Thursday, June 25, 2009

Achieving Righteousness

Galatians 4:22-24 NASB
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman.
But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.
This is allegorically speaking: for these women are two covenants, one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar.

Which woman does Paul use to represent this covenant bearing children who are to be slaves?
How is Abraham getting a son through Hagar similar to people trying to achieve righteousness through the Law? (See Galatians 3:2.)
Read John 3:1-18.
How is what Jesus is telling Nicodemus similar to what Paul is telling the Galatians?

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