We just did the NFL draft. As I'm recording this, It was a couple of weeks ago. This is where the professional American football teams get to pick from all the best college football players. And it's if you're not a fan of sports, you know, this is, it's an incredibly boring event. But if you are a fan of sports, it's an incredibly

boring event. There's not much to watch. It takes a very long time. It's pretty drab. But one

thing I do kind of like is getting a peek into the psyche of a kid who just found out they're

going to be a gajillionaire and they're going to be famous because they got drafted to play at the highest level of this sport. And you listen to the interviews and you'll,

you know, this last time around I heard two very different kinds of kids. One is, you know,

very flamboyant to clearly trying to do the, I don't know what you would call it, like more entertainer

than football player routine. Then I heard one of these kids come out and the whole speech was about

like all, you just got the sense that he was going to get to indulge every crazy idea or impulse

he's ever had ever. Like now I've got the freedom the money the resources the fame the positioning

to do anything i want to do and i'd be very nervous if i were the team that just drafted him

as he's talking about this newfound freedom and all of the crazy things you get the impression

he's probably going to want to do with it well then you hear the interview with the very next kid that gets drafted. And he's

from the same school, the same part of the country. It's practically the same person, but he's got a

totally different perspective. And he comes out and talks about how this opportunity is going to give

him the freedom to become a part of a community, to serve other people, to learn to be a

great teammate, and to better himself as a person, and to help his family. And both parties are

using the same operative word, the same operative principle. It's freedom. But they're talking about

using it for completely different things. Likewise in Galatians 5, that theme keeps coming up,

slavery versus freedom, slavery versus freedom, freedom in Christ. And no doubt there were people

in the conversation who were pushing back on Paul and were saying, what does he mean by freedom?

And probably they were accusing him.

Well, definitely they were accusing him of using the term freedom in Christ the same way the

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