THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FREEDOM PART 2

TEXT- GALATIANS 6:6-10

INTRODUCTION

TODAY THERE ARE MANY LAWS THAT ARE STILL IN EFFECT, BUT MAKE LITTLE SENSE.

FOR INSTANCE:

IT IS ILLEGAL IN KENTUCKY TO MARRY THE SAME MAN MORE THAN THREE TIMES.

IN CALIFORNIA, IT IS ILLEGAL TO SET A MOUSE TRAP WITHOUT A HUNTING LICENSE.

IN TENNESSEE, IT IS ILLEGAL TO USE LASSOS TO CATCH A FISH. (A RUSTY HOOK IS FAR MORE HUMANE...)

IF A MAN IS WEARING A STRIPED SUIT, YOU CANNOT THROW A KNIFE AT HIM IN NATOMA, KANSAS.

IN 1659, MASSACHUSETTS MADE CHRISTMAS ILLEGAL.

UNLESS YOU HAVE A DOCTOR'S NOTE, IT'S ILLEGAL TO BUY ICE CREAM AFTER 6 P.M. IN NEWARK, N.J.

IT IS A MISDEMEANOR IN MONTANA TO SHOW MOVIES THAT DEPICT ACTS OF FELONIOUS CRIME.

CHILDREN CAN BUY SHOTGUNS IN KANSAS CITY, MO., BUT NOT TOY CAP GUNS.

IN MINNESOTA, IT'S ILLEGAL TO TEASE SKUNKS. (AS IF BEING SPRAYED WEREN'T ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT.)

IN HARTFORD, CONN., IT IS ILLEGAL TO KISS YOUR WIFE ON SUNDAY.

WHILE MAN'S LAWS MAY SEEM LOONEY AT TIMES AND NOT MAKE ANY SENSE, GOD HAS ESTABLISHED CERTAIN LAWS THAT ARE UNCHANGEABLE.

LAST TIME WE STUDIED FROM THE BOOK OF GALATIANS WE LEARNED IN CHAPTER 6:1-5 ABOUT THE LAW OF CHRIST WHICH IS THE LAW OF LOVE.

THIS MORNING OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN GALATIANS 6:6-10 AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE TOPIC OF, "THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FREEDOM."

WHILE WE ARE FREE AS CHILDREN OF GOD, WE ARE NOT FREE TO DO ANYTHING WE WANT.

GOD HAS ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES AND LAWS THAT WE ARE TO FOLLOW.

HERE IN THIS PASSAGE PAUL DESCRIBES FOR US "THE LAW OF THE HARVEST."

AS WE STUDY THIS PASSAGE THERE ARE FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES BROUGHT OUT IN THIS LAW THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO NOTICE.