Post by Les Brewer on May 10, 2012 6:19:37 GMT
“THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!” By Pastor Robert Oliver
Galatians 5:1 says, “STAND FAST THEREFORE, IN THE 'LIBERTY' WHEREWITH CHRIST HATH 'MADE' US FREE, AND BE NOT 'ENTANGLED' AGAIN WITH THE 'YOKE' OF BONDAGE!”
Oh What a Powerful 'Proclamation' the Apostle Paul Makes Here Beloved for You & I to "Consider!" Now, This Former 'Pharisee' Has Spent “4” Chapters, Preaching 'Against' Seeking Justification "BY WORKS" Through the 'LAW' of Moses! And Here, Paul Feels the 'Necessity' of Admonishing the Galatian Believers 'Against' Falling Back Under the "Bondage" of the Old Covenant! I See “5” Key 'Phrases' from Paul’s Pen here that Demand Exposition:
First, Notice the “NEED TO STAND!” He writes, “STAND 'FAST' THEREFORE!” Now, the 'Indication' here Church, is that “STANDING” in Spiritual Victory Does 'Not' Happen Accidentally or Automatically! Listen Beloved, We Must “Purpose” to 'STAND' In the "POWER Of GOD’S SPIRIT" Every Day! And The 'Terminology' here is Actually Used in the 'Military' Where a Soldier is 'Commanded' to “STAND” FAST and "NOT RETREAT!" Listen, It Portrays a 'Position' of Defence and a "Readiness" to Withstand any "Attack of the Enemy!" Dear One, Are You 'Assuming' Your Position of "Defence for the GOSPEL?" Are You Making a 'STAND' Against "SIN?" Against the "DEVIL?" Against "WORLDLINESS?" Against the "FLESH?" Paul said in Ephesians 6:13~ “And Having DONE 'ALL' TO STAND, 'STAND' THEREFORE!” And He 'Then' Tells Us “HOW” To STAND, by 'Taking' the Whole "ARMOUR OF GOD!"
But Secondly, Notice Our “FREEDOM!” Paul writes, “STAND FAST THEREFORE 'IN' THE LIBERTY!” Oh Glory to GOD Do I 'Love' This! Beloved One, You Have Been 'CALLED' by GOD 'Into' a STATE OF “LIBERTY!” The 'Greek' Word here is “Eleutheria!” Listen, It Means “COMPLETE FREEDOM!” Did You 'Hear' that? It's True, JESUS CHRIST Has 'MADE' Us “FREE FROM SIN!" HE Has “Liberated” Us FROM "SIN!" Hey, I 'Guarantee' You that a Prisoner 'Set Free' Will "NOT INTENTIONALLY RETURN TO HIS CELL!" And Paul is Saying, “DO NOT RETURN TO YOUR SIN!” See, The 'Judaizers' were Attempting to 'Bring' the Galatian "Christians" Under the Mosaic Code of LAW 'by' the Act of Circumcision, Which "Binds" One Over to 'Keeping' the Whole "LAW!" But Paul Says that 'JESUS CHRIST' Has “FREED” Us From that Bondage! Verse 13 says~ “For Brethren, YE HAVE BEEN CALLED 'UNTO' LIBERTY, Only Use Not 'LIBERTY' for an Occasion to THE FLESH, But BY LOVE 'SERVE' ONE ANOTHER!” He’s Saying~ "You Are Now 'FREE' to SERVE THE LORD 'AND' OTHERS!" And Beloved, You and I are Now 'Under' a "HIGHER" LAW, called the "LAW OF THE SPIRIT" and "THE LAW OF LIBERTY" which is Backed by GOD'S "GRACE!!!"
