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My Song In The Night (Vital Doctrines)
我夜间的歌曲《重要教义-救恩》

My Song In The Night (Vital Doctrines)
我夜间的歌曲《重要教义-救恩》 
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Day 42

Text: Galatians 4: 25-26

MSITN VITAL DOCTRINES – SALVATION

“For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

Galatians 4:25-26

THE CITY OF JERUSALEM

1. The city of Jerusalem.

a. King David captured this city once controlled by Jebusites.
b. He made it the capital city of the kingdom of Israel.
c. Jerusalem also became the religious centre of the nation.

2. The Jerusalem in the days of the Lord Jesus.

a. The Lord Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem (Matthew 23:37).
Jerusalem had always persecuted God’s faithful servants.
b. The Temple had become a “den of thieves” (Luke 19:46).
c. He prophesied the doom of the city (Matthew 24:2).

3. Historical Jerusalem in Paul’s theology.

a. Paul linked Hagar with Jerusalem in his days.
b. Hagar was Mount Sinai in Arabia (geographically).
c. Jerusalem was in bondage:
i. To sins.
ii. To wicked religious leaders who were unenlightened.
iii. It continued to cause people to be in bondage by teaching the law.
d. Children of bondage:
i. All who subscribed to the law continue in bondage.
ii. They are the children of Hagar.
iii. They remain slaves to sin and the law.

4. The theological Jerusalem.

a. Paul wrote about a Jerusalem from above.
b. This is the heavenly Jerusalem.
c. This Jerusalem embraces the following:
i. Grace and mercy of God.
ii. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that brings justification.
iii. The adoption of sons.
iv. Jerusalem is the mother (like Sarah).
v. All her children are free!

我夜间的歌曲-重要教义-救恩
经文：加拉太书 4

“这夏甲二字是指着阿拉伯的西奈山，与现在的耶路撒冷同类，因耶路撒冷和她的儿女都是为奴的。 但那在上的耶路撒冷是自主的，她是我们的母。”

《加拉太书 4：25-26》

耶路撒冷城

1. 耶路撒冷城

a. 大卫王夺取这曾经被耶布斯人管制的城

b. 他把耶路撒冷立为以色列国的京城

c. 耶路撒冷也成为国家信仰的中心点

2. 主耶稣在世时的耶路撒冷

a. 主耶稣为耶路撒冷城而哭《马太福音 23:37》

耶路撒冷一向来都逼迫上帝忠心的仆人

b. 殿成了“贼窝” 《路加福音 19:46》

c. 祂预言城会被拆毁《马太福音 24:2》

3. 保罗神学里历史中的耶路撒冷

a. 保罗把他当时的耶路撒冷和夏甲连接起来

b. 夏甲比喻为阿拉伯的西奈山（地理位置）

c. 耶路撒冷被捆缚在：

i. 罪孽中

ii. 及恶毒又没受启发的宗教领导人

iii. 因为法律继续的被教导，人们继续的被捆缚着

d. 为奴之子

i. 守法律的人继续的被捆缚

ii. 他们是夏甲的儿女

iii. 他们仍然是罪恶和法律的奴

4. 神学性的耶路撒冷

a. 保罗写的是天上的耶路撒冷

b. 这是天国中的耶路撒冷

c. 这耶路撒冷包含着以下的：

i. 上帝的恩典与怜悯

ii. 在主耶稣里的信而被称义

iii. 让我们得到儿子的名分

iv. 耶路撒冷为母（就像撒拉）

v. 她的儿女都是自主的！