Knives and Forks

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13 NASB Opportunity – Everyone must deal with forks. No, not eating utensils. I mean forks in the roads we travel. We have to decide which way to go,…

Quality Control

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh; but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13 Serve – “How may I serve you?” When someone in a retail store asks that question, what do you think? You probably anticipate a sales pitch. You might…

Hormone Therapy

For, brothers, you were called to freedom.  Only do not use the freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love serve one another as slaves. Galatians 5:13 Gain – How did you attain freedom?  That’s the question behind Paul’s argument in Galatians.  Did you earn your freedom by spiritual effort or noble works or…

The Hebrew Connection

For you were called to freedom, brethren, only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13 Freedom/Serve – Sometimes, the intimate connection between Hebrew thought and the New Testament documents just doesn’t show itself in Greek or in English.  That’s unfortunate since it deprives…

Opportunity

“For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh”  Galatians 5:13 Opportunity – How would you describe an “opportunity”?  Would you use words like “happy occurrence”, “favorable circumstance” or “luck”?  Opportunity is that intersection of the right things in the right time at the right…