Sermon Text: Galatians 5:1, 13-18 (EHV)
LSB 966
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not allow anyone to put the yoke of slavery on you again.
… 13 After all, brothers, you were called to freedom. Only do not use your freedom as a starting point for your sinful flesh. Rather, serve one another through love. 14 In fact, the whole law is summed up in this one statement: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
16 What I am saying is this: Walk by the spirit, and you will not carry out what the sinful flesh desires. 17 For the sinful flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit, and the spirit what is contrary to the sinful flesh. In fact, these two continually oppose one another, so that you do not continue to do these things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the control of the law.
Sermon Theme: True Freedom in Christ
- In the sermon text Paul lists two ways in which we can lose our freedom and
again be enslaved: - The first is through legalism –
- The second is through lawlessness –
- How has Christ set us free from both of these (and from sin, death, and even hell itself)?
- Through Christ we have true freedom. Freedom—true freedom—implies that you have a __________________!
- With the Holy Spirit’s help and power, how will you chose to use your freedom each day?