Standing Firm in Freedom
Standing Firm in Freedom
Galatians 5:2-12
Recap:
· No Other Gospel (Galatians 1:1-10)
· God Made Not Man Made (Galatians 1:11-2:10)
· The Wrong Compromise (Galatians 2:11-15)
· Living by Faith (Galatians 2:17-21)
· Faith Over Flesh (Galatians 3:1-14)
· Why Grace Still Reigns (Galatians 3:15-25)
· Living as Heirs in Christ (Galatians 3:26-4:7)
· Personal Plea (Galatians 4:8-20)
· Living in Freedom (Galatians 4:21-5:1)
o The Appeal to the Law (4:21)
o The Historical Allegory (4:22-23)
o Spiritual Interpretation (4:24-27)
o The Application to Believers (4:28-31)
o The Call to Freedom (Galatians 5:1)
Introduction:
· Galatians 5:2-12
· “So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.”
· Freedom. It is a word that stirs emotion, evokes history, and inspires action. We celebrate it in our nations, we long for it in our souls, and we fight for it in our lives. But the freedom Paul speaks of in Galatians is not political or social-it is spiritual. It is the kind of freedom that breaks chains no government can see, and lifts burdens no law can legislate.