27 As Isaiah said, "Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband!" 28 And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac. 29 But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit. 30 But what do the Scriptures say about that? "Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman's son." 31 So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Holy Spirit inspire the Prophet Isaiah to write about the "childless" woman? (v.27)
2) Who are the children of promise and who is persecuting them? (v.28-29)
3) What does the Scripture say about the slave and her son? Why? (v.30-31)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Are you a child of the promise or a child of the law? How do you know?
LIFE LESSONS
5) The children of promise are those who have believed in Jesus Christ and have been born of God by His word and His Holy Spirit.
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