One Sunday morning at a Texas prison, a group of inmates were being led to the Catholic and Protestant chapels. One prisoner didn't enter either chapel but kept on walking toward the main gate. A guard caught up with him and asked, "And just where do you think you're going?"

The prisoner replied, "I was told I could go to the church of my choice, and it's in Denver!"

Aren't we all just like that inmate? We all want our freedom and we don't want anyone to take it away from us.

This week we'll be celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating our freedom. But what does it mean to be free? That's the question at the heart of this portion of Paul's letter to the Church in Galatia.

I. Not Self-Indulgence

A. Paul says, "You were called to freedom, brothers and si…