Title: Law vs Grace

The meaning of the law:
Abraham had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave, and the other mother was a free woman. Abraham's son from the slave woman(Hagar) was born in the normal human way. But the son from the free woman (Sarah) was born because of the promise God made to Abraham (promised child).

This paint a picture for us ~ These two women are portrayed as the greement between God and us his people. One agreement is the law that God made on mount sinai.

Remembe...  people who lived under the law were slaves. The mother named Hagar was like that agreement. In this case, Hagar represent people who don't know God, who live under the law. But us, believers, are like the free woman (Sarah)

Isaiah 54:1 "Woman, be happy! You have not had any children, but you should be very happy. "Yes, the woman who is alone will have more children than the woman with a husband."
Here's what the Lord meant >>> we are like children who were born because of God's promise, just like Isaac. By the grace of God we have freedom because Christ made us free. Grace has given us hope of being right with God through faith. Grace made us to serve each other with love.

Ephesians 3:7 "By God's special gift of grace, I became a servant to tell the good news. He gave me that grace by using his power.

The grace of God can save everyone. The grace teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. It teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way - a way that shows true devotion to God.

Hebrews 7:18-19, "The old rule is now ended because it was weak and worthless.

19:" The law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with that hope we can come near God."

verse 28 says, "the law chooses high priest who are men and have the same weakness that all people have. But after the law, God spoke the oath that made his son high priest. And that son, made perfect through suffering, will serve forever."

As a new agreement of grace God says, "He will put his laws in our minds, and he will write his laws in our hearts. He promised to be our God, and we will be his people."

Hebrews 8:13, "God called this new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and useless is ready to disappear."

Stay Blessed!

- Pastor Hunadi Lebudi