Blood & Fire
BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS TO LIFE
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GALATIANS 5:1-6 (NIV)
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GALATEN 5:1-6 (NBV21)
LET’S PRAY
WE ARE FREED TO LOVE
WE RESIST GRACE
WE CAN CHANGE
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FREEDOM
the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited (Cambridge Dictionary)
IS CHRISTIAN FREEDOM A FREE PASS?
SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNDER GRACE? BY NO MEANS!
Romans 6:15
ENSLAVED BY?
DISORDERED DESIRES
Titus 3:3
SIN
Romans 6:20
SPIRITUAL FORCES
Galatians 4:8
MAN-MADE RELIGION
Galatians 4:3
THREE WAYS TO LIVE
LICENSE
sin / antinomianism / secular freedom / irreligion
THE FREEDOM WE THINK OF WAS SLAVERY TO THE ANCIENTS.
THREE WAYS TO LIVE
LICENSE
sin / antinomianism / secular freedom / irreligion
LAW
moralism / legalism / religion
ASIDE: LAW, LAW AND LAW
THE MOSAIC LAW
THE 613 COMMANDMENTS
TO LIVE UNDER
THE MOSAIC COVENANT.
GOD’S MORAL LAW
LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS
THE OLD TESTAMENT
WE ARE NO LONGER BOUND BY ANY OBLIGATION TO OUR INTERNAL DESIRES OR EXTERNAL RULES.
THREE WAYS TO LIVE
LICENSE
sin / antinomianism / secular freedom / irreligion
LOVE
grace / by the Spirit / mercy
LAW
moralism / legalism / religion
FREED TO LOVE
THREE WAYS TO LIVE
LICENSE
sin / antinomianism / secular freedom / irreligion
LOVE
grace / by the Spirit / mercy
LAW
moralism / legalism / religion
FREED TO LOVE
WE ARE FREED TO LOVE
WE RESIST GRACE
WE CAN CHANGE
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GALATIANS 5:1-2�1 Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
WHY IS IT SO TEMPTING TO GO (BACK) TO THE LAW?
THE LAW DOESN’T WORK!
THE LAW CANNOT SAVE US BECAUSE OF OUR SINFUL NATURE.
Romans 8:3: For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.
THE LAW DOESN’T WORK!
THE LAW CANNOT SAVE US BECAUSE OF OUR SINFUL NATURE.
Romans 8:3: For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.
THE LAW IS UNABLE TO GIVE US NEW LIFE.
Galatians 3:21: For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
THE LAW DOESN’T WORK!
THE LAW CANNOT SAVE US BECAUSE OF OUR SINFUL NATURE.
Romans 8:3: For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.
SIN WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR MASTER UNDER THE LAW.
Romans 6:14: For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
THE LAW IS UNABLE TO GIVE US NEW LIFE.
Galatians 3:21: For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
WHILST YOU LIVE UNDER THE LAW, SIN WILL ALWAYS WIN.
WE ARE FREED TO LOVE
WE RESIST GRACE
WE CAN CHANGE
“EMANCIPATED”
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OUR FAITH OBJECT NEEDS TO CHANGE
THE LAW
THE BLOOD OF JESUS
& THE HOLY SPIRIT
OUR TRUST
FREED FROM JUDGEMENT
THE LAW ONLY MAKES US AWARE OF OUR SINFULNESS.
Romans 3:20: Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
THE LAW ALWAYS WANTS TO TAKE OVER.
THREE VOICES – L’S
VOICE OF LICENSE
VOICE OF LOVE
VOICE OF LAW
“It doesn’t really matter!”
“It is only a small thing.”
“No one cares.”
“You’re condemned!”
“You are the worst.”
“God has rejected you.”
“Where are you?”
“You are forgiven”
“Let’s try again.”
FREED FROM JUDGEMENT
THE LAW ONLY MAKES US AWARE OF OUR SINFULNESS.
Romans 3:20: Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
CONDEMNATION FOR A BELIEVER IS UNJUST.
Romans 8:1: there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
FREED FROM JUDGEMENT
THE LAW ONLY MAKES US AWARE OF OUR SINFULNESS.
Romans 3:20: Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO GOD’S JUDGEMENT.
1 Corinthians 4:3-4: I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
CONDEMNATION FOR A BELIEVER IS UNJUST.
Romans 8:1: there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
OUR JUDGEMENTALISM IS A REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL.
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