Sunday Service Notes
February 22 2026
Galatians
Our Liberty in Christ
We Eagerly Await the Hope out from Faith (Galatians 5:5).
Hope is eager expectation, not wishful thinking.
Hope is always based upon a promise, or it is not hope (Romans 4:18).
The Gentiles have no hope, for they have no promise from God (Ephesians 2:12).
We now have hope in the gospel (Colossians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 15:1–4).
Hope is not seen and therefore faith is the substance of that which is hoped for (Romans 8:24; Hebrews 11:1).
Circumcision nor Uncircumcision Avails in The Christ (Galatians 5:6).
Faith working through Love that avails.
Faith is taking God at His Word (Hebrews 11:1).
Love is seeking the best for the one loved (1 Corinthians 13:4–8).
Love never falls (1 Corinthians 13:8).
Our Liberty in Christ (Galatians 5:1–6).
We do not live by a ridge set of rules to dictate every aspect of life.
The law is ridged and unforgiving (Galatians 3:23).
Those who live by the law, must do the law (Romans 10:5).
The Christian life is lived out in a manner that flows and reacts.
Training your senses to discern what is proper from what is wrong (Hebrews 5:14).
Using the new mind the determine what is the desirous will of God in any situation (Romans 12:2).
Speaking with grace so that your words meet the need (Colossians 4:6).
Our liberty in Christ is not to do wrong (Galatians 5:13).
Let us not no longer live to the flesh, but to the will of God (1 Peter 4:2).
Our freedom in Christ is not to do wrong (1 Peter 2:16).
Our life is not our own (Galatians 2:20).
We are bound to Christ in His death, freeing us from slavery to our sin nature (Romans 6:6).
We are bound to Christ in His resurrection, enabling us to live in newness of life (Romans 6:4).
We are the children of God (1 John 3:2).
Let us walk in a worthy manner of our Lord (Colossians 1:10).
Those Who Hinder Use from Obeying the Truth (Galatians 5:7–15).
The persuasion to live under law is not from the One who called us (Galatians 5:7–8).
A little leaven leavens the whole lump (Galatians 5:9).
Leaven is used as a negative influence on a group.
Jesus warned the disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees (Matthew 16:6)
Jesus is the doctrine of the religious leaders (Matthew 16:12).
This doctrine in hypocritical (Luke 12:1).
Sin within an assembly will also have a negative effect (1 Corinthians 5:1–8).
We are to have no other frame of mind than the truth (Galatians 5:10).
Those who seek to persuade us from the truth will face their own judgment (Galatians 5:10).
If Paul taught circumcision, why was he being persecuted by the Jews? (Galatians 5:11).
Circumcision removes the scandal of the cross (Galatians 5:11).
The leaders of Israel, scandalously crucified Christ (Acts 2:22–23).
Three days later, God raised Him from the dead (Acts 2:24).
The preaching of Christ crucified is a scandal to the Jews (1 Corinthians 1:23).
Paul expresses his desire for those who teach circumcision (Galatians 5:12).
Our Liberty is not to be used for an Opportunity for the Flesh (Galatians 5:13–15).
One of the works of the flesh relates to religious observance (Galatians 5:19–21).
Our liberty in Christ is not to be used to satisfy the flesh (1 Peter 2:16).
We will suffer because we do not follow the way of the flesh (1 Peter 2:15).
Fleshly desires wars against the soul (1 Peter 2:11).
Grace is not an opportunity for the flesh (Romans 6:1–2).
We are to use our liberty to love other saints (Galatians 5:13).
When it comes to the Mosaic Law, it is even summed up in loving your neighbor (Galatians 5:14).
If we bit and devour each other, we will consume one another (Galatians 5:15).
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