Galatians 5:1
A Sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
This coming Friday is the Fourth of July, the celebration of our country’s independence on July 4, 1776. The spirit of the American Revolution is captured well in the motto of New Hampshire: Live free or die.
It’s a useful coincidence that one of our texts today is about freedom, Christian freedom. It’s Galatians 5:1: “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
What “freedom” means in each case is different, but together they provide our focus for today.