Free
Through 8/2/2010
8:00, 9:30 and 11:00am
This morning we are starting a new sermon series called “Free.” It is an expositional study on the book of Galatians. This book is most fitting considering that we just finished our study “Live the 10.” As we were going through our study on the Ten Commandments, we saw how God gave his moral law to Moses and how we are still to live out those laws every day. The difference for us today is that we live these laws because of our freedom in Christ. Jesus did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill the law. He fulfilled the law because He obeyed it perfectly. Jesus was and is the only person to live out the law perfectly. We now live our lives by faith in Jesus and in the power of the Holy Spirit. Galatians was written to remedy a desperate situation; to call early Christians back from the Mosaic Law to grace, from legalism to faith. It is an emphatic statement of salvation by faith apart from works and is as relevant today as when it was originally penned. Galatians has been called the “Magna Charta of Christian Liberty.” The theme of Galatians is that true freedom comes only through Jesus Christ. In this study we will learn that this freedom comes on two fronts. The first front is salvation, through which Christ sets a person free from bondage to sin and the law. The law does not save! The second front is that of sanctification, the freedom Christ gives His children to live out lives of faithfulness and genuine righteousness. It is the freedom in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit that allows us to live out a life of faith. If you are looking for that kind of freedom, it is only found in Christ. I pray this summer you will be liberated and find freedom in Christ.
