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Series: Live Free
Craig Smith
Galatians 2:1-10
Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. Just so honored to have you joining us this weekend. We're in the midst of a series called Live Free which is about narrowing the gap between the freedom we expect and the freedom we experience as followers of Jesus.
Jesus himself said that if {I] set you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36) And in the book of Galatians, which is our guide for this series, the Apostle Paul says this: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. (Gal. 5:1). So, clearly, freedom is supposed to be the natural result of faith in Jesus...but...that's not always how it works out, is it? In reality, there's often a gap between our expectation and our experience of freedom.
Now, last week, Jeff talked about one of the things that tends to widen that gap, which is the people-pleasing syndrome. Today, we're going to talk about the opposite of the people- pleasing problem, which is the people-aren't-pleasing-me syndrome. That's where we spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the ways that other people aren't pleasing us. And that might not seem like it would lead impact our freedom all that much, but sometimes seemingly insignificant things can lead to significant bondage.
I broke a finger recently. It really wasn't a very bad break actually just one small fracture at the joint of my little finger. But to keep it immobilized I ended up with a brace that covered my entire forearm. This is a significant reduction in my freedom. But it was caused by a very small fracture... And the people-aren't-pleasing-me syndrome is very much like that. It's a small thing that can have a huge impact on our experience of freedom. And what I've come to understand, is that: Too many Christians spend too much time worrying about other Christians and too little time living on mission.
That's a trap that we have to avoid and the passage we're going to look at i ...
Series: Live Free
Craig Smith
Galatians 2:1-10
Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. Just so honored to have you joining us this weekend. We're in the midst of a series called Live Free which is about narrowing the gap between the freedom we expect and the freedom we experience as followers of Jesus.
Jesus himself said that if {I] set you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36) And in the book of Galatians, which is our guide for this series, the Apostle Paul says this: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. (Gal. 5:1). So, clearly, freedom is supposed to be the natural result of faith in Jesus...but...that's not always how it works out, is it? In reality, there's often a gap between our expectation and our experience of freedom.
Now, last week, Jeff talked about one of the things that tends to widen that gap, which is the people-pleasing syndrome. Today, we're going to talk about the opposite of the people- pleasing problem, which is the people-aren't-pleasing-me syndrome. That's where we spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the ways that other people aren't pleasing us. And that might not seem like it would lead impact our freedom all that much, but sometimes seemingly insignificant things can lead to significant bondage.
I broke a finger recently. It really wasn't a very bad break actually just one small fracture at the joint of my little finger. But to keep it immobilized I ended up with a brace that covered my entire forearm. This is a significant reduction in my freedom. But it was caused by a very small fracture... And the people-aren't-pleasing-me syndrome is very much like that. It's a small thing that can have a huge impact on our experience of freedom. And what I've come to understand, is that: Too many Christians spend too much time worrying about other Christians and too little time living on mission.
That's a trap that we have to avoid and the passage we're going to look at i ...
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