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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b>H.
GALATIANS 4:12-20 </b>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><b>A
PERSONAL APPEAL TO RETURN TO FAITH IN CHRIST</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a.
4:12a PAUL'S EXHORTATION: FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE - STAY A FREE JEW</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">GInes-the
h</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">o</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">s
eG</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">O</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
HOti ka' 'G</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">O</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
h</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">o</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">s
huMEIS,</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>I beseech you brethren,
become as I;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">a-delPHOI,
DEo-mai </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1189]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
huM</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">N.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">for
I also </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">am</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
as you.</span></span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 4:12b-14 REMINDER: THEY
RECEIVED HIS TEACHING PREVIOUSLY!</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ouDEN
me </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-diK</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sa-te
</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[91]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>You did me no wrong:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">OIda-te
de HOti di' asTHEnei-an</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
[769]</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
sarKOS</span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
[4561]</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">13</span></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
but you know that because of infirmity of the flesh</span></span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">eu-</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">g-ge-liSAm</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">n</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
[2097]</span></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
huMIN to PROte-ron:</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I
preached </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
gospel to you the former </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">time:</span></i></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">kai
ton pei-rasMON </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3906]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
huM</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
en t</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
sarKI mou</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">14</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and the temptation to you in my :flesh</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ouk
e-xou-theN</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sa-te
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1848]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
ouDE e-xepTUsa-te </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1609]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>you despised not, nor
rejected;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">alLA
h</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
AGge-lon TheOU eDExasTHE me, h</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
ChrisTON 'I</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">SOUN.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>but you received me as God's
angel, as Christ Jesus.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 4:15 THE SPIRIT IN WHICH
PAUL'S TEACHING PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">pou
oun ho ma-ka-risMOS </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3107]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
huM</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Where then is your
:congratulation?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">mar-tuR</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3140]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
gar huMIN, HOti, ei du-naTON,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">for
I </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">bear</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
you witness, that, if possible,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">tous
oph-thalMOUS huM</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
e-xoRUxan-tes </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1846]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
eD</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">kaTE </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1325]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
moi.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">you
would have plucked out your :eyes </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
given </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">them</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to me.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>d. 4:16 REVERSAL: REMINDER
OF FIRST TRUTH, NOW MAKES THEM ENEMIES?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">H</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ste
echTHROS </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2190]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
huM</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N GEgo-na,
a-l</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">THEU</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[226]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
huMIN?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>So then am I become your
enemy, by telling you truth?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>e. 4:17 PURPOSE OF
JUDAIZERS: WIN PAUL'S CONVERTS FROM HIM</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">z<u>e</u>LOUsin <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2206]</font>
huMAS ou kaL<u>O</u>S;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>They are zealous for you in
no good <i>way</i>;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">alLA ekKLEIsai <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[1576]</font>
huMAS THElou-sin, HIna auTOUS z<u>e</u>LOUte <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[2206]</font>.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>but desire to shut you out,
that you be zealous for them.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>f. 4:18 PAUL'S DESIRE FOR
THEM: ONLY GOOD</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kaLON de z<u>e</u>LOUSthai en
kaL<u>O</u> PANto-te,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But it is good to be
zealously sought in <i>a</i> good <i>matter</i> always,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">kai m<u>e</u> MOnon en t<u>o</u>
paREI-NAI <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3918]</font> me pros
huMAS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and not only when I am
present with you.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>g. 4:19-20 PAUL'S REACTION:
BIRTH PANGS AGAIN FOR CHRIST'S FULLNESS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">TEKna <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[5040]</font>
mou, hous PAlin <u>o</u>DIn<u>o</u> <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[5605]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>My little children, of whom I
am again in travail</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">MEchris mou mor-ph<u>o</u>TH<u>E</u>
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3445]</font> ChrisTOS en huMIN -</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>until Christ be formed in you
-</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">the-lon
de paREInai </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3918]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
pros huMAS ARti,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">20</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
but I could wish to be present with you now,</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">kai
alLAxai </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[236]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
ph</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">o</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">N</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">E</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">N
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5456]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
mou; HOti a-poROUmai </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[639]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
en huMIN.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and to change my :voice; for
I am perplexed about you.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>I. 4:21-31 ALLEGORICAL
APPEAL: LAW AND FAITH CANNOT CO-EXIST!</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>a. 4:21 IF WE MARRY LAW, WE
MUST UNDERSTAND ITS CONDITIONS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">LEgeTE moi, hoi huPO NOmon
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">[3551]</font> THElon-tes EInai, </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Tell me, you that desire to
be under law,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ton NOmon ouk aKOUete?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>do you not hear the law?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>b. 4:22 ABRAHAM'S TWO SONS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">GEgrap-tai gar, HOti A-braAM DUo
huiOUS ESchen,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>For it is written, that
Abraham had two sons,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HEna
ek t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s paiDISk</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3814]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
kai HEna ek t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
e-leuTHEras </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1658]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">one
by the maid, and one by the free</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">woman</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>c. 4:23 CHILD OF FLESH
VERSUS CHILD OF PROMISE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">all'
