Monday, October 12, 2015

Setting the Stage: Set Free by the Spirit

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1 ESV)
As Paul describes the way to spiritual victory, he begins by taking us back to the beginning, to how it is even imaginable:We have been set free. But how? For that we go back to Romans 8:12-15 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” We need to remember that it is possible: we can have spiritual victory because the Spirit has adopted us and freed us from sin's mastery. We need to stand firm and say in His power: Not again!

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