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Free To Be Me - Week 2


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SERMON NOTES


FREEDOM


The ability to make choices

AND
The option to avoid consequences


Freedom without accountability is called tyranny.


The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:  “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

Luke 4:17-21


He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:17-21


The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 4:17-21


Freedom: Experiencing life as 

               it’s meant to be.

Bondage: Experiencing the     
               unwanted dysfunction
               and pain of a broken world.


How do we experience the freedom that we all long for – life as it’s meant to be?


“Free to be me” sounds good in theory…

reality reveals it has terrible consequences


- We all have lines

- We all cross lines
- Who makes the lines


Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31-36


“But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?”

John 8:31-36


Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.”

John 8:31-36


Missing-the-Mark

Relational dysfunction & death
Physical dysfunction & death
Spiritual dysfunction & death


“A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a child is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”

John 8:31-36


Consequences are tied to choices. 

“Missing-the-mark” leads to bondage no one wants.
Jesus provides the freedom that religion and irresponsibility can’t give us.


All of us submit to something.

Either our choices or Christ!

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