ho men ek t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
paiDISk</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s kaTA
SARka geGENn</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-tai;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
he of the maid is born after </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh;</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ho
de ek t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
e-leuTHEras </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1658]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
di' e-pag-geLIas </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1860]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">and
he of the free</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">woman</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
through promise.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>d. 4:24 ALLEGORY OF TWO
COVENANTS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HAtiNA
es-tin al-l</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-goROUme-na
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[238]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">:</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">Which
</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
contain an allegory:</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HAUtai
gar ei-sin DUo di-aTH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">kai
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1242]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
MIa men aPO Orous SiNA,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">for
these are two covenants: the one from mount Sina</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">i</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">eis
douLEIan </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1397]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
genN</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">sa, H</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">tis
esTIN HAgar.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>bearing unto bondage, which
is Hagar.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>e. 4:25 HAGAR AND EARTHLY
JERUSALEM: MOTHERS OF BONDAGE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">to
de, HAgar, SiNA Oros esTIN t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
A-raBIa,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">Now
this, Hagar, is mount Sina</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">i</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in :Arabia,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sun-stoiCHEI
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4960]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
de t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> nun
'Ie-rou-saL</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M:</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">and
answers to the Jerusalem </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">that</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
now </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">is</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">:</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">douLEUei
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1398]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
gar meTA t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n TEKn</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
auT</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>for she is in bondage with
her :children.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>f. 4:26-27 HEAVENLY
JERUSALEM ALONE BEARS SPIRITUAL CHILDREN</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
de An</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
'Ie-rou-saL</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M
e-leuTHEra </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1658]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
EStin, H</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">tis esTIN
M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">r
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3384]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">M</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">N,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But the Jerusalem above is
free, which is our mother,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">GEgrap-tai gar,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">27</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
For it is written,</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">EuPHRANth</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-ti
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2165]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
STEIra </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4723]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
h</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ou TIKtou-sa </span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5088]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Rejoice, you barren that does
not bear;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">'R</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">E</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">xon
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4486]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai BO</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-son
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[994]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
h</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
ouk </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">o</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">DInou-sa
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5605]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Break
forth and cry, </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">you</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that do not travail:</span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">HOti
polLA ta TEKna t</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
eR</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">E</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">mou
</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2048]</span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
MALlon</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>For more are the children of
the desolate</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
eCHOUs</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
ton ANdra.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>than of her that has the
husband.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>g. 4:28 CHRISTIANS ARE
CHILDREN OF PROMISE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">MEIS
de, a-delPHOI, kaTA I-saAK e-pag-geLIas TEKna esMEN.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Now we, brethren, are as
Isaac children of promise.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>h. 4:29 CHILDREN OF FLESH
PERSECUTE CHILDREN OF PROMISE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">all'
H</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sper TOte ho kaTA
SARka gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">THEIS</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
just as then who was born after </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">eDI</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-ke
ton kaTA PNEUma, HOUt</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
kai nun.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">persecuted
the one after </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Spirit, so also now.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>i. 4:30a TESTIMONY OF
SCRIPTURE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">alLA
ti LEgei h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> graPH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But what says the scripture?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>j. 4:30b CAST OUT BONDWOMAN
AND SON FROM INHERITANCE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">EKba-le
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1544]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n paiDISk</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">n
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3814]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kai ton huiON auT</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S:</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Cast out the maid and her
:son: </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ou
gar m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
kl</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">-ro-noM</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">sei
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2818]</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>for the son of the maid</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ho
huiOS t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s paiDISk</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
meTA tou huiOU t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
e-leuTHEras </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1668]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">shall
not inherit with the son of the free</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">woman</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>k. 4:31 CONCLUSION:
CHRISTIANS ARE BORN FREE!</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">di'
HO, a-delPHOI, ouk esMEN paiDISk</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3814]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
TEKna </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5043]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">,</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Wherefore, brethren, we are
not a maid's children,</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">alLA
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">s e-leuTHEras
</span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[1658]</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">but
the free</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">woman's</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b>NOTE</b></u>:<span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
2005 my wife Marie and I attended a 2 week conference on Mount
Carmel, Israel. Out of the 4 times we've been there, this in our
estimation was the most fruitful and challenging. One of the teachers
laid a foundation for understanding the present tension in the Middle
East between Isaac and Ishmael, between the Jews and Arabs. It all
goes back to the problem Abraham created by listening to his wife.
