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Another Freedom
We live in a Country where we are called free, but what about if we need more?
(Insert picture of Franklin D Roosevelt here)
ON Jan 6, 1941 at the end of a speech to Congress FDR shared his vision of the kind of country, kind of world he wanted to see after the war was over.
He elaborated on 4 freedoms
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Worship
Freedom from Want
And Freedom from fear
Man needs another freedom, one they cannot get themselves.
Freedom from himself and the tyranny of our sinful nature.
Legalists believe more rules, regulations, legislation will solve the problem, but in reality no legislation can change man’s sinful nature.
It’s not the law on the outside that changes things
it’s the love on the inside that changes things.
It’s not the power of the people that changes things it is the power of God, the Holy Spirit that changes things.
Galatians is filled with the Spirit and we need to remember we are too when we received the Spirit when we received Christ and our sins were forgiven.
We are born after the Spirit
Gal4:29
It is the Spirit that assures us of our salvation
It is the Holy Spirit that empowers and enables us to live for Christ.
He is the divine Person God gives to us.
Think of it this way
“What God the Father planned for you, and God the Son purchased for you on the cross, God the Spirit personalizes for you an and applies to your life as you yield to Him.” - W. Wiersbe
Before we were born again of water and Spirit (Jn3:5) we were ruled by sin, even if we don’t want to admit it.
Sin ruins relationships.
Sin kills joy.
sin wipes out and destroy’s families.
Praise be to God we were called from that and that is not who we are anymore when we surrender
This liberty, this freedom we are called from is not liberty to sin, but liberty from sin.
Our liberty, just as there is a cost for it in our country by the blood and death of many who sacrificed for us to have it.
Our liberty in Christ has a cost, it was the cost of Christ on the Cross and the cost of your surrender to Him for salvation and daily for sanctification.
Remember Paul is writing to Christians and the words through this section maybe hard to hear they are necessary for the Christian to know and to know they are not alone for We have Freedom: To walk in the Spirit.
I. Our Christian Freedom
We can be people of extremes can’t we.
Liberty, freedom = Licence to do whatever
Liberty, freedom = Legalism, rules, regulations for everything
True Christian liberty is not licence or legalism it is love!
True Christian freedom
Free man, no longer slave to sin - (Rom6:6 paraphrase) - the body of sin has been done away with and we are no longer slaves to sin.
Free man, free from the guilt of sin - expand on this, Sins forgiven, no more guilt
Free man, free from penalty of sin - expand on this, Jesus took on the penalty for us on the Cross
Free man, free from penalty of sin
And because of the Spirit, free from the power of sin!
Jesus purchased our freedom on the Cross, we received our freedom when were buried in Christ in baptism.
The truth has made us free!
This verse here today before is important we don’t want the freedom He purchased to become licence for the flesh since the flesh was done away with.
Not only do we need to lay claim of our freedom and walk in our freedom, we need to walk responsibly.
We are called by the grace, called into liberty, called for a purpose and we cannot lose focus of our purpose or we could loose our purpose and our liberty
So how do we do it, we look at the verse again and it tells us
LOVE , SERVE ONE ANOTHER
Something to think about forms for government
Monarch - governed by one
Oligarchy - governed by a few
Aristocracy - governed by the elite
Plutocracy - governed by the wealthy
Democracy - governed by the people
Christianity is the only true democracy because a Christian living as a Christian would think of his neighbor just as much as he does himself.
So how about we promote Christianity?
Not losing the focus of love here, when we take grasp of the freedom we have, having been set free from the bondage of sin and the flesh, we know that our faith speaks of our love.
Faith working in love.
Let me expand on our freedom just a bit.
We are set free from the law (1:1-5, 12)
We are free so not to turn back to flesh, but free from the flesh (5:14-21)
Freedom will result in change in your life when applied (5:22-6:18)
When we focus on the “thou shall” and not the “shall not’s” Then we will see the love that set’s man free and keeps man free in the grace of God.
Where the law builds fences, love builds bridges! - new ways for us to serve an love one another because we do not want to devour one another (v.15)
Devouring was a problem that was going on with the Galatians, one was for grace and the law, others for grace alone and they were devouring one another instead of coming together in love.
Legalism today can tear down vs. build up.
So how do we avoid legalism today?
love
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love, but more will follow on this verse next week.
but the point is love.
The Holy Spirit works in the people of God through the Word of God to accomplish the will of God for the glory of God.
But Paul challenges us to walk by the Spirit.
II.
Walking by the Spirit, overcomes the flesh
First let’s look at the conflict.
Gal5:16-
The Spirit and the flesh do not get along, maybe like you and a sibling when you were growing up; or maybe like Isaac and Ismael.
If the Holy Spirit controls the body, then we walk in the Spirit, but if the flesh controls the body then we walk in the lusts (desires) for the flesh.
They have different appetites, so what are you going to feed?
In this battle, we need the power of the Spirit, not legalism that says deal with the flesh by doing this or that, but by surrender to the Spirit and the power of God to work in and through the battle.
So as Paul says, walk in the Spirit.
If sin is preoccupying your thoughts; walk in the Spirit
If the lusts of this world are taking your thoughts; walk in the Spirit
The simplest way to walk in the Spirit is to know and embrace the goodness of God.
Let His Spirit lead you if it be in a practical expression of love, or a word of prayer for someone, maybe an encouragement to offer to someone or and act of mercy.
We cannot overcome the flesh by our own power, we need God’s power, God’s Spirit to do it.
Oh the spirit maybe willing to fight to overcome, but the flesh is weak (i.e.
Mt26:41)
Paul in speaks of this fight too.
He ackowledges the issue
Rom7:
Paul knows it is the old nature, the sinful nature, the flesh that is warring
But there was hope for Paul, and there is hope for the Galatians and for us too.
The law of God is: LOVE
Love that was poured out
There it is again, the Spirit, the heart of God given to us in our hearts so we can walk in the Spirit.
Now the flesh is not opposed to acts of kindness, but when it comes to the lifestyle of God through Christ, we need the Spirit.
So we see the conflict, but now what about the conquest?
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