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MATTHEW 11:28-30 (MSG)“ARE YOU TIRED? WORN OUT? BURNED OUT ON RELIGION? COME TO ME. GET AWAY WITH ME AND YOU’LL RECOVER YOUR LIFE. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO TAKE A REAL REST. WALK WITH ME AND WORK WITH ME—WATCH HOW I DO IT. LEARN THE UNFORCED RHYTHMS OF GRACE. I WON’T LAY ANYTHING HEAVY OR ILL-FITTING ON YOU. KEEP COMPANY WITH ME AND YOU’LL LEARN TO LIVE FREELY AND LIGHTLY.”

LIGHT & FREE

GALATIANS 5:1 (NIV)IT IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. STAND FIRM, THEN, AND DO NOT LET YOURSELVES BE BURDENED AGAIN BY A YOKE OF SLAVERY.

THEPOSITION

OF FREEDOM

HEBREWS 2:17 (NIV)17 FOR THIS REASON HE HAD TO BE MADE LIKE THEM, FULLY HUMAN IN EVERY WAY, IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT BECOME A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN SERVICE TO GOD, AND THAT HE MIGHT MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE.

IN JESUS WE ARE

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THEPROBLEM

OF FREEDOM

GALATIANS 5:2-12 (NIV)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. 3 AGAIN I DECLARE TO EVERY MAN WHO LETS HIMSELF BE CIRCUMCISED THAT HE IS OBLIGATED TO OBEY THE WHOLE LAW. 4 YOU WHO ARE TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW HAVE BEEN ALIENATED FROM CHRIST; YOU HAVE FALLEN AWAY FROM GRACE. 5 FOR THROUGH THE SPIRIT WE EAGERLY AWAIT BY FAITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR WHICH WE HOPE.

GALATIANS 5:2-12 (NIV)6 FOR IN CHRIST JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION NOR UNCIRCUMCISION HAS ANY VALUE. THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS FAITH EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE. 7 YOU WERE RUNNING A GOOD RACE. WHO CUT IN ON YOU TO KEEP YOU FROM OBEYING THE TRUTH? 8 THAT KIND OF PERSUASION DOES NOT COME FROM THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU. 9 “A LITTLE YEAST WORKS THROUGH THE WHOLE BATCH OF DOUGH.”

GALATIANS 5:2-12 (NIV)10 I AM CONFIDENT IN THE LORD THAT YOU WILL TAKE NO OTHER VIEW. THE ONE WHO IS THROWING YOU INTO CONFUSION, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE, WILL HAVE TO PAY THE PENALTY. 11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IF I AM STILL PREACHING CIRCUMCISION, WHY AM I STILL BEING PERSECUTED? IN THAT CASE THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS HAS BEEN ABOLISHED. 12 AS FOR THOSE AGITATORS, I WISH THEY WOULD GO THE WHOLE WAY AND EMASCULATE THEMSELVES!

1 JOHN 4:16 (NLT)16 WE KNOW HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US, AND WE HAVE PUT OUR TRUST IN HIS LOVE.

THEPRACTICE

OF FREEDOM

GALATIANS 5:2-12 (NLT)13 FOR YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. BUT DON’T USE YOUR FREEDOM TO SATISFY YOUR SINFUL NATURE. INSTEAD, USE YOUR FREEDOM TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. 14 FOR THE WHOLE LAW CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THIS ONE COMMAND: “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”15 BUT IF YOU ARE ALWAYS BITING AND DEVOURING ONE ANOTHER, WATCH OUT! BEWARE OF DESTROYING ONE ANOTHER.

THEPOWEROF FREEDOM

GALATIANS 5:16-18 (NLT)16 SO I SAY, LET THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDE YOUR LIVES. THEN YOU WON’T BE DOING WHAT YOUR SINFUL NATURE CRAVES. 17 THE SINFUL NATURE WANTS TO DO EVIL, WHICH IS JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE SPIRIT WANTS. AND THE SPIRIT GIVES US DESIRES THAT ARE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE SINFUL NATURE DESIRES. THESE TWO FORCES ARE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING EACH OTHER, SO YOU ARE NOT FREE TO CARRY OUT YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS. 18 BUT WHEN YOU ARE DIRECTED BY THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE NOT UNDER OBLIGATION TO THE LAW OF MOSES.

THEPRODUCT

OF FREEDOM

GALATIANS 5:22-2622 BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRODUCES THIS KIND OF FRUIT IN OUR LIVES: LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, 23 GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL. THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST THESE THINGS!24 THOSE WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS HAVE NAILED THE PASSIONS AND DESIRES OF THEIR SINFUL NATURE TO HIS CROSS AND CRUCIFIED THEM THERE. 25 SINCE WE ARE LIVING BY THE SPIRIT, LET US FOLLOW THE SPIRIT’S LEADING IN EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES. 26 LET US NOT BECOME CONCEITED, OR PROVOKE ONE ANOTHER, OR BE JEALOUS OF ONE ANOTHER.

LEVITICUS 16:14HE SHALL TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD OF THE BULL AND SPRINKLE IT WITH HIS FINGER ON THE MERCY SEAT ON THE EAST SIDE; AND BEFORE THE MERCY SEAT HE SHALL SPRINKLE SOME OF THE BLOOD WITH HIS FINGER SEVEN TIMES.

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