But Thirdly, Notice “WHO” GAVE US THIS LIBERTY: He says, “STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH 'CHRIST' HATH MADE US FREE!” Oh Yes Indeed Beloved, "JESUS CHRIST" Is the 'ONLY PERSON' in the "UNIVERSE" Who is ABLE To “MAKE” US “FREE!” The 'Greek' Word for FREE here is “Eleutheroo!” It is Only 'Slightly' Different from the Word for LIBERTY, and Literally Translates~ “TO DELIVER & 'MAKE' ONE FREE!” So, 'Eleutheria' is the “STATE” of LIBERTY, While 'Eleutheroo' is the “ACT” OF "MAKING ONE FREE!" JESUS Said In John 8:32~ “And Ye Shall KNOW 'THE' TRUTH, and THE 'TRUTH' SHALL 'MAKE' YOU FREE!” And verse 36~ “IF THE 'SON' THEREFORE SHALL 'MAKE' YOU FREE, YE SHALL 'BE' FREE INDEED!!!” Listen Dear One, it 'Means' that the 'LIBERTY' That JESUS “GIVES” is “TRUE” LIBERTY, TRUE in the 'Sense' that It Will "LAST FOREVER!" Beloved Believer, "Doctor Phil" Cannot Set You "FREE!" Oprah Winfrey 'Cannot' Set Men "FREE!" Education 'Cannot' Set Men "FREE!" Because It Takes "THE SON OF GOD" TO MAKE ONE “FREE INDEED!!!”
But Fourthly, Notice The Word of “CAUTION!” Paul says, “STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE, AND BE NOT 'ENTANGLED' AGAIN!” Listen Carefully Saints, because the 'Phraseology' here Is that of a “Tangled” Victim in the Spider’s "Web!" He’s Hopelessly 'Entangled' With "No Way of Escape!" Beloved, This is Exactly 'How' Every Slave of the Devil "Lives!" Ensnared by "Addictions" and Vices that "ONLY JESUS CAN BREAK!" Paul says~ “DO NOT GO 'BACK' TO THAT SLAVERY!” The 'Greek' Word for Entangled is “Enecho!” It Means “TO HOLD IN, TO ENSLAVE!” Did You 'Hear' that? Paul is Saying: “DO NOT BECOME 'HELD IN' AND 'ENSLAVED' AGAIN!" And Notice the Word “AGAIN?” Beloved, Paul is "Pointing Back" to Our Lives “BEFORE” We Came to JESUS, and Says~ “DON’T GO 'BACK' TO THAT 'SINFUL' WAY OF LIVING!” Listen, II Peter 2:20 says~ “For If 'AFTER' THEY Have 'ESCAPED' THE POLLUTIONS OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE 'KNOWLEDGE' OF THE LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, THEY ARE 'AGAIN' ENTANGLED (Enechoed) THEREIN, AND OVERCOME, THE 'LATTER' END IS 'WORSE' WITH THEM THAN THE BEGINNING!” Did You 'Hear' That? Peter, 'by' the HOLY GHOST, Says That You can End up “WORSE” OFF Than You 'Were' Before Coming to JESUS CHRIST, If You Become "ENTANGLED IN SIN AGAIN!!!"
But Fifthly, and Finally, Notice the Devil’s “YOKE!” Paul writes, “STAND FAST THEREFORE, IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE, And Be NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN 'WITH' THE 'YOKE' OF BONDAGE!” Oh Me Oh My Beloved, I Hope You’re 'Listening' today! Because 'Here' We Find that There are “2” YOKES! Remember What 'JESUS' Said In Matthew 11:29~ “TAKE 'MY' YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN 'OF' ME; FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART: AND YE SHALL FIND 'REST' FOR YOUR SOULS; FOR 'MY' YOKE IS EASY, AND 'MY' BURDEN IS LIGHT!” Listen Now, the 'Picture' here is One of the Oxen, Which Have a “YOKE” Placed Around Their 'NECKS', In Order for Their “MASTER” to "CONTROL THEM!" And Paul, by "GOD’S SPIRIT" Here, Says~ “DON’T ALLOW THE 'YOKE OF BONDAGE' TO BE PLACED ON YOUR 'NECK' AGAIN!” Beloved, There are ONLY “2” MASTERS & "2" YOKES: THE DEVIL’S, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST’S! And The 'Implication' here, is that a CHRISTIAN “CAN” Return to 'BONGAGE' IF He or She 'Chooses' to Serve "SIN" Again! The 'Danger' of Such Poor "Choices" is that One Opens Himself 'Up' to Demonic Attachments, and even in Some Cases, 'Premature' Death! So, My 'Word' to You Today: “STAND FAST” Beloved, in the GLORIOUS "LIBERTY" OF JESUS CHRIST, And DO NOT 'GIVE' THE ENEMY ANY 'AREA' OF OPERATION IN YOUR LIFE, BUT 'YIELD' YOURSELF TO THAT PRECIOUS "SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST" THAT IS 'IN' YOU, AND WALK "IN HIS LOVE" ALL THE DAY LONG!!! Blessings to All, and Shalom...
