THE FAKE GOSPELGALATIANS 5

GALATIANS 5:1-6

1 It was so that you could live in freedom that Christ has liberated you. You need to hold on to this freedom and not allow yourselves to become enslaved all over again. 2 I, Paul am saying that if you get circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you. 3 If you start living by that system you will need to perfectly keep all of the laws all of the time. 4 This will cut you off from Christ. You who seek righteousness through keeping the law have missed out on God’s grace. 5 The life of faith works in a very different way – when we live that way are looking for a work of the Holy Spirit and because we trust what God has promised we are willing to wait for the righteousness that only comes from God. 6

When you are a believer in Christ Jesus it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. What matters is faith working itself out through love.

1 It was so that you could live in freedom that Christ has liberated you. You need to hold on to this freedom and not allow yourselves to become enslaved all over again.

2I, Paul am saying that if you get circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you. 3 If you start living by that system you will need to perfectly keep all of the laws all of the time. 4

This will cut you off from Christ

You who seek righteousness through keeping the law have missed out on God’s grace.

5The life of faith works in a very different way –

when we live that way we are looking for a work of the Holy Spirit and because we trust what God has promised we are willing to wait for the righteousness that only comes from God.

6When you are a believer in Christ Jesus it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. What matters is faith working itself out through love.

1 It was so that you could live in freedom that Christ has liberated you. / You need to hold on to this freedom / and not allow yourselves to become enslaved all over again. / 2 I, Paul am saying that if you get circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you. / 3 If you start living by that system you will need to perfectly keep all of the laws all of the time. / 4 This will cut you off from Christ. / You who seek righteousness through keeping the law have missed out on God’s grace. / 5 The life of faith works in a very different way / – when we live that way are looking for a work of the Holy Spirit / and because we trust what God has promised / we are willing to wait for the righteousness that only comes from God. / 6 When you are a believer in Christ Jesus it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. / What matters is faith working itself out through love. /

1 It was so that you could live in freedom that Christ has liberated you. / You need to hold on to this freedom / and not allow yourselves to become enslaved all over again. / 2 I, Paul am saying that if you get circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you. / 3 If you start living by that system you will need to perfectly keep all of the laws all of the time. / 4 This will cut you off from Christ. / You who seek righteousness through keeping the law have missed out on God’s grace. / 5 The life of faith works in a very different way / – when we live that way are looking for a work of the Holy Spirit / and because we trust what God has promised / we are willing to wait for the righteousness that only comes from God. / 6 When you are a believer in Christ Jesus it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. / What matters is faith working itself out through love. /

PIECES OF INFORMATION (1)

1. The real gospel produces freedom.2. That freedom can be lost.3. Religious rituals substitute for what Christ has

done.4. Religious rules depend on perfect obedience to

be effective.5. When you choose to operate by rules/culture

you get cut off from Christ6. When you choose rules you are excluded from

the working of God’s grace.

PIECES OF INFORMATION (2)

7. Living by faith is different from living on the basis of religious law/culture.

8. The goal of faith is a work of the Spirit.9. The basis for faith is the promise of God.10.The process of faith is to wait for what God has

promised to do.11.The life of faith places no importance on one

religious practice or another.12.The life of faith is made known by the love it

produces.

THINGS THAT MATTER

1. What has God revealed (?)

the big ticket item and the smaller ticket items?

2. If this was a description of my life what would be different?

3. What do I need to do to exercise faith?

4. How will I be accountable?

THINGS THAT MATTERWhat has God revealed

• There are things that I am doing that are culture dependent, not faith/promise dependent.

• Theses things are forms of bondage, rather than being experiences of liberty in Christ and they cut me off from the power of God.

• I need to simply trust the promises of God and seek his supernatural power to bring about change.

• This will be recognizable in the extra love it produces in me.