three different times thus: Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision ... but a new creature (Galatians 6:15). • To understand the purpose of freedom/liberty and recognize the trap it can become if not governed by the Spirit. And often we worry about decisions which are simply not a great issue with God (where to go to school, what job to take, where to live, etc.). They did not have to obeyall the *Jewish laws. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/galatians-5.html. Why? In addition to the above, it should also be observed that Christians are commanded to "have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5), Paul declaring that he himself had "the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16). The gratitude ethic overlooks this never-ending work of grace in our lives. 5. I can say, "No, you pick them up, and get it done in two minutes or there will be trouble!" Stand ... therefore ... Paul, by this admonished the Galatians to hold their ground, resist the Judaizers and reject the persuasions of those who would entangle them in such things as sabbath days, feast days, circumcision and all other Jewish regulations. If they were, the Bible would have commanded those things as clearly as it here commands freedom. Uncompromising, unrelenting, indomitable freedom. We exalt the cross and grace and Christ when we admit we have no assets to invest, and that Christ's investment at Calvary was totally sufficient to win free dividends of righteousness and life for all who trust him. Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. It is Christ that liveth in me (Galatians 2:20). All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision ... but the keeping of the commandments of God (1 Corinthians 7:19).SIZE>. There is a clue here for how we can live in freedom and obey Galatians 5:1. A reader who is totally insensitive to all that has gone before in Galatians might say, "O, that's easy. Slavery is when you choose to deal with him as a banker who needs your investment to produce dividends for his customers. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Look more closely at verse 2. The total corruption of the antediluvian world had been achieved by the evil one when the "imagination of men's hearts" had become evil, and only evil, without intermission (Genesis 6:5). But what is grace? It is a clear and unqualified command: "Stand fast and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." The question of true justification does not regard such a thing in any manner whatever. In the Spirit ... instead of "by the Spirit" is far better, the same being the rendition in the KJV. Let's see how fast we can do it together." And Paul says that if you try to earn dividends from Christ from your own investment of circumcision or dietary rules or feast days, Christ will profit you nothing. "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. . I close by simply pointing out how verse 5 describes the life of freedom. Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us freer and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. No relaxation of the commandments of Christ was for one moment intended by anything Paul had written about being "under grace" and not "under law." Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. For this he sent his Spirit. Genuine gratitude is not the feeling of having to pay back.
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