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What It Means To Be Free

Sermon Text: Galatians 5:13-15

Theme: The call to salvation frees the Church to fulfill the obligation to love their neighbor as themselves while resisting their flesh’s self-destructive desires. 

Structure/points:   Paul has spent much of Galatians explaining that Christians are under grace, not law.  They are free, not condemned.  But suppose someone hears this and says, “If we are free of the law, that means that we are free to do as we want.  If Jesus has taken the curse away, there’s no consequence to what we do now.”  What sort of freedom do we have in Jesus?  What are we free from?  What are we free to do?  As Paul continues to apply the gospel to the Galatians, he will show them what Christian freedom is for. 

  1. The purpose of Christian liberty
  2. The fulfillment of the law
  3. The warning against destroying each other