Good morning friends and welcome back to the morning mindset.

Man, do you just sometimes just long in your heart of hearts and the deep recesses of your soul to be truly free.

I mean free from the tug of your sinful nature, free from the expectations of others,

free from the tyranny of rules and regulations and demands.

And I'm telling you sometimes I feel that deep down and I know that I'm not alone because there's

something in the human spirit that God himself has created that pushes us

toward freedom.

I think that's a big reason why revolutions happen in the world.

Now, of course, there are all kinds of political reasons,

and sometimes it's nothing more than just the ambition to throw off any kind of

structure or any kind of rule, but in our heart of hearts I'm convinced we as human beings are meant to be free.

Why am I so convinced of that?

Because Jesus himself is our ticket to freedom, the kind of freedom that really matters. Paul talks about

that in Galatians chapter 5 one through 6 which is the passage we're going to look

at today. He says for freedom Christ has set us free.

Stay infirm therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Look, I Paul say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

You are severed from Christ.

You who would be justified by the law, you have fallen away from grace.

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

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