Galatians 5:13-15
13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Sermon Outline
I. The Enemy of Love (v13)
For the Christian, “freedom” is both our _________ (v1) and our _________ (v13).
There were 2 threats to the gospel in Galatia…
A. _________
B. _________
II. The Call to Love (v14)
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. -John 13.35
III. The Consequences of Un-Love (v15)
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. -Ephesians 4.29
Sermon Quotes & References
“It is important to note that Paul here does not speak of doing or keeping the law, but rather fulfilling it. Paul’s point here is that by serving others through love, believers are able to live out the kind of life devoted to God that the Mosaic law commanded but could never produce in a person’s life … What the Mosaic law aimed for but could never produce, believers are able to experience because Jesus Christ fulfilled the law on our behalf & now lives in us by his Spirit to empower us to love others with the love He has first shown to us. We must use our freedom to love & serve others because Jesus Christ used His freedom to love & serve us. We fulfill for others what He has already accomplished for us.”
– Matthew Harmon, Commentary on Galatians
“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. This is true Christian freedom!” –John Wesley