We are currently living in the midst of a great crisis in the Christian life. We have been legally emancipated from the penalty of sin by the blood of Jesus Christ. But many of us are still living as though we are slaves to sin. We are free, but we are not living daily in…
In the book of Galatians, Paul is addressing the issue of false teachers called Judaizers. In this text, Paul is encouraging them to stand against these false teachers because they were not called out of slavery to sin to become slaves to legalism. Rather, they were granted freedom in Christ to be able to love…
In the context of this passage in 2 Corinthians, Paul focuses his attention on the Old Covenant between God and the Israelites, contrasted with the New Covenant that believers have with God through Christ. So as we think about the Old and the New Covenant granted to us by God, I want us to consider “What is freedom?” because I am unsure that we—even as Americans—truly comprehend the freedom that God wants us to experience!
Our tendency will be to always return to what we know even if the known is less than ideal.
Freedom embraced is Freedom lived.
Freedom is not license to do whatever we want without consequence—freedom is the right and responsibility to do what is right.
Sermon – Encounter Life in the Spirit
Romans 8 – The Spirit gives:
FREEDOM from condemnation, PEACE in this life, VICTORY over the flesh and PEACE in the life to come.
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