The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Let me encourage you to turn back to the book of Galatians and chapter four.

And going to give you a kind of warning upfront that your powers of concentration may be

tested today because of the uniqueness of this passage.

It is sanctified genius that is behind this in the case of the Apostle Paul and even beyond

that supernatural in the case of the Holy Spirit who also is behind every word.

It is a remarkable, unforgettable, powerful, forceful passage and yet one that is rarely

if ever addressed.

Here in chapter four of Galatians and we're looking at verse 21 down through chapter

five, verse one, where this section ends.

So let me read it to you again.

Tell me you who want to be under law.

Do you not listen to the law?

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bond woman and one by the free

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