Prep For Freedom

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What is true freedom?

True freedom only comes from God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ
2 Corinthians 3:17 NASB95
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
1 Peter 2:16 NASB95
16 Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.

How do you get freedom?

You have to be willing to do what it takes to get free and stay free
Romans 7:24 NASB95
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?
Romans 8:2 NASB95
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 10:13 NASB95
13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

How do you maintain freedom?

Galatians 5:1 NASB95
1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:13 NASB95
13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

What about government?

Revelation 11:15 NASB95
15 Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

Should government be godly or ungodly?

Proverbs 29:2 NASB95
2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

What about separation of Church and State?

Should the Church be involved in government?

Genesis 1:28 NASB95
28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Revelation 2:26–27 NASB95
26 ‘He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; 27 and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father;

Why is this such a huge point of contention?

Jeremiah 17:9–10 NASB95
9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? 10 “I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

What is the place of the Church concerning government?

Philippians 3:20 NASB95
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
Luke 19:11–13 NASB95
11 While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. 12 So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. 13 “And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.

Ask a Christian who lived in a country that lost its freedom

A nation can not ever know true freedom without Godly people being involved

It is much easier to maintain freedom than it is to regain it.

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