What does Galatians 5:1 command believers to do?
Galatians 5:1 commands believers to stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free, and to not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage. It calls for steadfastness in Christian liberty, resisting legalism and any return to bondage.
Les explains that in Galatians 5:1 Paul is appealing to the Galatian believers not to let the Judaizers destroy their faith. He tells them to stand fast, as if with feet in concrete, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Les emphasizes that true Christianity is liberty, and that liberty is not license. Many people constantly put themselves under a legalistic situation where someone lays down the law, but that is not Christianity.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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What does it mean to "stand fast" in Galatians 5:1?
The command in Galatians 5:1 to "stand fast" means exactly what it says — to be immovable in the freedom with which Christ has made us free.