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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Galatians 6:11-18
Galatians
Freedom’s Cross
Galatians 6:11-18
We can be free from worrying about what others think.
So, when Christians began to proclaim that Christ had to die on a cross for our sins, many people were offended.
They were trying to avoid persecution, but that put them in bondage to the need to impress.
We may not yet be killed for following Christ, but we are ridiculed sometimes, and we are at times considered “narrow minded bigots” by some.
They themselves don’t keep the law, but they want you to keep it just so they can boast.
The cross sets us free! It sets us free from self (Galatians 2:20). It sets us free from the flesh (Galatians 5:24). And it sets us free from the world (Galatians 6:14).
So, boast about what God is doing inside you, not about what you are doing on the outside.
If you want true peace and freedom, stop boasting about yourself and your own achievements, and start boasting about the cross.
But only as we boast about the cross, do we find real peace and mercy in our lives.