Galatians 4:28
28 Now [de] we [hemeis], brethren [adelphos], as [kata] Isaac [Isaak] was [kata], are [esmen] the children [teknon] of promise [epaggelia]. KJV-Interlinear
28 And you brethren, like Isaac,
are children of promise. NASB
And before anyone gets the wrong idea, being barren
as a woman, is not the source of blessing, neither is having children coming
out of your ears.
Both Abraham and Sarah had passed the time of
having children. Both were lacking in
that regard, but God sent them a promise, which promise referred to a child
that would not be born for many, many centuries, but that child would come
through them.
Naturally that meant that they had to have a child
in order to be a part of that future line which was to go through them.
So, out of death, sexually speaking, God gave life,
or the renewed function of procreation.
This is something that humanity cannot accomplish on his own.
A child, Isaac, was born as a result of a promise,
not out of the parents plans, for they had already given up when life seemed to
have passed them by as far as children go.
Both believed, and out of that faith, came Isaac.
Consequently, when every person believes in Christ,
they (we) too become offspring of a promise that was given long ago.
It is not the children of the flesh that are the
promise, but the children of faith which comes out of that promise.
Abraham and Sarah believed. We all believe in Christ. And that is the sum total of the spiritual
life, whether it be salvation or spiritual growth.
Human works and/or human good, are concepts that are
rejected within Gods plan.
We all approach God, through Christ, without
portfolio. We bring with us nothing to
Gods plan.
To attempt to earn, or even presume that you
deserve something from God, is an entitlement concept of this world, which is
totally false and deceiving.
