Aug. 30, 2026

According to historical Jewish law, someone’s Jewish heritage is determined by your ______________ (explained).

Review on Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar’s story.

In the first 7 verses of Genesis 21 we are told ___ times how God did as ____ ______ ________. Trust in that truth.

V 8 Why were they celebrating Isaac's ____________? Perhaps due to infant ___________. If Isaac is 3, then Ishmael is ___ or ___

V 9 Mocking, It sounds like sibling rivalry . . . . . . From what Paul writes in Galatians 4:29, it may have been more like ___________.

Sarah went into full ________ __________ mode (YouTube, ‘Angry mom grabs son off street amid Baltimore riot 2015’).

V 10-11 Abraham was greatly _______________ . . . He loved Isaac and he loved Ishmael (see Genesis 17:18).

V 12-13 God steps in and takes __________ ___________.                       God tells Abraham He will bless Ishmael with many descendants.

V 14 Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael away into the desert . . . . with  basically a _______ ___________

It could be that God wanted things the way they happened in order to show He is the one Hagar and Ishmael could ________ ___

V 15-18 A play on words, “God heard the voice of ______ _________” . . . He reminds Hagar of His ______________ about her son (see Genesis 16).

God opened Hagar’s eyes to see His ______________, which had already been there.

Hagar needed to __ - ___________ something she had found out 16-17 years earlier: God sees, God hears, God cares and _______________.

If you are wondering where God’s provisions are, ask God to _____ your _________ (provisions not for our ________ but for our need).

Notice: Hagar still had to go and _____ the water herself.

God is the provider. He blesses ___________ (James 1:17, Matthew 5:45) . . . . but many don’t ________God for their blessings.

In Galatians 4:21-31, Paul contrasts the story of Hagar & Ishmael and Sarah & Isaac.

One Is born of the slave woman through human effort

(representing _______).

One is born of the free woman, born of the promise

(representing God’s _______).

Paul wants them to consider if they had been born into God’s family by human effort (works) or by God’s grace?

The question is, “Who’s your mama (spiritually)?”

------------------------- ANSWERS ---------------------------

MOTHER

3, HE HAD SAID

WEENING, MORTALITY, 16, 17

BULLYING/PERSECUTION

MOMMA BEAR

DISTRESSED

SARA'S "SIDE"

PICNIC LUNCH

DEPEND ON

"GOD HEARS", PROMISES

PROVISION

RE, LEARN, PROVIDES

OPEN, EYES, GREED

ACCESS/GET

EVERYONE, ACKNOWLEDGE/THANK

WORKS (HUMAN EFFORT)

GRACE (THE PROMISE)