Galatians

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Paul is now bringing this letter to a grand conclusion. This is one of the most powerful letters that Paul wrote because it’s so practical and speaks directly to how we can have victory over the flesh.
Paul is writing because some teachers had come from Jerusalem trying to convince these churches that if they wanted to be true followers of Jesus Christ they needed to start living under the laws that God gave to Israel and especially that they needed to get circumcised as an outward sign of their submission to the Law.
Paul is writing to get them back on course. That’s not the gospel, that’s not the heart of God at all and if you’ll pardon the expression, Paul wants to cut them off and get the church healthy and spiritually mature by giving them some of the greatest insights we have in regards to the Holy Spirit.
Why was the Law given it all? It was given because of transgressions, Paul wrote. God gave the Law to Israel to restrain their flesh, knowing that everyone carries about in their flesh very worldly and fleshly desires. But the Law was like a guardian, an authoritarian over them, to restrain them.
But there’s no relationship in that. God set them free from that authoritarian, bossy guardian so they could have a relationship to God as their Abba, Father. And He has set us free, we’ve been adopted as sons and daughters and we also have God as our Abba, Father.
But if we’ve been set free from the Law, what about the flesh? Did God is set us free so we could be free range chickens? Is God okay with having our flesh go hogwild without any constraints? Paul’s answers are powerful.
There are several verses in Chapter 5 that lay the foundation for the verses we’re studying today. Verse 13 – You were called to freedom, brethren, only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh. Verse 16 – But I say this, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. Verse 18 – If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The key to victory, then, is the Holy Spirit.
God set us free so that we could be adopted by God as a son or a daughter; and if you are adopted, then you have a father and if you have a father, you’re under that authority, you’re in that family, but you also have a relationship of love that you never had before. Paul wrote in Galatians 4:6, “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
The Spirit of His Son is the Holy Spirit given to every person when they open their heart to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The Spirit ignites our heart; the Spirit transforms our lives by giving us desires that are very different than the desires of the flesh. It is the Spirit within us that hungers and thirsts for that which is good and right and honorable and godly.
But there is a conflict because we all still have the flesh; it’s still urging us on with its own set of desires that are very much opposed to the things of the Spirit. We have a choice. It has everything to do with what we want our lives to become.

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