John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed

Galatians 5:1a For freedom Christ has set us free…

Psalm 119:45 I walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.

2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Freedom From Our Masks

The Two Paths The “Pleasing God” Path The “Trusting God” Path

The “Pleasing God” Path Sign reads “Working on my sin to achieve an intimate relationship with God” House called “Striving to be all that God wants me to be” The Knob of Effort The Room of Good Intentions

The “Trusting God” Path House of “Living out who God says I am” The Knob of Humility The Room of Grace

John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free

Truth #1 Your identity is found in who you are… Not what you do.

Galatians 4:7 So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir to God

Romans 4:5 And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteous.

Truth #2 You are fully known and fully loved

Psalm 139:1-3 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 3:1a See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

Truth #3 You are free to walk out your purpose

Galatians 6:15 Can’t you see the central issue? It is not what you do – submit to circumcision or not. It is what God is doing, and He is creating something totally new, a free life!

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Application What does a community look like when each individual truly trusted what God says about them?  We trade the veneer of safety for vulnerability (Fakeness for Realness)   We no longer live a life of comparison, envy, and jealousy  We represent new life in Christ that works We please God