GALATIANS 5:13
(Gal 5:13 KJV) "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."
- CALLED TO LIBERTY
- Freedom to serve God (Heb. 12:28)
- Freedom from Satan & Sin (Eph. 4:8, Rom. 6:16-18)
- Freedom from Death (Rom. 7:24-8:1, Rom. 6:23)
- CALLED BY THE GOSPEL (2 Thess. 2:14)
- The gospel must be preached (Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16, Rom. 1:16 1 Cor. 9:16)
- OCCASION TO THE FLESH
- They were fighting, wrangling and falling back into sin while still trying to serve God.
- Jn. 17:20-21, 1 Cor. 1:10, 1 Cor. 3:3-6,
- However unity must be based on Truth (2 Jn. 1:9-11)
- IN LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER
- That same love God had for us (Jn. 3:16) teaches us that we should love one another.
- Jn. 13:34, 15:12, 1 Pet. 1:22, 1 Jn. 4:10-12.
- Serve one another (Jn. 13, Matt. 23:10-11)