“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.”
John 15:2 ASV https://t.co/MWYX2QiE53
“And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.”
Acts 4:31 ASV https://t.co/r5ZEeaKDMk
IV. The Guardian of Freedom
-“For through the Spirit, by Faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.”
-The Guardian =Holy Spirit
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III. The Ground of Freedom
-I am Saved by Grace!
-GPA in the Church: Godly Point Average
-Are you reading your bible as a routine or are you reading to learn, adjust and apply?
-Church attendance, doesn’t give you extra grace either.
-Luke 18: 9-14
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I. The Gift of Freedom
II. The Guard of Freedom
-Don’t move from Liberty and go back to Slavery.
-Stand Firm with Christ! He is our strength!
-Stand Firm!!!!
-Don’t you let that condemnation whisper in your ear shift you. Stand Firm
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Galatians 5: 1-6
Set Free to Stay Free
Freedom, Formation, Flow,
“For freedom Christ set us free.”
The same faith that saved you is the same faith that sustained you.
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“for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, that no man should glory.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 ASV https://t.co/C8EIMMZtNg
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.” https://t.co/EYIKxCPUfp
Grace-Based: The Gospel is what Christ has done for us.
Performance-Based: Legalism is what we must do.
-None of our doings can save us!
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Freedom is not the destination, it’s the daily posture.
1. The Gift of Freedom
-“For Freedom Christ has set us free.”
-Freedom is a Gift
-The Freedom From
-The Freedom For
-You can be technically free and functionally enslaved
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Freedom, Fight, Formation, Flow
Freedom: We have been set free to stay free.
-The question isn’t whether you are saved but are you living like it?
-It’s easy to OBTAIN but more difficult to MAINTAIN
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“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid: for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2 ASV https://t.co/hBqw8RFLb6