Per your question, the spiritual illness associated with distorted truths are best answered here in your desire to know what real freedom is, The most destructive patterns found into our times as it was than, the spirit is quenched by so doing or is missing the other side of the complacy state to a rigid spirit dead dogmatist how to do responses. NW I think ken is dead on.
In 1:11-2:21, Paul shows that he was divinely commissioned as an apostle and as such was not answerable to the Twelve in Jerusalem. In chapters 3 and 4, he defends his doctrine of justification by faith alone, against the Judaizers who added works to faith as the necessary conditions for salvation. In 5:1-6:10, the inspired apostle presents practical teaching and exhortation designed to correct the havoc which the teaching of the Judaizers was causing in the personal lives of the Galatian Christians. In 4:19 Paul expresses the wish that the Lord Jesus might again be outwardly expressed in their lives.
The Galatians had lost His beauty which before the coming of the Judaizers had been so prominent in their experience. The Lord Jesus was not being expressed in their lives as heretofore. This was the direct result of the Judaizer’s legalistic teachings. The Galatian Christians, instead of depending upon the indwelling Spirit to produce in their lives the beauty of the Lord Jesus, now were depending upon self-effort in an attempt to obey law. Accordingly, Paul’s practical teaching emphasizes the ministry of the Spirit, and the Galatians are exhorted to put themselves again under His control.
The Galatians had lost His beauty which before the coming of the Judaizers had been so prominent in their experience. The Lord Jesus was not being expressed in their lives as heretofore. This was the direct result of the Judaizer’s legalistic teachings. The Galatian Christians, instead of depending upon the indwelling Spirit to produce in their lives the beauty of the Lord Jesus, now were depending upon self-effort in an attempt to obey law. Accordingly, Paul’s practical teaching emphasizes the ministry of the Spirit, and the Galatians are exhorted to put themselves again under His control.
(Galatians in the Greek New Testament by Kenneth S. Wuest)
Galatians 5:1
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage
It is the same for the Christian. The spiritual life, the life of “rest,” is centered in faith—faith in God’s Word. It is not a life centered in a person’s self-efforts to keep any law. Just as a person receives Christ Jesus in the matter of salvation (by faith alone in Christ alone), so is that person to walk (live) in Him (Colossians 2:6).
The last verse of chapter 4 describes the believer’s position—he is free. This first verse of chapter 5 refers to his practice—he should live as a free man. Here we have a very good illustration of the difference between law and grace. The law would say: “If you earn your freedom, you will become free.” But grace says: “You have been made free at the tremendous cost of the death of Christ. In gratitude to Him, you should stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free.” Law commands but does not enable. Grace provides what law demands, then enables man to live a life consistent with his position by the power of the Holy Spirit and rewards him for doing it.
(The Believer’s Bible Commentary by William MacDonald)
The believer is free from the law in three respects. First, he is free from the condemnation it imposes upon the one who would disobey it. Second, he is free from the law as means of justification. Third, he is free from the obligation to render obedience to its statutes. (Galatians in the Greek New Testament by Kenneth S. Wuest)
this sets grace apart the caustic tendecdy of self works quenchingthe spirit or external medium imposing guilt as ministry of condemnation on an ongoing basis to hold one in fear or bondage to the law..the law of Christ is love, that love judges as well and sees the intent of all human hearts, what we desire is seen here.. thanks.
In depriving themselves of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the living of a Christian life, they have fallen from grace. The words “fallen from” are from “ekpipto” which means “to fail of, to lose one’s hold of.” The Galatian Christians had lost their hold upon the grace for daily living which heretofore had been ministered to them by the Holy Spirit. God’s grace manifest itself in three ways, in justification, sanctification, and glorification. The context rules. All through chapter five, Paul is talking about the Holy Spirit’s ministry to the believer. Therefore “grace” here must be interpreted as the daily grace for living of which the Galatian Christians were depriving themselves.
But because they had lost their hold upon sanctifying grace, does not mean that God’s grace had lost its hold upon them in the sphere of justification. Because they had refused to accept God’s grace in sanctification is no reason why God should withdraw His grace for justification. They had received the latter when they accepted the Lord Jesus. That transaction was closed and permanent at the moment they believed. Justification is a judicial act of God done once for all. Sanctification is a process which goes on all through the Christian’s life.
Just because the process of sanctification is temporarily retarded in a believer’s life, does not say that his justification is taken away. If that were the case, then the retention of salvation would depend upon the believer’s works, and then salvation would not depend upon grace anymore and we find ourselves in the camp of the Judaizers, ancient and modern. Paul uses the symbol of the immoral conduct of a few in the church which was endangering the life of the entire local assembly. . .
The insidious work of these Judaizers was slowly permeating the . . . Galatian churches. The verb is in the present tense, indicating that the process of doctrinal fermentation was going on, but that it had not yet corrupted the entire church structure. It had made but a little progress. Paul was more alarmed over its insidious nature than over the extent to which it had permeated the churches. (Galatians in the Greek New Testament by Kenneth S. Wuest)
Just because the process of sanctification is temporarily retarded in a believer’s life, does not say that his justification is taken away. If that were the case, then the retention of salvation would depend upon the believer’s works, and then salvation would not depend upon grace anymore and we find ourselves in the camp of the Judaizers, ancient and modern. Paul uses the symbol of the immoral conduct of a few in the church which was endangering the life of the entire local assembly. . .
The insidious work of these Judaizers was slowly permeating the . . . Galatian churches. The verb is in the present tense, indicating that the process of doctrinal fermentation was going on, but that it had not yet corrupted the entire church structure. It had made but a little progress. Paul was more alarmed over its insidious nature than over the extent to which it had permeated the churches. (Galatians in the Greek New Testament by Kenneth S. Wuest)
(Galatians in the Greek New Testament by Kenneth S. Wuest)
Dear MS, I waste very little time out side of grace and faith on with doubt, legalism, spiritual procrastination or committees seeking to conjure up a complexity. I would take Christ at his word,the joy one may seek is not found in an endless sea of if and maybe.. personally faith can only grow by using it,,,,,!!!! not by titles or make believe status God wants us to be servants, therein the reality of seeing a manifesting God actually work on your part exists 2chronical's 16;9the rest is hot air, as you mentioned, I HAD to learn it by going.
faith is living forth going process by which ever greater sight is granted in the going.NW.
kj3, Young's literal Nt here.
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