Believe Right!

Believers, see Galatians 4: 21 "Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. 23 But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise. 24 This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar. 25 Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother. ... 28 And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also." See the New Living Translation of verses 28-29: “And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac.

The above Bible verse is very crucial to our believing in Jesus Christ. Please don't pay any attention to those who describe it as a “contradiction" in God's word. The entire Bible is like a perfect embroidery with no loose ends, all the books interconnected, making sense and giving life as a whole to all who believe and only through God’s Wisdom for all who believe - Grace Himself: Jesus Christ. Just a quick background before we address God's reference to Isaac as Abraham's only son in Genesis 22:2. Remember those two disciples (Cleopas and his companion) on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24? They were sad because they felt all hope was lost since Jesus had been crucified. They did not recognize the Lord Jesus as the one who walked with them on the way. Here's what Christ did as they went: " 27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures." That same evening

The Church as our Hospital. Christ (Grace-personified) as our Doctor. God's gift of Righteousness to us in Christ- our "birthright" and victory over every "illness," including bitterness, trouble, defilement, sexual immorality and profanity. Believers, see Mark 2:13-17: 13 “Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him.14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him. 15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?” 17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Heal