1. Slavery and Liberty

2. Overview Kinds of Slavery Need for a Redeemer Freedom

3. Kinds of Slavery Personal Ownership of People - Exodus 1:8-11 Slavery to Sin - John 8:33-36 Slavery to Debt - Proverbs 22:7 Slavery to Taxes - $19.25 Trillion

4. Kinds of Slavery Personal Ownership of People - By birth (Exodus) - By failing to pay debts - Sold into Slavery - Property rights

5. Kinds of Slavery Slavery to Sin - Titus 3:3 - 1 Cor 6:9-11 - Sin is Addictive (Lying, Drunkenness, etc.) - Prov 10:16

6. Kinds of Slavery Debt Slavery (Modern Slavery) - Eats your time - Willfully Incurred! - Secured and unsecured

7. Kinds of Slavery Slavery to Taxes - National, State and Local Debt - Secured by earnings of tax payers - Tax freedom day – 24 April 2016

8. Need for a Redeemer Ways for a (physical) slave to be freed - Freed by owner - Freed by agreement with owner - Redeemed (purchased) by someone Ways for a (debt) slave to be freed - Payment in full - Forgiveness, settlement, installment Ways for a (tax) slave to be freed? - If you know a way, please let me know!

9. Need for a Redeemer Way for a sin slave to be freed - Only ONE way: Jesus - Debt is greater than we can ever repay - None can forgive sin debt but God - Satan will not give souls willingly - Satan's bargains are false (Matt 4:1-11) - Christ's Blood Pays the Debt (Heb 9:12)

10. Need for a Redeemer Accepting redemption through Jesus  Hear (John 6:44-45)  Believe (Heb 11:6)  Repent (Acts 2:38)  Confess (Acts 8:37)  Be Baptized (Mark 16:16)

11. Freedom Redemption does not end at Baptism - 1 Cor 1:21 - Rev 2:10 Is a work of faith - Gal 3:10-14 - John 14:23 Freedom comes with responsibility - Rom 12:1-2, Titus 2:11-14, 2 Pet 1:5-11

12. Freedom Love the Lord, and our Neighbors - Matt 22:36-40 Win souls for Christ - Mark 16 Care for Family - Eph 5, 1 Tim 5 Maximize the use of our Talents - Matthew 25:14-30

13. Summary Slavery Redemption Freedom

14. Freedom from Slavery Getting out of debt - Financial Planning - Budgeting - Debt Snowball Slid back into sin? Come back to Christ! - Jeremiah 2:13, 19 - Luke 15:11-24

15. Do YOU need a redeemer? Accepting redemption through Jesus  Hear (John 6:44-45)  Believe (Heb 11:6)  Repent (Acts 2:38)  Confess (Acts 8:37)  Be Baptized (Mark 16:16)  Rise in newness of life!  Remain faithful (Rev 2:10)