Jesus Always Loves, He Would Have Us Always Love
Opening
Gal. 5:1 “… for freedom … Christ has set us free.”
Jesus Came To Die, To Set Us Free
Gal. 5:1a “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.”
Heb. 12:1 “… hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, [so we can] … run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
Rom. 8:1-3 “… there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.”
Eph. 2:5 “… it is by grace you have been saved.”
Eph. 2:13 “… now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have"
Eph 3:12 “In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.”
Heb 4:16, KJV, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
Eph. 2:4 “But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions …”
Eph. 2:22 “… to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit,”
Eph. 2:19 “… you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, …”
Eph. 2:10 “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
2 Pet. 2:9 “… the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials …”
Rom. 8:1-2 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.”
Jn. 8:32 “… the truth will set you free.”
Jn. 8:16 “… if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
We Need To Act Like We Have Been Set Free
Gal. 5:1b “Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
Gal. 5:13-15 “You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”
Gal. 5:6 “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”
Gal. 4:3-7 “… when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world. But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father.’ So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.”
Gal 5:19-23 “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Gal. 5:24 “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.”
Gal. 5:25 “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
1 Tim. 4:7 NASB “… discipline yourselves for the purpose of godliness.”