In today’s passage Craig Dyer looks at Paul’s illustration of the contrast between human striving under the law and God’s gracious promise in Christ. Those under the law are like Ishmael born into slavery by a slave, in a vain human attempt to help God out of a problem. Those entering God’s family through his promised Son Jesus, are like Isaac born free by Abraham’s impossibly old wife Sarah. That, demonstrably miraculous, birth was in fulfilment of God’s promise.
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