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An Urgent Command to hold our ground
Paul is urging us to not only fully comprehend our liberty but to hold on to it like precious cargo.
Standing fast carries with it the idea of being firmly fixed and unmoveable like an Army that has taken territory and will stop at noting to defend and maintain its ground.
If we give up this ground in any way we will become in a sense “prisoners of war” that are entangled with a yoke that will choke their freedom and with it their ability to produce righteous fruit!
An Unavoidable Consequence of Legalism
A Debtor to the whole law -
What does Paul mean “if ye be circumcised”?
- He is talking about the act of obtaining acceptance by God on the basis of works.
We must remember that these Galatians were already saved.
Paul refers to them as “brethren” and it is obvious from his writing that he had been welcomed by them and had recieved the message of the gospel that he was preaching.
The issue at hand touches on the idea of justification but is primarily dealing with sanctification (growth after salvation).
An Unmistakable Contrast of Faith vs Works
Living in the sphere of the Law
No, to be “fallen from grace” does not mean to lose salvation.
Rather, it means “fallen out of the sphere of God’s grace.”
You cannot mix grace and Law.
If you decide to live in the sphere of Law, then you cannot live in the sphere of grace.
The believers in Galatia had been bewitched by the false teachers (Gal.
3:1) and thus were disobeying the truth.
They had removed toward another gospel (Gal.
1:6–9), and had turned back to the elementary things of the old religion (Gal.
4:9).
As a result, they had become entangled with the yoke of bondage, and this led to their present position: “fallen from grace.”
And the tragedy of this fall is that they had robbed themselves of all the good things Jesus Christ could do for them.
Living in the sphere of grace
In contrast to working in the flesh to produce works acceptable to God we are to “wait” with patient expectation through the Spirit for God to produce righteousness in us.
And once again Paul emphasizes that this is through “faith”!
Instant Results vs Patient Waiting
It is natural to desire instant results since we live in a culture that caters to this by providing many means to satisfy our desires “right now”.
But spiritual fruit is produced over time it is not grown in an instant.
Legalism promises instant results by quickly adhering to a list of do’s and don’ts and offers a sense of pride and accomplishment for getting up to speed quickly.
But here Paul is calling for patience as we “wait”.
Waiting for his return
One day we will be like our Savior when we receive a glorified body and we with patience wait for and look forward to that day.
Waiting for his righteousness
As we look forward to the day when we will see Christ and finally be “like him” there is a process of growth that we get to experience along the way.
The process is intended to make us more like Jesus.
Salvation was the beginning but it does not stop there.
We will ever be growing and growth in the Christian life is often slow and requires patience.
An Undeniable call to Liberty
A word of caution
A word of completion
A word of compassion
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