Unsettling Statement to Match Unsettling Behavior | Galatians 5:12 | Guided Bible Meditation

Don't Use Freedom to Gratify the Flesh | Galatians 5:13 | Guided Bible Meditation

This meditation is on the reality that just because we have freedom from the law, doesn't mean we should be lawless and selfish. On the contrary, because we are free from the law we can serve without worry about whether we're doing things "right".

Unsettling Statement to Match Unsettling Behavior | Galatians 5:12 | Guided Bible Meditation

This is Paul at his most unguarded. The sharpness is not accidental. It is the sharpness of a man watching people he loves be led away from what is true. Sit with the verse as it is. The heat in it. And what is underneath the heat.

The Offense of the Cross | Galatians 5:11 | Guided Bible Meditation

Paul defends himself through logic. If he preached what they demanded, there would be no cost. But there is a cost. The offense of the cross is real. And he is still bearing it. Meditate on the word offense. What it means that the cross carries one. Galatians 5: 11 But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

Don't Be Legalistic | Galatians 5:10 | Guided Bible Meditation

Trust and accountability in the same sentence. Paul extends confidence to the church and names that the one troubling them will face consequences. He doesn't soften either. Sit with both. The belief he holds for them. And the weight of that final phrase: whoever he is Galatians 5:10  I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.

Just a Little Bit of Legalism Ruins Faith | Galatians 5:9 | Guided Bible Meditation

Short and to the point. The meditation on a little bit of leaven ruining the whole lump is referring to how just a tiny bit of legalism can ruin a whole entire group of believers. Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.