1 Paul said: A child who will get the home is like a worker for now. He is not free yet. ⏳ 2 The child must obey helpers and a teacher until Dad says, “Now.” ️ 3 We were like kids too. Old rules held us like a chain. ⛓️ 4 When the time was just right, God sent His Son, Jesus. He was born as a baby. ⏰✝️ 5 Jesus came to set us free and make us God’s kids. Jesus is God’s Son. Jesus loves us. ️❤️ 6 God sent God’s Holy Spirit into your hearts. We cry, “Abba, Father!” ️️ 7 You are not a slave now. You are God’s child. You will get His good gifts. 8 Before, you did not know God. You served things that were not God. 9 Now you know God, and God knows you. Why go back to small, weak rules? ❌ 10 You watch special days and months and times and years like they can save you. ️⛔ 11 I am afraid my work for you may be for nothing. 12 Friends, be like me. I was like you. You did not hurt me. 13 You know I was sick when I came. I told you the good news then. ️ 14 You did not make fun of me. You were kind. You welcomed me like an angel, like I was with Jesus. 15 Where is your joy now? Back then you would give me your eyes if you could. 16 Am I your enemy now because I tell you the truth? 17 Those people are nice to you, but not to help you. They want to pull you away. They want you to like them most. 18 It is good to be excited for a good thing, not just when I am there. 19 My little ones, I hurt like a mom having a baby, until Jesus grows in you. 20 I wish I was there with you now. I would talk soft. I do not know what to do. 21 You who want the old rules, listen to what the Book says. 22 Long ago, a man named Abraham had two sons. One mom was a helper. One mom was free. 23 The helper mom had a boy in the normal way. The free mom had a boy because God made a promise. ✨ 24 This is like a picture: the helper mom shows a life with hard rules that makes people not free. ⛓️ 25 That rule life makes many kids not free. They feel stuck. ⛓️ 26 But the free mom is like a picture of God’s home above. She is free. We are her kids. ️⬆️ 27 The Book says, “Be glad, mom with no kids. You will have many kids.” 28 Family, you are like Isaac. You are kids of God’s promise. 29 Back then, the helper mom’s boy was mean to the free mom’s boy. Now it is like that too. ➡️ 30 The Book says, “Send the helper mom and her boy away. The free mom’s boy gets the gift.” 31 So, family, we are not kids of the helper. We are kids of the free mom. We are free in Jesus. ️❤️