God told Abraham that his heir would come through Sarah. He waited 13
years, and by that time both Sarah and he were past the age of
child-bearing. It would take a triple miracle to fulfill God's
promise to Abraham: barrenness reversed for both him and his wife,
and a boy - not a girl. (It is interesting to note that there are but
8 people in the Bible named prior to birth. Ishmael was the first;
Isaac the second; John the Baptist and Jesus the 7</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and 8</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.)</span></span></p>
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Sarah gave up in the interval, and invited her husband to take her
Egyptian maid Hagar to fulfill the promise. But God said, “No, not
Ishmael through Hagar, but Isaac through Sarah.” Ishmael started
persecuting his brother Isaac when the latter was weaned at 2. Sarah
responded by telling Abraham to get rid of Hagar and Ishmael, which
he reluctantly did, for he loved Ishmael, his firstborn.</p>
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The persecution that commenced way back then (4000 years ago),
continues yet today between the descendants: Israel and the Muslims.</p>
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But Paul then takes this account and makes it into an allegory, to
set forth the enmity between the worldly people, and those born of
the Spirit into God's Kingdom. Just as the non-believer in Jesus' day
hated Him and persecuted Him, so all those of us in Christ, who have
been born of the New Jerusalem above, suffer persecution. The
Judaizers are represented by Hagar and Ishmael. The “One New Man”
- Jew and Gentile born into God's Kingdom through Jesus - are
persecuted by those on the other side. Paul's letter to the Galatians
opens up many vistas, not just one.</p>
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But in 4:12-20, Paul is showing the danger Gentile believers were
facing in his day because of the Judaizers. Those becoming first
interested in their position, were now beginning to turn on Paul -
the one God used to bring them initially into His Kingdom. And let us
remember, the Gospel, the Good News, is the “Good News of the
Kingdom of God” from Heaven! Some 100 times “the Kingdom” is
mentioned in the NT, and always as “Good News”. It is “Good
News” to confess with your mouth Jesus as your Lord, and believe in
your heart that God raised Him from the dead, following His great act
of working out perfect redemption for us through His blood.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Is
this “Good News” to Modernistic and unbelieving preachers? They
</span></span><u><span style="">hate</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
it; and they likewise hate those of us who embrace it.</span></span></p>
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So - our Bible recounts a battlefield between God and Satan; believer
and unbeliever; those in the Kingdom of God, and those yet in the
world.</p>
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Look at the nation of America - the US today. We too are in a
battlefield. Many want to take from us the foundations in God laid by
our Founding Fathers! Islam would like to replace Christianity as the
world's religion. If we cannot see this conflict, it is most likely
that we are not yet in God's Kingdom - have not been born from above;
have not confessed and made Jesus as Lord!</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
an opportunity through this letter to the Galatians and reading, to
rectify such a situation, and </span></span><u><span style="">choose</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to go God's way according to the Bible, not some esoteric false road.
There </span></span><u><span style="">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
a way that seems right unto a man (New Age, bloodless cults,
man-concocted religions) - but the </span></span><u><span style="">end</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of them is </span></span><u><span style="">death</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
I know. For 20 years I lived in such a church, never hearing the
Gospel of God's Kingdom till God took hold of my life in answer to
the prayers of others, and into a situation where He could reveal
Himself to me through His Son, Jesus Christ! - J.A.W.</span></span></p>
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