GALATIANS // Week 5 // Chapter 5:1-14 Pacific Church Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson
Galatians 5:1a NIV It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm...
1. The Fight for Freedom
Galatians 5:1a NIV It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm...
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 NIV 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 16:13 NIV Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
Philippians 1:27 NIV Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
Philippians 4:1 NIV 4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!
Galatians 5:1 NIV It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
1. The Fight for Freedom (this isn’t a fight to get it…it’s a fight to walk in it)
2. The Yoke of Freedom
Acts 15:10 NIV 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?
Matthew 11:29-30 NIV 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Galatians 5:13a 13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.
Galatians 5:13b But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
Freedom - Exemption or release from slavery or imprisonment; The state of being able to act without hindrance or restraint (Oxford English Dictionary)
1. The Fight for Freedom
2. The Yoke of Freedom
3. The Love of Freedom
Galatians 5:13b-14 But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
1 Peter 2:15-16 5 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
1. The Fight for Freedom
2. The Yoke of Freedom
3. The Love of Freedom