Galatians 4:28-31 ESV
28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.

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28 At kayo, mga kapatid, tulad ni Isaac, ay mga anak ng pangako. 29 Subalit kung paanong inusig noon ng ipinanganak ayon sa laman ang ipinanganak ayon sa Espiritu, gayundin naman ngayon. 30 Subalit ano ang sinasabi ng kasulatan? “Palayasin ang aliping babae at ang kanyang anak, sapagkat hindi magmamana ang anak ng babaing alipin na kasama ng anak ng babaing malaya.” 31 Kaya, mga kapatid, hindi tayo mga anak ng babaing alipin, kundi ng babaing malaya.

CHILDREN OF PROMISE.

True believers at Galatia are children of promise like Isaac. But, they’re not devoid of a conflict. Thus Paul, had brought the tension of Abraham’s home. In Gen 21:9-10, “But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.” Thus, Abraham drove away Hagar and Ishmael. Hence, Isaac grew without Ishmael to share as heir of Abraham. Similarly, believers must stand to their status – free children.

Thus Paul had enjoined us to live as free. He said, “We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.”[Rom 6:6-11]

Thus today, we must live up to our label as children of promise. We are free to live a righteous life. This can be done by considering ourselves as dead to sin but alive to God. In Rom 12:1-2, Paul said this in another way, that is, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

The freedom of the children of promise is that they have the power to live the righteous life.

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