The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 16 June 2026 – You Are Not A Slave But A Free Man
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TOPIC: You Are Not A Slave But A Free Man
READ: Galatians 4:21-31 (KJV)
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
THE MESSAGE:
Apostle Paul, in today’s passage focuses on the attitude of the Christians in Galatia who had encountered the true Gospel preached to them. Though, they were gentiles by nature, they were now believers in Christ Jesus. Paul noticed the sudden change in their attitude from the truth of the Gospel they had received earlier. They were beginning to leave the Gospel of Christ and gradually turning to another Gospel preached by false teachers who added some requirements of the Law of Moses to the Gospel, such as circumcision (Galatians 1:6-7).
Beloved, like the Galatians, you are advised to choose freedom by embracing the true Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Gospel of salvation. You can only obtain total freedom in Christ, not in the Law of Moses. Christ has fulfilled the Law in your place through the sacrifice He made on the cross for humanity (Romans 3:19-24). Therefore, accept Him today by confessing Him as your Lord and personal Saviour and believing in your heart that He died to set you free from the curse of sin and law. Then you will be free completely.
PRAYER: Dear Father, deliver me from every bondage of sin and set my life free totally. Amen.
