A few key points about living by grace...

False teaching about grace leads to faulty thinking.

Faulty thinking leads a loss of daily freedom and future inheritance.

Galatians 5:1

Walking by grace through faith is the only path of freedom in life.

Galatians 5:1

A return to the Law, to other religious systems, even to no religious system,

leads to enslavement.

Galatians 5:2-4

Embracing the Law (works) = departing from growth in grace

Acts 15:1-5; Gal. 3:7-12; Rom. 11:6

Galatians 5:2-4

v. 2 - "profit you nothing" = for growth and reward

v. 4 - "estranged from Christ" = His grace and power to grow

"fallen from grace" = fallen from the grace way of life

Galatians 5:5

The Spirit works through our faith to help us grow and build a better

inheritance in the Kingdom

Galatians 5:6

Circumcision is a non-issue now.

Love energizes faith.

God's love motivates us to love God which motivates us to love others.

Galatians 5:6

Because of our love for God and others, we pray, we seek to meet the needs of

others, we serve.2 Cor. 5:14; Jas. 2:14-17

Love is the motivation behind faith.

Galatians 5:7-15

Even a little false teaching can ruin your walk and impact your future,

both here and in eternity

Galatians 5:7

What happened?They were on track to rule with Christ

1 Cor. 9:24-27; Gal. 3:1

Galatians 5:8-9

False teachers/teaching had ruined their view of grace and therefore,

their walk.

Galatians 5:10

The false teachers would answer for it.

Galatians 5:11

Biblical grace offends people

Galatians 5:12

Paul wished those who distort grace were unable to spiritually reproduce

(Paul wanted to shock his readers into understanding the seriousness of the

issue)

Galatians 5:13

We've been positionally set free - 5:1We need to work to maintain and

experience that.

Living by faith produces service to others.

Galatians 5:14

If we want to please God we must love others.

Legalism doesn't produce this.

Galatians 5:15

Legalistic living produces a judgmental, critical spirit.

It tears fellowships apart.

Legalistic thinking produces a form a spiritual cannibalism.

Grace is the only path to a genuinely spiritual life

individually and corporately.