This morning I have been meditating on the implications of being a son of the free woman as opposed to being a son of the slave woman. In Galatians 4:30-31 the apostle Paul writes, “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. ‘so brothers we are not children of the slave, but of the free woman. “he reminds his readers that if they are in Christ, then they are sons of the free woman, and as sons of the free woman they will share in Christ’s inheritance. The same reality is true for those of us who are in Christ. So, we must live as those who will one day share forever in the eternal inheritance given to Christ. We are no longer children of the slave woman, because of Christ’s sacrifice we have been adopted as children of the free woman.
