Galatians 5

TRUE FREEDOM:

Galatians 5:1a 

1.    Standfast: Holding your ground.

a.    Galatians 5:1b

b.    Galatians 5:2-4 

c.     Legalism produces the physical appearance without the inward change needed to become Christlike.

d.    The result of legalism causes a person to only try to please others, which will lead to judging others and end up living to self instead of living unto Jesus.

Galatians 5:5-6

2.    Our hope is based on faith in Christ alone.

Galatians 5:7-10 

3.    What will cause you to be disobedient?

a.    Legalism is not a divine teaching.

b.    There is a natural tendency of leaven—affect the whole. 

Galatians 5:11-13 

4.    The offense of the cross leads one to freedom.

a.    Romans 6:15-18

b.    Your trip following Jesus will be detoured if sin tries to tag along.

c.     The standard for the believer is the life of the Lord Jesus.

Galatians 5:14-15 

5.    Paul states the fulfillment of the law is based on love. 

a.    Matthew 22:36-40 

b.    When we try to live by the law instead of allowing grace to fill our lives, we will inevitably find ourselves in conflict with others. 

c.     Where grace is absent, strife is never far behind.

d.    This is when unity is threatened and freedom of the Spirit is quenched.  

e.    Law produces condemnation; grace produces transformation.

f.      Galatians 5:1