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Freedom!
Contributed by Shane Brooks on Jun 20, 2006 (message contributor)
Summary: Christ set us free from sin, not to sin
When God gave the Law-
There was no freedom- there was LAW
The law told you how to:
act, walk, bathe, dress, eat, speak, pray, …
THERE WAS NO FREEDOM-
Now comes Jesus saying He’s fulfilling the LAW
He didn’t abolish it- HE FULFILLED IT-
He did everything it said to do
So under the law there was not freedom-
But Jesus came that we would be free
So now there’s no more law or RULES
SO HOW CAN GOD GOVERN HIS PEOPLE
They cant just be free to do whatever they want-
I CONTEND YES THEY CAN
When you take the freedom of the NEW COVENANT-
GRACE- no works
Church says, “God saved you- BUT YOU BETTER LIVE YOUR LIFE RIGHT”
You’re mixing the LAW and GRACE
IF your not living your life right-
It doesn’t make you a sinner- It makes you STUPID
But there is no law to tell you how to live- BECAUSE THERE IS NO LAW
Hebrews 8 says
The new covenant is written on YOUR MINDS AND YOUR HEARTS
If you’re going to do something wrong-
There should be a HOLY SPIRIT that says---STOP!
Do we all obey it-
Do we immediately stop the SINNING- begin praying in tongues
DO WE?
OF Course not---WHY---There is NO LAW
In the New Covenant, You have to grow up---
and learn how to listen and RESPOND to the SPIRIT
because there is no LAW----TO TELL YOU HOW TO ACT---
There is a HOLY SPIRIT-
the new covenant written within us
God doesn’t want you to do right because you have to
Because you want to
We should bearing all the fruit of the Spirit---GALATIANS 6
If you cant forgive...- maybe your not saved….
So God has no law to govern sin----
RELIGION HAS CREATED SOME THOUGH
DENOMINATIONS HAVE CREATED SOME
Look I can make up laws- to make you act good
That’s all most preachers want----- people to ACT GOOD
That’s the problem----THEYRE JUST ACTING-----CHRISIANITY IS NOT AN ACT--- IT"S A LIFE
I want you to work our your own salvation----
I don’t want you to ACT
I want YOU TO KNOW----
IF you embarrass me while you’re working on it----OK
Paul says in 1 Cor. 4:21- “what do you want? Do you want to come with a rod or in love and a gentle spirit?”
Paul’s saying, “I can put you back under the LAW- or I can love you till you figure out how freedom works.”
Collasians 3:5-11
He says- “you need to put off all of this stuff”
They were saved- they hadn’t done it yet
HE couldn’t make them-----WHY----THERE IS NO LAW
VS12-16----They were saved and they hadn’t done any of this yet either
But he says, “YOU NEED TO PUT THIS STUFF ON”
He couldn’t make them----Why----THERE IS NO LAW
It’s clear that it’s up to us what we do---
WE EITHER PUT IT OFF OR ON
Church I can’t make you---
I can tell you –you need to ---I cant make you
THERE IS NO LAW---THERE IS ONLY FREEDOM
I can either love you and teach freedom- from sin NOT to sin
Or I can be religious & make up some laws so you act right
Paul says you have been called to FREEDOM
Don’t use your freedom to FULFILL THE FLESH
CAN YOU?---If you couldn’t -- Paul would address it
Use your freedom for Spirit---Not for THE FLESH
Though you have the freedom to use it for either--MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE
Yes where sin abounds, grace does much more abound
God didn’t save you TO sin----HE SAVED YOU FROM SIN
If Christ died to set you free- and it is for freedom that HE MADE US FREE
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
Do You really think He wants you to be a slave to sin- did he set you free to be a slave
God has set us free from sin, not to sin!
