Galatians Chapter 5: Faith Expressing Itself Through Love with Brenda Gray

2025 January 12th Streaming

Galatians chapter 4:21-5:1 is the culmination of Paul’s theological case against the teaching of the Judaizers. This leads into the final main section of the letter in which Paul draws out the specific implications of all of this for how the Galatians should live.

In chapter 5, Paul warns the people of the church of Galatia not to waste their freedom in Christ by selfishly serving themselves only. Instead, he says that they should serve each other in love. The entire law is fulfilled in that one word: LOVE!

1 Corinthians 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not (absolute) love, I am nothing.

From last week’s message with brother David:

“Liberty” and “Freedom” have been misused, overused, and greatly misunderstood by man-made religion and those in the flesh of secular living. The definition men use for liberty

or freedom is not the “Spiritual” definition and meaning Paul is referring to in verses 1 and 3.

Apart from the indwelling work of the Holy Spirit, “freedom” is certain to degenerate into a license to live according to the impulses and cravings of the flesh.

I trust that as we continue in the Book of Galatians we will continue to learn who we are as Spiritual Sons to the Father and who He is to us as our Father.