Living Under Grace 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. What does it mean to live by Grace? What are the benefits of Grace? What are the misunderstandings? What is the meaning of Grace? Grace is…

Free Indeed John 8:31-36 Big Idea: True freedom comes when disciples know, believe and obey the Truth. I. Introduction A. What is our perception of freedom? 1. We live in America, “land of the free, and the home of the brave.” 2. Statue of Liberty greets newcomers on our eastern shore 3. No limitations.…

Imprisoned for more than 45 years for a murder he didn't commit, Richard Phillips spent more time behind bars than any other wrongfully imprisoned person in America. But after another man admitted to that murder, the Michigan native was exonerated and released from prison last March. We hear stories…

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against…

Introduction: Do we really love God? Have we turned away from sin? Have we been born of God? · If we live in sin, if we are enslaved by the habits of sin, this is a clear sign we do not love God. But if we have turned away from sin, if the habits of sin have been broken by Christ and permanently conquered…

Wednesday Night Bible Study

This morning I want to address the young people in our church once again. Our topic is Christian liberty. Several hundred years before the Lord Jesus Christ was born, the prophet Isaiah announced that his mission would be, in part, to proclaim liberty to the captives (Isa. 61:1). This does not mean merely…

Intro We have made it to Moses, If you have been joining us in Sunday School, you will be familiar with what I am going to be speaking about today because it was a major theme of our Sunday School material this week. The idea that Jesus is a greater Moses. That Moses served a very important role in God’s…

Freed from the bondage of Egypt Freed from the bondage of sin 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 “The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. 36 “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.…

Freedom: 1959 was the year of my birth – I am a child of the 60’s! Although I was just a child, there was a great social movement by youth in the 1960’s – a reaction against what they perceived to be the failure of the older generation that had led to two world wars, corruption, oppression and a world…

How to win friends and influence people: Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.Give honest and sincere appreciation.Arouse in the other person an eager want. ---- This whole chapter is pretty confrontational. We don’t think of Jesus that way very often do we? We usually think…

Where we left off. Ransomed and set free 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. The results of this randsom: 28 After…

We have been considering the idea of freedom this month. We have spoken about the fact that God created us for freedom, and not for bondage. That He has not only created us for freedom, but has given us a pathway to freedom. CCLI Copyright License 111107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064

Out of Egypt and crossing into freedom 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Jesus came and paid the price to set us free 18 “ The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me , Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor . He has sent Me to proclaim…

Everybody should worship the Lord... 1. For His eternity (vs. 53-58). 2. For His divinity (vs. 58-59). 3. For His humanity (vs. 57; 31-36).

Because of sin humanity is in a state of slavery. On account of the atoning work of Jesus Christ, believers can break free from slavery to sin and enter into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Jesus speaks “to the Jews who had believed him,” and we see how quickly their faith ends. One little word felled them: “slaves.” Actually, he didn’t even need to use the word “slave.” He just talked about being set free. Note how these “Jews who had believed him” respond. “Abraham’s our father.” “We’re…