New Life Church Morning Worship, May 11, A.D. 2014
Sermon for Mother's Day
Galatians 4:21-31, "Who's Your Momma?"

Introduction: Our Richly Meaningful Relationship with God

I. The Accounts of Isaac and Ishmael Summarized: Genesis 16 and 21
A. "Which things are symbolic" – i.e. allegory, figure 

B. Two mothers and what they symbolize 

	1. Hagar/the Covenant of Sinai

	2. Sarah/the Covenant of the Jerusalem above

II. The "Judaizer" Heresy Explained

III. Seven Points of Comparison 
A. Bondage vs. Freedom

B. Justice only vs. mercy justly given

C. Perfect obedience vs. imputed righteousness

D. Tablets of stone vs. tablets of human hearts

E. By the flesh vs. by God's promise

F. Fallible mediator vs. infallible Mediator

G. The blood of beasts vs. the blood of the Lamb

Concluding Application: Rejoice, Cast Out, Expect