out from your observance of the law.

2. Isaac was born out of God's promise, to make Abraham's seeds as countless as sand, the jewish people who are the descendants of Isaac.
Jesus was born out of God's promise, to make Abraham's "seeds" as countless as sand, gentiles are now part of God' people.

3. the term 'slave' is also significant.