A few key points about living by grace...
Galatians 5:7-15Even a little false teaching can ruin
your walk and impact your future, both here and in eternity
Galatians 5:7What happened?
They were on track to rule with Christ 1 Cor. 9:24-27; Gal. 3:1
Galatians 5:8-9False teachers/teaching had ruined
their view of grace and therefore, their walk.
Galatians 5:10The false teachers would answer for it.
Galatians 5:11Biblical grace offends people
Galatians 5:12Paul wished those who distort grace were unable to spiritually reproduce
(Paul wanted to shock his readers into understanding the seriousness of the
issue)
Galatians 5:13We've been positionally set free - 5:1
We need to work to maintain and experience that.
Living by faith produces service to others.
Galatians 5:14If we want to please God we must love
others.
Legalism doesn't produce this.
Galatians 5:15Legalistic living produces a judgmental,
critical spirit.
It tears fellowships apart.
Legalistic thinking produces a form a spiritual cannibalism.
Grace is the only path to a genuinely spiritual life
individually and corporately.
Galatians 5:16"walk in the Spirit"
Gal. 2:20Living by faith
The opposite of living by the Law, in the flesh
Galatians 5:16Walking by faith in the Spirit as opposed to
a life lived in the flesh, by the Law.
We need to walk in a spiritual manner, by faith, rather than legalistically
Galatians 5:17"lusts" = "sets its desire against"
Romans 7
What one singer found in a relationship with another, the Bible finds between the flesh
and the Spirit...a battlefield.
Galatians 5:18Often misunderstood.
Not extra-biblical, personal guidance from the Spirit.
Galatians 5:18"under the law" =
Not under the impulses of the flesh.
We can only please God by His method and His power.
Galatians 5:18Often misunderstood.
Not extra-biblical, personal guidance from the Spirit.