FREEDOM IN CHRIST Galatians 5:1
Freedom In Christ Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (NIV)
Luke 4 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: Freedom In Christ
Luke 4 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, Freedom In Christ
Luke 4 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Freedom In Christ
In Christ, we are: Free From Sin. Free From Death. Freedom In Christ
1. We Are Freed From Our Unrighteousness, Sin. Freedom In Christ
What is Sin? Sin is breaking God’s laws. I John 3 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Freedom In Christ
What’s the big deal about sin? Sin enslaves us. John 8 34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Freedom In Christ
What’s the big deal about sin? Sin is an universal problem. Romans 3 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Freedom In Christ
What’s the big deal about sin? Sin brings death. Romans 6 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Freedom In Christ
Now, We Are Freed to Live In Righteousness. Freedom In Christ
Romans 6 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. Freedom In Christ
Romans 6 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Freedom In Christ
2. We Are Freed From Sin’s Penalty, Death. Freedom In Christ
What is death? Death is literally a separation. Freedom In Christ
Spiritual Death Isaiah 59 1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Freedom In Christ
Spiritual Death Isaiah 59 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Freedom In Christ
Physical Death James 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. Freedom In Christ
Second or Eternal Death Revelation 21:8 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Freedom In Christ
Now, We Are Freed From Condemnation in Christ. Freedom In Christ
Romans 8 (KJV) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Freedom In Christ
Romans 8 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Freedom In Christ
Romans 8 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Freedom In Christ
Romans 8 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Freedom In Christ
I Corinthians When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." Freedom In Christ
I Corinthians "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?“ Freedom In Christ
I Corinthians The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. Freedom In Christ
I Corinthians But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Freedom In Christ
Romans 6 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Freedom In Christ
Obey the Gospel Today! 1.Hear the Good News. 2.Believe. 3.Repent of your sins. 4.Confess your faith in Christ. 5.Be Immersed in water. Freedom In Christ
FREEDOM IN CHRIST