Author: joemarino (Page 2 of 50)

The question we are going to wrestle with today is this: How do we live in spiritual freedom instead of living in religious slavery? We kind of stepped into this theme last week in verses 21 – 31 of chapter four, but this is actually going to be the main question Paul is trying to answer throughout the rest of this letter to the Galatians.

The book of Galatians has no shortage of complex passages to interpret and according to one author, the one in front of us today “happens to be one of the most difficult passages in the New Testament.”²

Paul’s letter to the Galatians is such a rich study to immerse yourself in because it constantly drives home the importance of living our lives centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ, crucified, risen, and returning.

We are living in difficult times. I do not think I need to list all of the difficult things we are living through as a church family. If I have done my job well enough, then I know, and you know that I know at least some of what most of us in this room are trying to endure. The question that I think we are all asking – and that I think Paul may be asking in the subtext of our text today is this: “How do we remain on the highway to eternity?”

I want you to write down these words: Do not use the law to shave with! We will come back to that in a few minutes, but for now, I need to confess on the front edge here that this passage is super intimidating!

How is your relationship with God today? Would you say that you completely trust God in every circumstance? Or would you say that you find yourself sometimes being suspicious of what God is up to?