Galatians 5:1 says, “STAND FAST THEREFORE, IN THE 'LIBERTY' WHEREWITH CHRIST HATH 'MADE' US FREE, AND BE NOT 'ENTANGLED' AGAIN WITH THE 'YOKE' OF BONDAGE!”
Oh What a Powerful 'Proclamation' the Apostle Paul Makes Here Beloved for You & I to "Consider!" Now, This Former 'Pharisee' Has Spent “4” Chapters, Preaching 'Against' Seeking Justification "BY WORKS" Through the 'LAW' of Moses! And Here, Paul Feels the 'Necessity' of Admonishing the Galatian Believers 'Against' Falling Back Under the "Bondage" of the Old Covenant! I See “5” Key 'Phrases' from Paul’s Pen here that Demand Exposition:
First, Notice the “NEED TO STAND!” He writes, “STAND 'FAST' THEREFORE!” Now, the 'Indication' here Church, is that “STANDING” in Spiritual Victory Does 'Not' Happen Accidentally or Automatically! Listen Beloved, We Must “Purpose” to 'STAND' In the "POWER Of GOD’S SPIRIT" Every Day! And The 'Terminology' here is Actually Used in the 'Military' Where a Soldier is 'Commanded' to “STAND” FAST and "NOT RETREAT!" Listen, It Portrays a 'Position' of Defence and a "Readiness" to Withstand any "Attack of the Enemy!" Dear One, Are You 'Assuming' Your Position of "Defence for the GOSPEL?" Are You Making a 'STAND' Against "SIN?" Against the "DEVIL?" Against "WORLDLINESS?" Against the "FLESH?" Paul said in Ephesians 6:13~ “And Having DONE 'ALL' TO STAND, 'STAND' THEREFORE!” And He 'Then' Tells Us “HOW” To STAND, by 'Taking' the Whole "ARMOUR OF GOD!"
But Secondly, Notice Our “FREEDOM!” Paul writes, “STAND FAST THEREFORE 'IN' THE LIBERTY!” Oh Glory to GOD Do I 'Love' This! Beloved One, You Have Been 'CALLED' by GOD 'Into' a STATE OF “LIBERTY!” The 'Greek' Word here is “Eleutheria!” Listen, It Means “COMPLETE FREEDOM!” Did You 'Hear' that? It's True, JESUS CHRIST Has 'MADE' Us “FREE FROM SIN!" HE Has “Liberated” Us FROM "SIN!" Hey, I 'Guarantee' You that a Prisoner 'Set Free' Will "NOT INTENTIONALLY RETURN TO HIS CELL!" And Paul is Saying, “DO NOT RETURN TO YOUR SIN!” See, The 'Judaizers' were Attempting to 'Bring' the Galatian "Christians" Under the Mosaic Code of LAW 'by' the Act of Circumcision, Which "Binds" One Over to 'Keeping' the Whole "LAW!" But Paul Says that 'JESUS CHRIST' Has “FREED” Us From that Bondage! Verse 13 says~ “For Brethren, YE HAVE BEEN CALLED 'UNTO' LIBERTY, Only Use Not 'LIBERTY' for an Occasion to THE FLESH, But BY LOVE 'SERVE' ONE ANOTHER!” He’s Saying~ "You Are Now 'FREE' to SERVE THE LORD 'AND' OTHERS!" And Beloved, You and I are Now 'Under' a "HIGHER" LAW, called the "LAW OF THE SPIRIT" and "THE LAW OF LIBERTY" which is Backed by GOD'S "GRACE!!!"
But Thirdly, Notice “WHO” GAVE US THIS LIBERTY: He says, “STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH 'CHRIST' HATH MADE US FREE!” Oh Yes Indeed Beloved, "JESUS CHRIST" Is the 'ONLY PERSON' in the "UNIVERSE" Who is ABLE To “MAKE” US “FREE!” The 'Greek' Word for FREE here is “Eleutheroo!” It is Only 'Slightly' Different from the Word for LIBERTY, and Literally Translates~ “TO DELIVER & 'MAKE' ONE FREE!” So, 'Eleutheria' is the “STATE” of LIBERTY, While 'Eleutheroo' is the “ACT” OF "MAKING ONE FREE!" JESUS Said In John 8:32~ “And Ye Shall KNOW 'THE' TRUTH, and THE 'TRUTH' SHALL 'MAKE' YOU FREE!” And verse 36~ “IF THE 'SON' THEREFORE SHALL 'MAKE' YOU FREE, YE SHALL 'BE' FREE INDEED!!!” Listen Dear One, it 'Means' that the 'LIBERTY' That JESUS “GIVES” is “TRUE” LIBERTY, TRUE in the 'Sense' that It Will "LAST FOREVER!" Beloved Believer, "Doctor Phil" Cannot Set You "FREE!" Oprah Winfrey 'Cannot' Set Men "FREE!" Education 'Cannot' Set Men "FREE!" Because It Takes "THE SON OF GOD" TO MAKE ONE “FREE INDEED!!!”
