Learning to Serve Each Other
Galatians 5:1-15
Series Theme:
Living life by God's Design is the only way to live life.
1 Peter 4:10
Ephesians 4:2-3
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. NLT
Big Idea:
God has freed me to serve others
Sin always comes back to kick you in the butt
Truth of the Boot
When we live by law instead of grace
Law instead of Grace?
- Jesus means nothing--vs.2
- Live by the law, die by the law--vs.3
- Severed from Jesus--vs.4
- Fallen away from grace--vs.4
- Stop running the race well--vs.7
- Cross is unnecessary--vs.11
John 8:32, 36
"the truth will set you free...if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."
John 8:32, 36
We have a summons to freedom
Don't be so free you get enslaved again to sin
John 3:16--God so loved the world, that He gave...
Serving is a natural outflow of love
- Serving others is a regular, daily thing.
- Serving others is a command.
When we choose not to serve one another, we resort to harming one another.
The way we ensure we don't destroy one another is to serve one another.