Freedom

Speaker: Rev. Patrick Kelley

Originally recorded: 3 July 2016

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Jesus came to give us freedom, but what does that really mean?

I Peter 2:15-16

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Psalms 119:45

and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.

Big Idea:

Freedom in Christ gives you the ability to explore life to the fullest without the consequences of bondage.

II Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Closing Thought:

You can express your freedom anyway you choose, but if you express it in the wrong way, you’ll end up back in bondage.