What is this
Freedom?這自由
指的是甚麼?
• 從宗教儀式中釋放出來
- Sacrifices, washings, etc
• 從律法的規範中釋放出來
- We can help out on the Sabbath
• 從律法主義中釋放出來
- Our decisions now based on
what’s best for people
• 從罪的挾制中釋放出來
• 在愛裡服事主和服事人的自由
The Law
Me
林永健牧師
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Circumcision受割禮的人
(加5:3)
• 亞伯拉罕的割禮之約 (創17):神又對亞伯拉罕說、你和你的後裔必世
世代代遵守我的約。你們所有的男子、都要受割禮、這就是我與你、
並你的後裔所立的約、是你們所當遵守的。你們都要受割禮.這是我
與你們立約的證據。
• 摩西律法 : 第八天要給嬰孩行割禮。(利 12:3 )
• 但猶太人把行過割禮看成身體上榮耀的象徵,讓自己自我感覺良好,
覺得自己優於外邦人,認為這是神的選民的象徵!Mistakenly used
by Jews to glory in their flesh and make them feel better
than other people
• 保羅指明”行割禮才得救“這種觀念正是”靠行為稱義“的代表。
• 反思: 我們所做的服事還有敬虔的外貌,是為了榮耀自己
的名,還是為了榮耀神的名?
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11.
Problems with man’suse of
God’s law 靠律法稱義
(加5:4)
• We can develop an attitude of thinking
that we can earn our salvation
• Laws can become unintended limits – we only
do what the laws demand
• Many times when we hear laws, our minds try to
find ways around them
It’s very clear in children!
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Faith energized through
Love生發仁愛的信心
•原來基督的愛激勵我們(林後 5:14)
•耶穌的愛激勵我們用愛心互相服事 (加 5:13)
•全律法都包在愛人如己這一句話之內了 (加 5:14)
•人能愛慕律法,是因為在晝夜思想之後,看到上帝在律
法的設計中,看到祂對人的愛而產生的信心。而不是要
人不加思考的去強迫自己和別人遵守律法
•Rituals will not save anyone!儀式無法拯救任何人!
Faith is the power that will
turn us into children of God
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15.
Why is faithenergized by
love more powerful than law
• Encourages us to do things for the
right reasons
• Leads to greater obedience to God
• Leads to serving one another in love
Law encourages obedience to rituals
Faith energized by love will promote
obedience to God, which leads to
loving service to each other
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Amountofobedience
Law
To rituals ToGod
Faith
To God
律法和信心表面上看起來都是順服神,但實
質上非常不同Both Law and Faith do lead
to obedience
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What ordinances arewe still
required to keep?
• Baptism
• Bread & wine
• Veils
Ordinances are only valuable if they
remind us of the lessons behind them.
There is no value in the ritual itself.
Any others we try to slip in ???
• Prayer
• Bible reading
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20.
我們如何應用在家庭/教會/工作的生活中:
Read and discussthe Bible together
– Discuss the work of angels in our
lives
– Accept what God gives us
– Trust He knows what we need
– Serve one another in love
– Learn to rejoice and be excited
for good things happening to
others
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Leaven
(yeast)
• Just takesa little to spread throughout the
dough
• Once in the dough, it’s nearly impossible to
get it out
7. 你們向來跑得好,有誰攔阻你們,叫你們不順從真理呢?
8. 這樣的勸導不是出於那召你們的。
9. 一點麵酵能使全團都發起來。
我們如何知道我們是靠律法而活,
還是靠神的信心而活?
• Do westress a ritual more than the principles it is supposed to teach
us?
• Do we depend on rituals to save us?
• Do we serve one another through love?
• Do we make decisions based on what’s best for those who need help,
or simply uphold the rules?
• Do we judge ourselves, or each other?
• Do we bite and devour one another?
• Do we display the fruit of the Spirit?
• Do we only attend classes because they are “official” ecclesial
activities?
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Love:the ultimatemotivation!
(加 5:14)
• V.6 Faith working through love
• V.13 Through love serve one another
• V.14 Even the law said: “love your
neighbor as yourself”
Love never fails (1Cor 13:8)
Walk in love, as Christ also has loved us (Eph 5:2)
If God so loved us, we ought to love one another
(1Jn 4:11)
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38.
What happens whenlaw &
ordinances motivate us?
(加 5:15 )
• We focus on the ordinances and outward
appearance
• We compete with each other by rituals
• We compare ourselves with each other
• We lose our love for each other
• We bite and devour one another
• We end up consumed by one another
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我們若是靠聖靈得生,就當靠聖靈行事。
All a Workof the Spirit(加 5:25)
• 4:29 Isaac born according to Spirit
• 5:5 we wait through the Spirit我們靠著聖靈,憑著信心,等候所盼
望的義。
• 5:16 walk in the Spirit 我說,你們當順著聖靈而行,就不放縱肉體的
情慾了。
• 5:17 flesh lusts against the Spirit聖靈和情慾相爭
• 5:18 we must be led by the Spirit但你們若被聖靈引導,就不在律法
以下。
• 5:22 fruit of the Spirit聖靈所結的果子
• 5:25 if we live in the spirit, we must also walk in the Spirit!
It’s all of God, not of ourselves!
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51.
Lessons of
Galatians 5
•1-6 We have been freed from the limits &
restrictions of the Law – don’t go back!
• 7-12 Don’t put up with the trouble makers who try
to persuade you to go back
• 13-15 Use your liberty to Love – even the Law
aimed at that!
• 16-26 Walk in the Spirit & show it by treating
each other with the fruit of the spirit
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