Sermon
Are You a Product of Performance or the Promise
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Speaker: Jonathan Pokluda
November 3, 2025 · 41 min
Summary
Paul uses Abraham's two sons—Ishmael (born of human effort) and Isaac (born of divine promise)—to contrast the slavery of performance-based religion with the freedom of grace. Believers are children of promise, not slaves earning God's favor through works; standing firm means trusting Christ's finished performance rather than attempting to control their standing through obedience.
Highlights
God does not love you because of your performance but because of His promise. You are a child of God not because of your performance but because of His promise.
Performers become slaves to control. People of the promise live free.
The second you add to grace, grace is gone. The second you add to grace, grace isn't there. It's not compatible. It's one or the other.