The Master’s Invitation - “Follow Me”

“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.”

Matthew 4:18–20 (NIV)

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Living a Liberated Life as a Christian - (Galatians 5-6)

Opening Thought:
"Whom the Son sets free is free indeed!" We are not called to be bound by the chains of sin, tradition, or law, but to live fully liberated lives through the power of Jesus Christ. Paul writes to the Galatian church to remind them, and us, that freedom in Christ is not a license to sin but an invitation to walk in the Spirit.

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Who’s Your Mama? — Living Free by God’s Promise Galatians 4:21–31

Breaking Free From Bondage to Embrace God’s Grace.

Throughout history, the Black Church has known what it means to live under oppression —

both spiritual and social. But God has always been a God who liberates His people. Just like

He delivered Israel from Egypt, He also delivered us from sin, bondage, and even from

legalism. In Galatians 4, Paul uses a powerful illustration to teach us about the difference

between living under the Law and lying in God’s grace — using the story of two women:

Hagar and Sarah.

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Are You Spiritually Mature? (Galatians 4:1–20)

After our children grow up and mature, we don’t have to tell them not to play with fire or to look both ways before stepping into the street. When they become mature adults, they don’t require curfews. They no longer need our rules and supervision. In the same way, mature Christians don’t need rules and regulations. In this passage, Paul describes three things you will do if you are spiritually mature.

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Two Mountains to Which Every Christian Must Go (Galatians 3:23–29)

Mountains are some of God’s most beautiful creations. I love to go to the mountains to breathe the fresh air and marvel at God’s awesome power. At times I just feel the need to go to the mountains for rest and rejuvenation. In the Bible, we find two mountains to which every Christian must go if we are to have a “journey into liberated living.” In this section of Galatians, Paul reveals the benefits of what God did for us on both mountains. Let’s look at these two mountains …

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AVOIDING A SPIRITUAL CURSE (Galatians 3:10–22)

Sometimes in life we must choose. We can be one thing or the other but not both. For example, we can’t be married and single at the same time. We can’t be saved and lost at the same time, and we can’t be saved by grace through faith and saved by works at the same time. The Judaizers taught salvation was a combination of faith and works, which, Paul explains, results in a curse. Beginning with Abraham (3:6), Paul has already proven God’s way of saving people and of avoiding a spiritual curse has always been exclusively by grace through faith. In this section, Paul reveals three actions required to avoid this curse.

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How To Resist Being Bewitched (Galatians 3:1–9)

In the 1960s, there was a TV show entitled Bewitched. In that show, “bewitched” meant being influenced by a witch. However, the Bible teaches that being bewitched is being influenced by error and evil. In this passage, we find three essential actions that help us resist being spiritually bewitched.

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