Galatians Chapter Five Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

James 1:25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does. James 2:12 So speak and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Galatians 3:19 Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed should come to whom the promise had been made.

Romans 6:17-18 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

Positional sanctification provides freedom from slavery to the old sin nature Romans 6:6-7 Knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin.

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Two negative reactions: 1. The total rejection of grace and the acceptance of another system, legalism 2. The rejection of grace out of reaction that freedom will lead to a life of sin But Paul gives a third option, a higher way of life including grace, faith and freedom in Christ, the life of the Spirit.

The Advantage of the Flesh is the work of the OSN 1. Freedom in Christ does not exclude responsibility 2. But freedom in Christ doesn’t go beyond mandated responsibilities and bring in legalism 3. Trends of the OSN are either towards Self- righteousness or lasciviousness 4. As a believer in freedom you have the free will to get out of fellowship and when you do you will gravitate towards the trends of your OSN

The Advantage of the Flesh is the work of the OSN 5. Both trends are works of the flesh yet manifest themselves on opposite poles of pseudo- Christianity 6. One error of the Self-righteous legalistic crowd is to over think in terms of biblical rules 7. The lawless crowd operates out of the OSN. They ignore any legitimately biblical conduct

Love is the Attitude in which we will not: 1. Gossip about others 2. Involve others in sexual misconduct 3. Lie about others 4. Steal from others 5. Or get involved with any action that hurts others