Be Free in Christ to Serve Others in Love (Galatians 5:1-26)

I. The freedom Christ gives: Liberty, not legalism (Galatians 5:1-12)

1. The command: Stand fast in the liberty in Christ (Galatians 5:1a, 7-8; John 8:36; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Romans 8:1)
2. The warning: The yoke of legalism (Galatians 5:1b-4, 9; Matthew 11:28-30; Joshua 2:10)
3. The foundation: Our faith in Christ (Galatians 5:5-6; Romans 5:1-2; Joshua 2:17; Ephesians 4:15)
4. The clarification: Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any
   thing (Galatians 5:6a, 10-12; Acts 16:1-2; Galatians 2:3)

II. The freedom to serve: Liberty, not license (Galatians 5:13-15)

1. The call: Use liberty to serve one another (Galatians 5:13; 1 Peteter 2:16; 1 Corinthians 10:24, 33)
2. The royal law: Love thy neighbour as thyself (Galatians 5:14; James 2:8; Matthew 22:37-40; Romans 13:10; 1 Corinthians 10:29)
3. The self-destructive alternative: Biting and devouring (Galatians 5:15)

III. The freedom we live by: Walking in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26)

1. The fight: Walk in the spirit, not in the flesh (Galatians 5:16-18; Romans 7)
2. The enemy: Works of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21)
3. The victory: Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23; John 15:8)
4. The synchrony: Let us walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:24-26; 1 Corinthians 15:31; Philppians 2:3; James 3:14-16)