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LIBERTY-2

Text: Galatians 5:13.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Today, we shall be looking at the second extreme side of the mountain top (liberty) that Jesus is calling you to.

While the first extreme side of this mountain is legalism, the second side of the extreme is Licensing. 

Dictionary defines license as:  
a.Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).

b.) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.

Believers are often tempted to either live by laws, leading to legalism or in the flesh, leading to licensing. Neither of these extremes is acceptable unto God, rather, He wants us to live in liberty.

Chapter 5 verse 19-21 of Galatians detailed the license (works of the flesh) which you must refrain from as a believer.

Contemporary English Version put it thus: _People's desires make them give in to immoral ways, filthy thoughts, and shameful deeds. They worship idols, practice_ _witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are envious. They get drunk, carry on at wild parties, and do other evil things as well. I told you before, and I am telling you again: No one who does these things will share in the blessings of God's kingdom._ 

 *It is only by living in the liberty of the Spirit that you are delivered from works of the flesh, and not by living by laws of 'dos' and 'donts'* 

*Bible  Reading:* 

Galatians 5:16-26.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father help me to live every day of my life by the leading of the Spirit.

 *CIA CAMPUS MOVEMENT*

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