Freedom in Christ does not mean that you can do whatever you want. Freedom is not and never will be a state of lawlessness. In the next few verses, Paul presents some practical instructions on walking out our ‘freedom in Christ’. Walking out our freedom, essentially Christian halacha, is described by Paul as those who are living by the Spirit. Paul instructs the community to restore gently those found in unnamed sin. The tone is not judgmental; being overtaken by sin does not imply that the person does not have the Holy Spirit, as evidenced by King David. The Greek word for ‘restore’ has many uses in both New Testament and extra-biblical Greek literature. It can refer to the mending of bones in the human body as well as the mending of nets of fishermen, such as the disciples of Jesus in the Gospels. Something has been broken, in this case, the ‘walk in the Spirit’, and it is in need of restoration.

Led by Aaron Eime.

Notes for this study can be found at https://www.christchurchjerusalem.org/sermons/bible-studies/letter-to-the-galatians/ ‎

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