How Free Are We Galatians 5:1,13-15 Chomping mad Something really stuck with me in this verse as I was beginning to prepare for this week’s sermon There is a lot to chew on in this section I had to really choke down some tough ideas I really got my teeth into something that seems important, though Verse 15 says, “If you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another” This phrase has seemed challenging to me in the past, but it never really caught my attention In the 61 “one another” passages of the NT, it is the most graphically negative It also seems very difficult to grasp the imagery in the surrounding context Paul is talking about freedom through Christ Specifically, he addresses freedom from being slaves to the tradition of circumcision In a broader sense, he is talking about the liberty we have to live within the relationship with have with Christ But Paul points out that we should not use our liberty fro...