1.Put off the Yoke of Slavery

i.Yoke of Slavery - Galatians 5:1.

Yoke represents slavery, servitude and control by someone else over your life.

It may represent willing service and submission to someone else.

What are examples of other Yokes?

What are examples of Forms of Legalism?

2.Put on the Liberating Yoke of Christ - Matthew 11:28-30 NIV

i.Christ’s yoke is easy and His burden “light.”

ii The word ‘easy’ in Greek means – “kind, gracious.”

iii. The yoke of Christ frees us to fulfill His will.

3. Living by the Spirit

i.Living by the Spirit - Galatians 5:16-18 NIV.

•The Christian who lives by faith is not going to become a rebel.

•He is going to experience the inner discipline of God that is far better than the outer discipline of man-made rules.

•No man could become a rebel who depends on God’s grace, yields to God’s Spirit, lives for others, and seeks to glorify God.

ii.Fruit of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22-23.