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The big theme of Galatians is Freedom.
And that theme brings with it some questions.
Please open your Bibles to .
Read .
Some might call them two extremes, but really I call them attacks.
This is strange interlude within Paul’s writing.
They are
It’s been a rough letter.
He hasn’t had a whole lot of nice words to say to the Galatians.
Paul has called the Galatians foolish.
He has said they were bewitched.
And last week, he reached the climax of his anger when he said, “I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!”
The big theme of Galatians is Freedom.
It’s freedom from the law.
Legalism is one.
It’s freedom from condemnation.
We have seen legalism throughout Galatians.
The
They’ve been hoodwinked by a false teaching that says they must obey the law.
We want to do whatever we want, however we want.
The Galatians have been hoodwinked into thinking that they must obey the Law in order to be in Christ.
It’s freedom in Christ.
And everything that comes with it.
And that theme brings with it some questions.
Church membership wasn’t seen by conversion, but by circumcision.
As we’ve worked our way through this letter, we’ve seen Paul remind the Galatians of their freedom.
He’s adamantly said that the Galatians are free.
They don’t have to adopt the Law, and they are to fight against legalism.
We are free in Christ.
But what does Christian freedom look like?
Church membership wasn’t seen in conversion, but by circumcision.
What does Christian freedom mean?
What makes legalism so terrible is that it takes our focus off of Christ, in fact it neuters Christ, and says that we are responsible for our salvation.
Legalism ultimately removes the death of Christ of any real power for the removal of sins and our righteousness.
Once you become a Christian you’ll have questions about your life.
There is repentance and you wonder what do with this freedom?
What can you do and what can’t you do.
The young Christian wonders what his new faith will look like in his life.
How will he change?
Some have heard Paul’s words and jump to an extreme freedom.
They hear there is freedom and they think that it is complete freedom.
Freedom to do whatever you want.
Freedom to live however you want.
Freedom to love whoever you want, however you want, whenever you want.
That’s really the language of our culture.
We live in a country that is free, and a culture that is free.
And we love our freedom.
Legalism says that what makes me pleasing in God’s sight is not Christ, but my works.
We want to do whatever we want, however we want, whenever we want.
The second attack upon Christian faith is antinomianism, which is a fancy word for meaning, “No law.”
And no one can tell me what to do.
This is could be called hyper grace.
Let’s look at how the Bible describes Christian freedom.
Please open your Bibles to .
It essentially says, that if Jesus died for my sins, and if I can’t lose my salvation, then I can do whatever I want.
Read .
Legalism and antinomianism are sometimes thought of as two extremes of grace -
One removes grace.
In this text we see 3 principles of Christian freedom.
The other radicalizes grace.
But in reality they are both on the same trajectory.
They aren’t extremes of good theology, they are two examples of a theology that is moving away from the cross.
Legalism takes our focus off of Christ, in fact it neuters Christ, and says that we are responsible for our salvation.
Legalism removes the death of Christ of any real power for the removal of sins and our righteousness.
Legalism says that what makes me pleasing in God’s sight is not Christ, but my works.
On the flip side, there is antinomianism, hyper grace, it takes away from Christ because it reduces sin to nothing.
Says God has no standard.
God doesn’t care about right and wrong.
In the end Jesus calls it lawlessness.
They are both dangerous.
The big theme of Galatians is freedom.
Paul has been talking about freedom from the law.
But now he is going to describe what our freedom looks like.
So we have 3 principles of Christian freedom.
The first principle is Christian Freedom is not permission to sin.
Paul says, “For you were called to freedom brothers.
Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh ...”
The Gospel is glorious.
Jesus paid for sin.
He hears that Jesus has died
When he was on the cross, my sins, your sins, the sins of all believers were transferred onto Jesus.
He was condemned in my place.
He died for all my past sins, all my current sins and all my future sins.
They are gone.
gives us a confidence, saying that there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
No condemnation.
No more punishment for sins, because they were already dealt with by Christ.
I may sin and I am free.
God is no longer angry at me.
I don’t need to offer Him a sacrifice.
I don’t need Jesus to come back and die for me, because His one death was enough for all of my sins.
There was a man named Bob.
Bob was up to his eyeballs in debt.
He applied for every credit card he was offered.
He had it all.
Lowes.
Kohls
Old Navy.
He had lots of fun and maxed out those cards at their stores.
The credit card debt was killing him.
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