Scripture: Galatians 5:1 (the Message)
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.
I like John Darby’s Synopsis on this verse. He gives a deeper understanding on the context of this scripture.
“It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that ground they made themselves responsible to keep it personally and wholly, and Christ was of no effect to them. They could not rest upon the work of Christ for righteousness, and then hold themselves responsible to fulfill righteousness themselves according to the law. The two things contradict each other. Hence too it would be no longer grace on which they stood. They forsook grace, in order to satisfy the requirements of the law. This is not the Christian’s position.” (from John Darby’s Synopsis of Galatians 5)
We no longer live under the law , which was the yoke of slavery Paul referrs to, but we live under grace. Thank God for that!
I know, I find myself in constant performance mode. I tell myself that I’m unacceptable, unless, I’m perfect. Too often the burden of performing will keep us in bondage. That is a tactic of the enemy, to keep us in shame and guilt.
Receive the Free Life, It’s Already There! Don’t enslave yourself by thinking it has to be earned. We are a work in progress.
It Was For Freedom That Christ Came!!!
God Bless, and have a great day!
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