Staying Free (Going Places, PT 3)
Read Galatians 5:1-15 (NKJV)
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is. And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off! For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
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Paul is insisting his friends not go back under the yoke of slavery they once were held captive by. We broke those yokes last week. Let’s not put them back on!
The Israelites understood and were familiar with slavery. The Babylonian captivity and their time in Egypt had taught them well. Paul is saying, “Why would you want to go back to that?”
We are slaves to sin apart from Christ
If you don’t understand this you won’t have need of a Savior.
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Don’t go back and take that yoke of slavery on you again!
Walk FREE today! Whether it’s a sin issue, a religious spirit or a political spirit – we are called to walk free and demonstrate freedom to a waiting world.
But we don’t just waste that freedom on ourselves – we lead others into it by demonstrating what it looks like, by loving and serving others and leading THEM into that same freedom.
We have a big calling! A huge mission. We’ve got to do this for this next generation. We’ve got to build a higher platform for them to launch from. If we don’t do it it won’t get done!
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