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Turning the corner, Paul moves toward practical application of his message of liberty
Stand Fast, Galatians 5:1-6
Legalism is hard labor (“yoke”), 1
Legalism is unprofitable labor, 2
Legalism is exhausting labor, 3-4
you have to keep the whole law, 3
you are estranged from Christ, 4 (“estrange” = to reduce to inactivity.
You don’t lose your salvation just any relational expression or benefit of it)
Legalism is frustrating labor, 5-6
The spirit says wait eagerly, not work doggedly, 5
Reality says faith matters, not law, 6
Run Well, Galatians 5:7-10
What hinders you? 7-9
not the Spirit, 7
leaven = the world around you and within you, 8
What helps you? 10
The confidence of others
The person/position of the Lord
The consistency of reason
The judgement of digression (both active judgement and passive consequence)
The irrelevance of legalists personally (History does not remember who they were)
Listen Carefully, Galatians 5:11-12
An implied assertion, 11
Some were trying to say Paul agreed with their legalism
But if Paul agreed, whey was he being persecuted?
An asserted implication, 12
get circumcised, get mutilated (physically)
get out of the church altogether (spiritually)
Love Others, Galatians 5:13-15
You are invited to liberty
liberty does not equal license
liberty does equal opportunity
opportunity to love others (rather than judge them)
opportunity to serve others (rather than serving the law)
opportunity to actually fulfill the spirit of the law
opportunity to be whole rather than being wholly devoured
Conclusion
Legalism binds us to a life of judging ourselves and others that is doomed to always fall short of the legal requirements of the law.
Liberty frees us to actually live a better life and fulfill the spirit of the law.
“Your doctrine of grace and liberty is dangerous!”
Paul’s enemies argued.
“Why, if Christians are free from the Law, they will live wicked lives!
We need the Law to control them!”
So people have argued down through the centuries, little realizing that grace, not law, is the greatest teacher and “controller” in the world (Titus 2:11–12).
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