Liberty in Christ

Galatians 5:1” Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

Christians are to rest in the finish work of Christ, and not in the works of the Law. The law can NEVER justify the sinner nor free them from the bondage of sin. 

However, Christian liberty should never covey the idea that it is freedom to sin, on the contrary, Christian liberty is freedom from sin to serve God.

Romans 6:20-22 “For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.  (21)  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.  (22)  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”

Christian liberty should NEVER be used ‘…for an occasion to the flesh.” 

Galatians 5:13-15 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh…”
Paul clears the air by warning the Galatians against the wrong kind of thinking regarding the liberty that we have in Christ.

Romans 6:15-16 “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.  (16)  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”

Christian liberty leads us to love-more, not love-less.

Galatians 5:13-15 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another."
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Charlie - Galatians 2:20
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