Scripture: Galatians 4:25-26
Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the other woman corresponds to the Jerusalem above; she is free, and she is our mother.
Thought for the Day: As we talked about in an earlier devotional, Paul speaks of how this is all an allegory, a story that points beyond itself. For Paul, there are two Jerusalems. The first is the earthly city where the Jerusalem Christians currently exist. This is the community with whom Paul often finds himself in conflict. There is another Jerusalem, often referred to as the City on the Hill. This is the ideal community that Christians are to use as their model for living. This is the place where people live in the grace and freedom of God, and demonstrate love and mercy toward others. If we have any desire of changing the old Jerusalem, we must continually strive to embody the vision of new Jerusalem as we walk the streets of the old.
Prayer: Holy God, may I continue to be inspired by your visions of what could be. Amen.
SUNDAY’S SERMON
Ephesians 4:22-25
A Covenant Connected
Kind of Community
