Podcasts about No Longer Slaves

No Longer Slaves, But Children Series: Stand Alone Sermon Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7 Date: June 21st, 2026 Preacher: Justin AderThe post No Longer Slaves, But Children first appeared on Disciples Church.

Pastor Steven preaches from Romans 6:1b-11Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!Welcome to Pastor Steven G. Lightfoot's Podcast. Sermons and homilies by Rev. Steven G. Lightfoot. Pastor Steven is an ordained elder in the Global Methodist Church and serves as Senior Pastor to First Methodist Church Splendora and Shepherd Methodist Church in Southeast Texas. Thanks for listening! Join us each week for a new message. May God bless you and keep you.

In the closing of Galatians, Paul asks a powerful question: What are you boasting in? He shows how we often build our identity and worth on achievement, status, relationships, morality, or religious performance, but those things make terrible saviors because they cannot truly satisfy or sustain us. Instead, Paul says his only boast is the cross of Jesus Christ, because the cross is where our sin, shame, and striving are fully dealt with. The cross reveals both our need for grace and the depth of God's love for sinners. Through Jesus, we are made new creations, no longer defined by performance but by His grace. Paul's final plea is to stop trying to save ourselves and instead trust, rest, and boast in Christ alone, because only the cross can truly save, satisfy, and change us.

May 17, 2026Pastor Neal RozemaOther Scripture used: Colossians 1:13-14; John 19:30b; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17b,d; Galatians 5:22-23a; Galatians 2:20; 1 John 1:7; John 8:32; John 15:4a,5b; Hebrews 10:24-25a,c; Main Points: NO LONGER SLAVES What Christ freed us from What Christ freed us for And how we walk in that freedom daily

Galatians 5:26–6:10 calls us into a Spirit-filled community where we gently restore one another and faithfully bear each other's burdens. Through the picture of sowing and reaping, we see that the fruit of our lives reveals whether we are living from the flesh or from the Spirit. Ultimately, Jesus is the true burden-bearer who frees us from religious performance so we can honestly bring our struggles into authentic fellowship and care for one another well.

This message from Epistle to the Galatians 5:13–25 reminds believers that although Jesus has already secured our freedom through His death and resurrection, there is still an ongoing battle between the flesh and the Spirit within every Christian. Paul explains that the flesh produces self centeredness, division, and destruction, while the Spirit produces the character of Jesus through love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. The sermon ultimately points to the gospel by showing that spiritual transformation does not come from trying harder to earn God's approval, but from daily dependence on Jesus as His Spirit changes us from the inside out.

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Pastor John Murphy teaches from the Epistle to the Galatians that, like Israel after the Exodus, people often return to “chains” even after being set free. In Galatians 5, Paul warns believers not to fall back into a yoke of slavery by trying to earn God's favor through performance. We do this because we crave control, struggle to trust grace, and are influenced by voices that tell us we are not enough. Yet the gospel is offensive because it declares we cannot fix ourselves, but it is also freeing because it means Jesus has already done everything. True freedom is not about earning God's love but living in it, where faith works through love and obedience flows not from fear or obligation but from gratitude for grace already given.

In this sermon by Matt Murphy, Paul's message in Galatians 4 centers on Jesus as the fulfillment of God's promise and the one who frees us from slavery to performance. He shows that trying to secure our own standing with God leads to bondage, but trusting in Jesus brings us into the identity of beloved children of God through grace. The call is to reject every lie that says Jesus is not enough and to live fully anchored in his finished work, where obedience flows from being united to him rather than earning God's love.

Send us Fan Mail“Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father!' Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ” (Galatians 4:1-7).Freshly written and sent out immediately "morning by morning" from the morning prayer time of Tommy Hays each day.God bless you and you have a great day!—Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministrieshttp://messiah-ministries.org

Given 19th April 2026. Galatians 4:6-7 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

Pastor John Murphy teaches from Galatians 4:1-11 that the real issue for many believers is not behavior but the belief that we must earn God's love through performance. Before Christ, we lived like slaves driven by rules, fear, and the need for approval, but God sent His Son to redeem us and bring us into His family as adopted sons with full rights and His Spirit within us. The challenge now is to stop living like slaves, trying to prove ourselves, and instead rest in the freedom, security, and identity we already have as God's children.