But Fourthly, Notice The Word of “CAUTION!” Paul says, “STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE, AND BE NOT 'ENTANGLED' AGAIN!” Listen Carefully Saints, because the 'Phraseology' here Is that of a “Tangled” Victim in the Spider’s "Web!" He’s Hopelessly 'Entangled' With "No Way of Escape!" Beloved, This is Exactly 'How' Every Slave of the Devil "Lives!" Ensnared by "Addictions" and Vices that "ONLY JESUS CAN BREAK!" Paul says~ “DO NOT GO 'BACK' TO THAT SLAVERY!” The 'Greek' Word for Entangled is “Enecho!” It Means “TO HOLD IN, TO ENSLAVE!” Did You 'Hear' that? Paul is Saying: “DO NOT BECOME 'HELD IN' AND 'ENSLAVED' AGAIN!" And Notice the Word “AGAIN?” Beloved, Paul is "Pointing Back" to Our Lives “BEFORE” We Came to JESUS, and Says~ “DON’T GO 'BACK' TO THAT 'SINFUL' WAY OF LIVING!” Listen, II Peter 2:20 says~ “For If 'AFTER' THEY Have 'ESCAPED' THE POLLUTIONS OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE 'KNOWLEDGE' OF THE LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, THEY ARE 'AGAIN' ENTANGLED (Enechoed) THEREIN, AND OVERCOME, THE 'LATTER' END IS 'WORSE' WITH THEM THAN THE BEGINNING!” Did You 'Hear' That? Peter, 'by' the HOLY GHOST, Says That You can End up “WORSE” OFF Than You 'Were' Before Coming to JESUS CHRIST, If You Become "ENTANGLED IN SIN AGAIN!!!"
But Fifthly, and Finally, Notice the Devil’s “YOKE!” Paul writes, “STAND FAST THEREFORE, IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH CHRIST HATH MADE US FREE, And Be NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN 'WITH' THE 'YOKE' OF BONDAGE!” Oh Me Oh My Beloved, I Hope You’re 'Listening' today! Because 'Here' We Find that There are “2” YOKES! Remember What 'JESUS' Said In Matthew 11:29~ “TAKE 'MY' YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN 'OF' ME; FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART: AND YE SHALL FIND 'REST' FOR YOUR SOULS; FOR 'MY' YOKE IS EASY, AND 'MY' BURDEN IS LIGHT!” Listen Now, the 'Picture' here is One of the Oxen, Which Have a “YOKE” Placed Around Their 'NECKS', In Order for Their “MASTER” to "CONTROL THEM!" And Paul, by "GOD’S SPIRIT" Here, Says~ “DON’T ALLOW THE 'YOKE OF BONDAGE' TO BE PLACED ON YOUR 'NECK' AGAIN!” Beloved, There are ONLY “2” MASTERS & "2" YOKES: THE DEVIL’S, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST’S! And The 'Implication' here, is that a CHRISTIAN “CAN” Return to 'BONGAGE' IF He or She 'Chooses' to Serve "SIN" Again! The 'Danger' of Such Poor "Choices" is that One Opens Himself 'Up' to Demonic Attachments, and even in Some Cases, 'Premature' Death! So, My 'Word' to You Today: “STAND FAST” Beloved, in the GLORIOUS "LIBERTY" OF JESUS CHRIST, And DO NOT 'GIVE' THE ENEMY ANY 'AREA' OF OPERATION IN YOUR LIFE, BUT 'YIELD' YOURSELF TO THAT PRECIOUS "SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST" THAT IS 'IN' YOU, AND WALK "IN HIS LOVE" ALL THE DAY LONG!!! Blessings to All, and Shalom...
