Sermons on Freedom
In the book of Galatians, Paul is addressing the issue of false teachers called Judaizers. In this text, Paul is encouraging them to stand against these false teachers because they were not called out of slavery to sin to become slaves to legalism. Rather, they were granted freedom in Christ to be able to love…
In the context of this passage in 2 Corinthians, Paul focuses his attention on the Old Covenant between God and the Israelites, contrasted with the New Covenant that believers have with God through Christ. So as we think about the Old and the New Covenant granted to us by God, I want us to consider “What is freedom?” because I am unsure that we—even as Americans—truly comprehend the freedom that God wants us to experience!
John 15:18-16:4a We are CALLED to FOLLOW. We are COMMANDED to TESTIFY. We are CHALLENGED to CONTINUE to the END.
Our tendency will be to always return to what we know even if the known is less than ideal.
Freedom embraced is Freedom lived.
Freedom is not license to do whatever we want without consequence—freedom is the right and responsibility to do what is right.