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MAINTAINING YOUR FREEDOM IN CHRIST

INTRODUCTION:

PAUL WROTE THE BOOK OF GALATIANS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN HIS CHURCHES IN GALATIA WHO WERE BEING PRESSURED BY JEWISH CHRISTIANS.

PAUL REMINDED THE GALATIANS THAT JESUS WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW, AND AS SUCH,THEY WERE NOT BOUND BY OLD TESTAMENT LAWS.

HOW CAN WE MAINTAIN OUR FREEDOM IN CHRIST AND NOT BE GOVERN BY RULES AND REGULATIONS.

WE MUST STAND FAST IN OUR FREEDOM.

WE MUST WALK IN OUR FREEDOM.

WE MUST BE LED IN OUR FREEDOM.

A. STAND FAST IN OUR FREEDOM.

Galatians 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

THE WORD STAND FAST MEANS TO STAND FIRM, PERSEVERE, OR TO HOLD ONE’S GROUND.

WE NEED TO STAY FIRM IN OUR FAITH IN WHAT WE WAS TAUGHT THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD.

THE REASON IS SO THAT WE DON’T FALL TO THE TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM WHICH IS BASED ON FOLLOWING GOD’S LAWS. WHICH GOVERN DAILY LIFE.

JESUS FULFILLED THE LAW , SO THAT WE NOW LIVE UNDER GRACE.

THE LAW WAS NEVER MEANT TO FREE US, BUT TO POINT US TO GOD, BECAUSE THE LETTER KILLETH, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVETH LIFE.

OUR FREEDOM IS IN CHRIST, NOT IN RULES AND REGULATIONS.

THAT’S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR FREEDOM IN CHRIST.

2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

B. WALK IN OUR FREEDOM.

Galatians 5:16 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

IN ORDER FOR US TO WALK IN FREEDOM, WE NEED TO STAY IN LINE WITH THE SPIRIT.

THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN WE SUBMIT TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

WHEN WE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT , WE ARE WALKING IN GOD’S POWER TO OVERCOME ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE SELF LIFE.

WHAT HAPPEN WHEN WE WALK IN THE SPIRIT?

WE BECOME A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD.

BUT IF WE ARE NOT WALKING IN OUR FREEDOM, MEANING THE SPIRIT, WE ARE WALKING IN UNBELIEF, WHICH HAVE US DEPENDING ON OUR OWN STRENGTH.

WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO OVERCOME OUR FLESH WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Romans 6:12 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”

C. WE MUST BE LED IN OUR FREEDOM.

Galatians 5:18 “But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE LED OF THE SPIRIT?

IT MEANS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS MORE DOMINANCE IN YOUR LIFE THAN YOUR FLESH.

WHEN YOU BE LED OF THE SPIRIT , YOU ARE UNDER THE SPIRIT’S CONVICTIONS AND GUIDANCE.

WHEN YOU LED OF THE SPIRIT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS A PLACE IN YOUR HEART.

WHEN YOU LED OF THE SPIRIT YOUR LIFE WILL PROSPER AND FLOURISH.

THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLLOW AND ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD US, SO THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANYTHING OR ANYONE TO HINDER OUR WALK WITH CHRIST.

IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCING FREEDOM IN CHRIST, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY AND ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FREE YOU FROM YOURSELF.

Romans 6:14 “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”