Hagar and Sarah
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Would you choose to be a slave even after you've been set free? That's what Christians are doing whenever they turn to the law to earn God's favor. From his sermon series in Galatians, today R.C. Sproul reminds us why only the gospel can give us freedom from guilt.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | In the book of Galatians, false teachers were trying to convince the people to return to God's law to earn God's favor. |
| 0:08.3 | So they said, okay, we'll go back to the law. |
| 0:12.5 | And Paul was saying, are you crazy? |
| 0:15.1 | Do you hear what the law says? |
| 0:17.5 | Do you want to be the child of slavery or the child of promise? |
| 0:29.0 | That was almost 2,000 years ago, |
| 0:32.0 | but what the Apostle Paul was pleading with the Galatians to rediscover |
| 0:35.5 | is just as important for us today. |
| 0:39.3 | Thanks for being with us for renewing your mind, and in this final sermon from R.C. Sprawl, |
| 0:44.3 | in this series in Galatians chapter 4, you'll see that the answer always was and always is the gospel. |
| 0:52.3 | As this is the final message in the series, it means it's also your final opportunity to add |
| 0:58.6 | Dr. Sproul's commentary, not just on Chapter 4, but on the entirety of Galatians, to your |
| 1:04.1 | library. |
| 1:05.4 | This single-volume hardcover commentary can be yours when you request a copy when you donate |
| 1:10.8 | before midnight tonight |
| 1:12.0 | at Renewing Your Mind.org. Well, here's Dr. Spraw. Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, |
| 1:23.9 | do you not listen to the law? |
| 1:27.7 | For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. |
| 1:35.6 | But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman |
| 1:41.1 | was born through promise. Now this may be interpreted allegorically. |
| 1:47.0 | These women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery. She is Hagar. |
| 1:58.0 | Now, Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. |
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