Paul's message in Epistle to the Galatians chapter 3 is that salvation has always been based on God's promise, not human effort or obedience to the Law. God made a covenant with Abraham to bless all nations through his descendant—fulfilled in Jesus Christ—and that promise cannot be replaced or canceled by the Law given later. The Law's purpose was never to save, but to reveal sin and act as a temporary guardian leading people to Christ. Now that Christ has come, believers are no longer under the Law but are made sons and daughters of God through faith, equal and united in Him. The message calls Christians to live in gratitude for this grace, invites those not yet in Christ to find hope in the promise, and challenges those who have grown numb to the gospel to truly hear and respond, because in the end, our only hope in life and death is Christ alone.

Pastor John Murphy teaches from Galatians 3:10–14 that every person lives under the weight of a spiritual “curse,” God's judgment on sin, because no one can perfectly keep His law. While many try to fix themselves through effort, morality, or self-improvement, that path ultimately fails because perfection is the standard. The good news of Easter is that Jesus took a different path for us: He stepped in as our substitute, absorbing the full curse on the cross in our place. His resurrection proves that the curse has been fully dealt with, and now, through faith in Him, we can receive blessing instead of judgment, including forgiveness, new life, and a restored relationship with God. The central question is whether we will keep trying to carry our burden or trust Jesus to take it, finding true freedom in Him.

In Galatians 3:1–9, Pastor John Murphy explains that we do not begin following Jesus by fixing ourselves, but by trusting in what Christ has already done. He emphasizes that we also do not grow through self-effort, but by relying on the Spirit, even though we naturally drift back into trying to prove ourselves through performance. Using Abraham as an example, the message shows that faith has always been the way, reminding us that Jesus alone changes us and sustains us.

This sermon from Galatians 2:15–21 confronts the subtle but dangerous drift from living by God's grace to relying on our own performance. Pastor John Murphy highlights that no one can be made right with God through effort or obedience; justification is a finished verdict received by faith in Jesus, not a status we earn. When we return to performance, we rebuild what Christ already tore down, placing ourselves back under a law that can expose sin but never save. Through our union with Christ, our old identity rooted in striving for approval has died, and we now live by faith in the One who loved us and gave Himself for us. Ultimately, to depend on our performance is to diminish the cross itself, as if Christ's sacrifice were unnecessary. The call, then, is to continually rest in and return to grace, living not for acceptance, but from it.

Join us as we dig deeper into last Sunday's sermon from Pastor Gabe Kasper "The Whistle" and hear from Amy Duncan and Nate Zuellig on "No Longer Slaves". Digging Deeper Questions: Which of the two extremes are you drawn toward the most? Are you tempted to be a pietist, looking to obey all of the rules; or a party animal, finding ways to bend and break them?   A life of faith in Jesus Christ is not about what we can or cannot do, but about loving God and our neighbor in all that we do. Is this a new concept for you? If so, how others-oriented have you been when making moral decisions, prior to this?   Do you feel that being "set free to focus on love" as you navigate life will add clarity or complexity to your decision making?  Intro/Outro Song: "Only One" Nate Zuellig ULC Artist In Residence   "No Longer Slaves" Bethel Music CCLI Song # 7030123   CCLI License # 11254293

Join us as Pastor Anthony as he continues through the sermon series Death To Life.

In the new No Longer series leading to Easter, Pastor Dave traces a hard tension: Scripture says we're "no longer slaves" to sin—so why do so many Jesus-followers still feel trapped? From Luke 23's darkness and the torn temple curtain to Paul's language of dying with Christ in Romans 6 (with Galatians 5:1), the message frames the cross as victory that doesn't just forgive sin but breaks sin's power. Then it turns practical—showing how gospel clarity about identity, honest confession (James 5), and life in community become the tools Christ gives to walk in that freedom.

In Galatians 2:11–16, Pastor John Murphy explains that fear of people can lead us to compromise the gospel, just as Simon Peter did when he withdrew from eating with Gentile believers out of fear of criticism. Paul the Apostle publicly confronted him because Peter's actions distorted the gospel and damaged the church's unity and culture. The solution to living for approval is remembering justification—through Jesus, believers are already fully accepted and declared righteous by God, freeing us from the need to perform or pretend.

