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Follow the Spirit to Freedom
-- Galatians 5-6; Psalm 119:33-35,37; Proverbs 21:13
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,
and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Indeed I, Paul,
say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you
nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that
he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged from
Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from
grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion
does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole
lump. I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no
other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he
is.
And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer
persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. I could wish
that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty
as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love
your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another,
beware lest you be consumed by one another!
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you
do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit,
you are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred,
contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions,
dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the
like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time
past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom
of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one
another, envying one another.
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual
restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest
you also be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law
of Christ. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is
nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work,
and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
For each one shall bear his own load.
Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who
teaches.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he
will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap
corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap
everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in
due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the
household of faith.
See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand! As
many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel
you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for
the cross of Christ. For not even those who are circumcised keep the
law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in
your flesh. But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and
I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon
them, and upon the Israel of God.
>From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of
the Lord Jesus.
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Galatians 5-6
WORSHIP:
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,
And revive me in Your way.
Psalm 119:33-35, 37
WISDOM:
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.
Proverbs 21:13
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