God’s Hope for Your Heart from Galatians 2
JESUS CAME TO SET YOU FREE FROM RELIGION
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery—to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. (Galatians 2:4-5)
Religion is slavery, but Jesus came to set you free.
Religion creates burdens too heavy to bear, but Jesus came to bear your burdens.
Religion adds rules to God’s commandments to weigh you down, but Jesus came to lift you up to walk in God’s ways in the fullness of joy.
There is a fine line between godly sanctification and religious slavery, and the biggest difference is usually motivation. Religion says, “Live right and you will be accepted.” Jesus says, “In me, you are already accepted, so now you can live rightly as a result.”
Don’t let rules and traditions force you into the obedience of fear.
Let Jesus remind you of His perfect grace, and let that grace result in the joyful obedience of love, because because of the hope found in this truth: Jesus came to set you free from religion.
-Pastor Phillip
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