The Life of Freedom (10 of 10)
Series: No Other Gospel
Will McGee
Galatians 5:1,13
INTRODUCTION
[1] For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
-This verse is the lynchpin that holds the book of Galatians together.
- Along with v. 13 ''You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge the flesh, but through love serve one another.''
Today, we come to the end of our study through the Book/Letter of Galatians.
- The question that this letter has posed for us every week... Over and over again... Is this:
- What does it mean to be truly free? What does it mean to be free?
Paul wrote this letter to a group of Christians in a region called Galatia... Whose spiritual freedom was being hijacked from them by a group of religious leaders.
I've repeated this nearly every week, but it bears repeating again... because if we don't understand the context of this letter... And why Paul wrote it... We will miss his purpose altogether.
- Paul had started churches in this area a couple of years prior.
- Preached that salvation, reconciliation to God, acceptance before God had come through Jesus. If you believe in faith that Jesus is God, then you will be forgiven of your sins... Declared not guilty... And welcomed into the family of God.
-Many people believed this and joined the church.
- Then Paul established leaders... and left to go start churches in another region.
- New Religious leaders came in and said, ''What Paul told you is true, Jesus is the son of God. But something more is need in addition to really be the people of God.''
- Be circumcised. Follow the food laws.
- This is deeply upsetting to Paul. You can hear it in the tone of his letter. Much more urgent and (in some - ays angrier) than his other letters.
- I'm shocked you are believing another Gospel (not that there is one)
- The word Gospel means ''Good news.'' The ...
Series: No Other Gospel
Will McGee
Galatians 5:1,13
INTRODUCTION
[1] For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
-This verse is the lynchpin that holds the book of Galatians together.
- Along with v. 13 ''You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge the flesh, but through love serve one another.''
Today, we come to the end of our study through the Book/Letter of Galatians.
- The question that this letter has posed for us every week... Over and over again... Is this:
- What does it mean to be truly free? What does it mean to be free?
Paul wrote this letter to a group of Christians in a region called Galatia... Whose spiritual freedom was being hijacked from them by a group of religious leaders.
I've repeated this nearly every week, but it bears repeating again... because if we don't understand the context of this letter... And why Paul wrote it... We will miss his purpose altogether.
- Paul had started churches in this area a couple of years prior.
- Preached that salvation, reconciliation to God, acceptance before God had come through Jesus. If you believe in faith that Jesus is God, then you will be forgiven of your sins... Declared not guilty... And welcomed into the family of God.
-Many people believed this and joined the church.
- Then Paul established leaders... and left to go start churches in another region.
- New Religious leaders came in and said, ''What Paul told you is true, Jesus is the son of God. But something more is need in addition to really be the people of God.''
- Be circumcised. Follow the food laws.
- This is deeply upsetting to Paul. You can hear it in the tone of his letter. Much more urgent and (in some - ays angrier) than his other letters.
- I'm shocked you are believing another Gospel (not that there is one)
- The word Gospel means ''Good news.'' The ...
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