Galatians - Chapter 5 - Servanthood, Not Selfishness

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3. PAUL DEFENDS THE UNITY of the CHURCH
by:- Challenging them to embrace servanthood, not selfishness
- Comparing/contrasting the “works of the flesh,”
and the “fruit of the Spirit”

4. When God called you, my dear family, He called you
to make you free. But you mustn't use that freedom
as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, you must
become each other’s servants, through love.
For the whole Law is summed up in one word,
namely this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
But if you bite each other, and gobble each other up,
watch out! You may end up being destroyed by each other.
GALATIANS 5:13-15

5. I need you, you need me
We're all a part of God's body
Stand with me, agree with me
We're all a part of God's body…
I pray for you, you pray for me
I love you, I need you to survive
I won't harm you
With words from my mouth
I love you, I need you to survive
HEZEKIAH WALKER

6. Now the works of the flesh are obvious.
They are such things* as fornication, uncleanness,
licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife,
jealousy, bursts of rage, selfish ambition,
factiousness, divisions, moods of envy,
drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things.
I told you before, and I tell you again:
people who do* such things will not
inherit God’s Kingdom.
GALATIANS 5:19-21

7. Now the works of the flesh are obvious.
They are such things* as fornication, uncleanness,
licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife,
jealousy, bursts of rage, selfish ambition,
factiousness, divisions, moods of envy,
drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things.
I told you before, and I tell you again:
people who do* such things will not
inherit God’s Kingdom.
GALATIANS 5:19-21
These happen when you STOP trying...

8. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
great-heartedness*, kindness, generosity*,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
There is no law that opposes things like that!
And those who belong to the Messiah, Jesus,
crucified the flesh with its passions, and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let’s line up with the Spirit.
We shouldn’t be conceited, vying with one another,
and jealous of each other.
GALATIANS 5:22-26

9. GALATIANS 5:22-26
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
great-heartedness*, kindness, generosity*,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
There is no law that opposes things like that!
And those who belong to the Messiah, Jesus,
crucified the flesh with its passions, and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let’s line up with the Spirit.
We shouldn’t be conceited, vying with one another,
and jealous of each other.
These happen when you ARE trying...

10. “Grace is not opposed to effort, but earning.
Earning is an attitude; effort is an action.
Grace, you know, does not just have to do
with forgiveness of sins alone.”
DALLAS WILLARD

11. - As much as possible, God wants our life NOW to reflect
what life WILL BE like in His fully realized Kingdom
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF US...

12. - As much as possible, God wants our life NOW to reflect
what life WILL BE like in His fully realized Kingdom
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF US...
- This means we must be ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN the process,
not simply PASSIVE OBSERVERS OF the process

13. - As much as possible, God wants our life NOW to reflect
what life WILL BE like in His fully realized Kingdom
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF US...
- This means we must be ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN the process,
not simply PASSIVE OBSERVERS OF the process
- The best thing we can learn to do is learn how to
live lives of SELF-GIVING LOVE, as we serve one another…

14. the first one
to the cross
wins.