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So Christ has truly set us free. 
Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.
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But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Galatians 5:1, 5-6 NLT
Paul's letter is trying to not just set the Christians in Galatia straight, but to set them free!
They were being held down by some particular cultural practices.
Makes me wonder what mine are...good things that become The Thing, like going to church every Sunday...
When a Good Thing becomes The Thing, we've lost the freedom we have in Jesus.
And then Paul wraps it all up with this:
"What is important is faith expressing itself in love."
Faith expressing itself in love.
How am I going to do that today at home, at work, studying, holidaying, recreating, whatever is in front of me today?
Faith expressing itself in love.
There's no prescription for this, no list, no "shoulds", just us letting our faith move and shape us to love this world...
#Galatians 
#letters 
#freedom
#faithexpressedinLove

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