Galatians 5:13-15
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
We who are called out in Christ are called into freedom in Him from the Law of sin and death. This does not give us the right or reason or excuse to serve ourselves because we no longer face eternal judgement to condemnation, but instead gives us the call into love and good works as a thankful response and a driving desire to be holy as He is. This is the Law now written on our hearts and ministered by His Spirit in us as led by His word that instructs and guides us. After love for God, love for our neighbors is essential to this freedom as to what we have been bought. As he says here, beware that we don’t get caught up again in hate, or it will consume us.
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