📖 Let’s page in our Bibles to the book of Galatians, chapter 5. We’re going to spend some time here together over the next couple of weeks to see what God wants to teach us through this portion of Scripture.

Galatians 5 is one of the most well-known parts of the Bible, because of the…

🍉 F r u i t   o f    t h e   S p i r i t (love, joy, peace, etc.) 🍊

👀 But before we get to that, let’s read the chapter as a whole & learn how to make sense of it. 

Starting in verse 1: “So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.” 

If you read on, you’ll discover that the believers in 📍 Galatia 📍were a little bit confused:

– They remembered Moses and the laws.

– They thought they had to do something to get right with God.

– They forgot that they are saved through faith by grace, because of what Jesus did.

📣 Often, in our own lives, we can also be forgetful. We focus on the fruits we know a ‘good Christian’ should produce – not realizing something crucial:

🌳 A branch cannot bear fruit by itself – it must remain connected to the source (John 15). So, before we get to the Fruit of the Spirit, we need to begin with being connected to God. Jesus already paid the full price to set you free. There’s nothing left to do except abide in Him.