In Galatians 2:1-10, Pastor John Murphy emphasizes that our personal stories only make sense within God's larger story revealed in Jesus. He warns against false stories that add anything to Jesus' work, such as legalism, politics, performance, or personal achievement, which create slavery rather than freedom. Using Paul's journey to Jerusalem and the example of Titus, John shows the importance of guarding the integrity of the gospel so that future generations inherit the true story. The sermon challenges us to examine what story we are living in: one defined by performance and self-reliance, or the gospel story of grace, rescue, and belonging in God's family.

Jason Matta | Galatians 4:1-11 | Mar 8 2026

Galatians: No Longer SlavesSunday, March 1, 2026Jordan WeeksGalatians 4.8-5.1Christ has set us free! Because Jesus has done this for us, we should not return to a prison cell of slavery. We are free to live as He desires for us as He has fulfilled the law for us. We are children of the promise made to Abraham.

At just the right time, God brought his Son into this world. At just the right time, God adopted you to become his child. Being God's child brings gifts of freedom, but that freedom is always in danger of being lost. Together, we find encouragement to celebrate and enjoy our freedom as God's children.Support the show

In Galatians 1:11–17, Paul reminds us that the gospel is not something we achieve or invent, but a revelation of Jesus Christ that completely redefines our lives by grace. God interrupts our stories—transforming us not based on our past or performance, but by calling us into Christ's own story. The truest thing about us is not what we've done or what's been done to us, but who we are in Christ: redeemed by grace, given a new identity, and invited to live for God's glory.

Rooted in Galatians 1:6–10, this sermon declares that the gospel is Christ alone—nothing added, nothing earned—because His finished work is completely sufficient to save. It calls us to reject every counterfeit “Christ plus” version of salvation and to trust that through Jesus we are fully accepted. The invitation is to rest in Christ's grace, running to Him in failure and freedom, believing His welcome is already complete.

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

In this sermon on Galatians 1:1–5, Pastor John Murphy teaches that the gospel is not about self-improvement but God rescuing sinners through Jesus' finished work. Paul reminds believers that salvation comes by grace alone—not by adding religious performance or personal effort—and that whatever we trust to “rescue” us will shape the next generation. Ultimately, God's rescue is His idea and for His glory, leading us to boast only in Christ and live in the freedom of being no longer slaves.

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

John Novak shares about forgiveness vs. a ransom as he looks at chapter 4 of 1 Thessalonians. Today's Music: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone), No Longer Slaves, Lead Me To the Cross, and Arms Open Wide

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

We live in a broken world that often enslaves us to a life that's far less than what God created us to live. As 2 Peter 2:19 declares, “For you are a slave to whatever controls you (NLT). God, however, wants to set us free from anything that keeps us from really living. He wants to set us free from our baggage, worries, stress, hopelessness, brokenness, despair, and sin. As we kick off 2026, we're diving into the Old Testament story of the Exodus, which reveals God's overwhelming desire to set His people free. God not only wants to set us free; He desires to see us live free.

12.21.25 Dr. Jeff Dowdy Galatians 4:1-7

In Week 6 of our series in Galatians, Dave unpacked chapter 4 which calls us to receive the inheritance that God has given us through Christ. 

Husband. Father. Son. Pastor. Co-worker. Friend. We all bear many titles, all of which describe us; none of which fully defines us. But of all the labels we wear, none is more important than “Child of God”. How do we become a child of God? What is our identity before we become a child of God? What are the implications of being a child of God? Paul answers all these questions and more for us in Galatians 3:23-4:7. Check out Sunday's sermon as we worship God our Father (4:6), Jesus our Redeemer (4:5), and the Holy Spirit our Guarantor (4:6), and we celebrate our new identity as “sons” and daughters of God (4:7)! Website: https://westhillsstl.org Facebook: / westhillschurch Instagram: / west.hills.church Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rcm417... #WestHillsChurch #STLchurch #thegospel #Galatians #Jesusplusnothing #Jesus #westhillsstl

Our stories of struggle, loss, and redemption are powerful reminders that God never leaves us alone. Today features stories of three of our worship leaders: Tann, Mark, and Clarissa.