7 You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth? 8 It certainly isn’t God, for he is the one who called you to freedom. 9 This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough! 10 I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.
11 Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised—as some say I do—why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended. 12 I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.
13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
Terrie's Comments:
We are free from the Law but Paul clearly says we have a choice to use that freedom to satisfy our own sinful nature but instead he is encouraging believers to use that freedom to serve one another in love. We aren't called to destroy and devour one another. We are called to be servants, serving each other in the Name of Jesus:-) We have free will to follow what we are called to do or to do our own thing.
Tori's Comments:
With the amount of offensiveness and offended people in the world, it's important to be able to know and stand behind the truth so I won't get swept away in the world's burdens.
"use your freedom to serve one another in love" and in doing so be a witness to those around you of the mind-boggling nature of Christ and the church.
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