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Freedom is important to us.
Earlier this month, we celebrated our nation’s birthday.
4th of July.
243 years ago we declared our independence from England.
4th of July, 1776.
It’s a day of freedom.
We celebrate liberty.
We celebrate a nation that is governed by the people, for the people.
That period of time inspired a patriotic love of freedom.
Think of the slogans from that time, they were dripping with independence.
“Give me liberty or give me death.”
“Don’t tread on me.”
"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"Don't Tread On Me
But freedom is not just an American ideal.
It’s something that we have in Christ.
We’ve been going through Galatians.
The theme of Galatians is Freedom.
They were a church that was abandoning the freedom they had in Christ and were embracing legalism and works righteousness.
This prompts Paul to write a letter to the Galatian church.
The first few chapters he was stating his case.
Reminding them that there is only one Gospel.
Explaining his own fight against legalism.
How he fears no man when it comes to the Gospel.
He was even willing to confront leaders of the church, to their faces, in order to declare the Gospel in all its glorious freedom.
Chapter 3 was a study of Abraham and his own faith.
Today we find ourselves in .
Perhaps the clearest chapter in his fight against legalism.
Let’s look at .
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This letter has a sense of urgency behind it.
If it were being mailed today, it would be overnighted.
It would be urgent.
He will compare and contrast the two.
It would be sent by express mail.
Climaxing to the of the chapter when he talks about the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit.
The Galatian church had been flirting with legalism, and they are right on the edge of embracing it.
They are on the edge of making one of the worst decisions they could ever make.
Imagine a pregnant woman who has decided she will have an abortion.
She has decided that tomorrow she is going to drive down to an abortion clinic and terminate her pregnancy and the life within her.
You know that the baby within her womb is a human being.
The decision has been made, it’s going to happen tomorrow.
Knowing that time is of the essence, you make it a point to talk to her as soon as you get home.
Doing all that you can to spare the child’s life, and the woman of a terrible sin.
But you have to act fast.
Paul is doing this to the Galatian church.
The Galatian church, is composed of Gentiles.
And they’ve been persuaded that they need to be circumcised in order to be made right with God.
Paul quickly writes one of his bluntest and clearest letters, the letter to the Galatians.
Though, normally, he dictate his letter to someone, who would then put his words to paper - there isn’t time for that.
He quickly writes this epistle to a church on the verge of adopting another Gospel.
He hopes that it gets there in time.
Just as you would quickly reason with a woman not to get an abortion.
Paul is reasoning with the Galatians not to embrace legalism.
As we approach the 5th chapter, Paul explains The Disadvantage of the Flesh.
This letter has a sense of urgency behind it.
If it were being mailed today, it would be overnighted.
It would be urgent.
It would be sent by express mail.
The Galatian church had been flirting with legalism, and they are right on the edge of embracing it.
They are on the edge of making one of the worst decisions they could ever make.
Imagine a pregnant woman who has decided she will have an abortion.
She has decided that tomorrow she is going to drive down to an abortion clinic and terminate her pregnancy and the life within her.
You know that the baby within her womb is a human being.
The decision has been made, it’s going to happen tomorrow.
Knowing that time is of the essence, you make it a point to talk to her as soon as you get home.
Doing all that you can to spare the child’s life, and the woman of a terrible sin.
You explain the harm that this procedure will do.
You list the disadvantages of what she is proposing.
It will end a child’s life.
It will be a violation of the 6th commandment.
You persuade.
You list the disadvantages
Paul is doing this to the Galatian church.
The Galatian church, is composed of Gentiles.
And they’ve been persuaded that they need to be circumcised in order to be made right with God.
That is completely contrary to the Gospel.
Instead of embracing Christ - it’s embracing the flesh, a work.
The decision is made, they are about to leave the freedom of Christ.
The clock is ticking.
Paul quickly writes one of his bluntest and clearest letters, the letter to the Galatians.
Though, normally, he would dictate his letter and have someone else put his words to paper, there isn’t time for that.
He quickly writes this epistle to a church on the verge of adopting another Gospel.
Will it make it there in time?
There is still hope.
If they can read this letter before doing anything drastic, then God be praised.
Verse 2 says, “Look, I Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision ...”
It hasn’t happened yet.
He needs to act quickly.
Let’s understand the context of circumcision to understand that what they were doing was more than just a minor surgery.
It was something that was commanded in the Old Testament.
All Israeli males were commanded to be circumcised.
What was it?
It was the cutting away of the foreskin on a man.
Though literally, it was a cutting away, it was actually a picture of something different.
All mankind is born with a sinful nature.
Man has a natural tendency, leaning, drive to sin.
The Bible doesn’t describe us as naturally good, but as naturally wicked and separated from God.
The Bible would say the reason is that we have a heart problem.
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