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FREEDOM

FREEDOM…!

THEREFORE, THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, BECAUSE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT

WHO GIVES LIFE HAS SET YOU FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. (ROMANS 8:1-2)

 

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

8 FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF

YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, 9 NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST.

(EPH 2:8-9)

OUR STATUS IN CHRIST

•DEAD ALIVE•SINNER SAINT•CAPTIVE FREE

FREEDOM FROM CONDEMNATION

• "GUILT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEM IN ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES.”

• GUILT IS AN ALARM

FREEDOM FROM CONDEMNATION

PETER vs. JUDAS

ALBERT SPEER’S STORY

Adolf Hitler & Albert Speer

ALBERT SPEER vs PAUL

9 FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES, WHO AM NOT WORTHY TO BE CALLED AN APOSTLE, BECAUSE I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD. 10 BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM WHAT I AM, AND HIS GRACE TOWARD ME WAS NOT IN VAIN; BUT I LABORED MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN THEY ALL, YET NOT I, BUT THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH WAS WITH ME. (1 COR 15:9-10)

FREEDOM FROM OTHER’S EXPECTATION

I DO NOT KNOW THE KEY TO SUCCESS, BUT THE KEY TO FAILURE IS TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. ~ BILL COSBY

FREEDOM FROM OTHER’S EXPECTATION

3 I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I AM JUDGED BY YOU OR BY ANY HUMAN COURT. I DON’T EVEN JUDGE MYSELF. I DON’T FEEL I HAVE DONE ANYTHING WRONG. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN I’M NOT GUILTY. THE LORD JUDGES ME. 1 COR 4:3-4

FREEDOM TO LIVE A NEW LIFE

• NEW CREATION IN CHRIST (2 COR 5:17)• EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT(ROM 8:9).• PURPOSEFUL LIFE IN CHRIST (Rom 6:22).• BLESSED LIFE IN CHRIST PROMISE & PROVISION

(ROM 8:17)

LIVE IN FREEDOM…!

THEREFORE, THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, BECAUSE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT

WHO GIVES LIFE HAS SET YOU FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. (ROMANS 8:1-2)