24 Now all this is an allegory; these [two women] represent two covenants. One covenant originated from Mount Sinai [where the Law was given] and bears [children destined] for slavery; this is Hagar.
If someone tells you that we are still bound to Laws, laws like the the Ten Commandments, and bound to works, then what they are actually telling you is that you are still a slave to the flesh. They are saying that Jesus did not set us free. They are saying Grace has no effect on us. They are telling you the message of the anti-christ and their message will only lead to failure and defeat. It is not the Truth and it will not set anyone free!
25 Now Hagar is (stands for) Mount Sinai in Arabia and she corresponds to and belongs in the same category with the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage together with her children.
If a person believes in keeping religious laws to find favor with our Father then they are in bondage.
26 But the Jerusalem above (the Messianic kingdom of Christ) is free, and she is our mother.
In Christ we are now free, our works no longer keep us in Christ or remove us from Him, Romans 11:29. This freedom now allows us to be used by our Father to do the works that He did through Jesus and this freedom allows Him to use us to do even greater works, John 14:12. In Christ we now are the instruments of our Father’s righteousness. Jesus will now use us to show the world that they are loved and that He is Lord, John 17:21-23. Our Father will now use us to do His works of forgiveness, healing, love, prophecy, faith, and miracles. In Christ there is now no more condemnation, Romans 8:1. In Christ there is freedom from the law of sin and death, Romans 8:2. In Christ the fear of messing up is removed, 1 John 4:18. In Christ we have eternal life and our life is just as Jesus’ is, an eternal life of serving others.
People who want to tell us that we are just human, that our flesh is weak, that we have a free will that is separate from our Father’s will have no revelation of the Truth that has set us free. These people still trust in themselves and in the flesh, so they trust in works that they believe will find them favor with God. This is all anti-christ. This faith slaps what Jesus came and gave to us right in the face, because it says that we control our Father’s Grace. It teaches that all of what Jesus has is available to us if we just do things to get it, thus placing us in charge of our destiny. What sheep is in charge of its destiny? What body part, separate from the head, acts with its own free will?
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